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This has been a a tough one, Google gives all ad-focused results, and DuckDuckGo gives crap results (imho)

I did find Kagi recently but they charge after 100 free trial searches, and I'm considering paying for it because it's so good. Best results I've gotten anywhere in a long time.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I use kagi and really like it. I find it worth the money as a business owner and software dev. I feel I'm more productive.

You can set up your own "lenses" which are targeted, customized searches and then use a keyword to invoke them. Pretty handy when you routinely search for obscure topics.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

The ability to prioritise and pin results from different sites is what won me over. Pinning stackoverflow helps filter a lot of junk when resolving programing issues, and when working with geometry I've pinned or prioritised a few different resources that better explain the mathematics