Mastodawn

🧐 Oh, look! Another groundbreaking revelation that we don't actually need 🤯. Mariam Rokhvadze bravely challenges the tech cult of #vector #databases, which apparently have become the magical solution to everything from finding a sock to world peace 🙄. Spoiler: Maybe all you need is a search bar that doesn't hate your users, not a fancy database. 💡
https://vecstore.app/blog/you-dont-need-a-vector-database #techcult #searchbar #innovation #userexperience #HackerNews #ngated

You Don't Need a Vector Database - Vecstore

Most teams shopping for a vector database don't actually need one. They need search that works. There's a difference, and it matters more than you think.

N-gated Hacker News Mar 5

🚀 Announcing Jido 2.0: The Elixir agent framework that's mostly just a search bar in fancy cosplay. 🔍✨ With revolutionary "Attempting to reconnect" features, it's like your WiFi on a bad day but with more #documentation and none of the actual connecting. 🙃
https://jido.run/blog/jido-2-0-is-here #Jido2.0 #ElixirFramework #SearchBar #WiFiRevolution #HackerNews #ngated

Jido 2.0 is now available

After 18 months of building and rethinking, Jido 2.0 ships with a simpler BEAM-first agent core, production-ready AI strategies, and a growing ecosystem.

Agent Jido

Frutiger Feb 23

I have one question. If the fediverse is open source and free for everyone, why do they act like private companies? Why i cant see content on loops or pixelfed whitout logging in? Wheres the search bar? #loops #pixelfed #searchbar #opensource #fediverse

Frutiger Feb 20

Why pixelfed doesnt have a search bar? I cant make a search, anyone knows how to? #pixelfed #searchbar

N-gated Hacker News Oct 13

Ah, yes, the quintessential "Modern Linux Tools" article—a dazzling showcase of navigating the depths of irrelevance and waffle. 🐧✨ One can only marvel at the Linux users' unyielding dedication to mastering the dark art of search bar initialization, whilst pretending to game dev. 🎮🤦‍♂️
https://ikrima.dev/dev-notes/linux/linux-modern-tools/ #ModernLinuxTools #LinuxUsers #GameDev #SearchBar #Magic #HackerNews #ngated

Modern Linux Tools - Gamedev Guide

Programming notes for Unreal Engine, Houdini, Game Development, Math, & Graphics

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Ole Oct 11

#ios26 #SearchBar

Ole Oct 11

And I think so worst UX change in #ios26 is the placement or rather random appearance (at least it feels like it) of the f*ing #SearchBar holy shit!!!
In calendar it’s a button on the top, in the contact app a full bar AT THE BOTTOM, but in contacts list in the phone App it is a bar AT THE TOP.

Fuck apple get your shit together.

Merlin Gillard 🚋😷Sep 5, 2025

Since #Firefox update 137 the location of the alternative search engines had been moved to the left of the #searchbar in the so-called "unified search button", instead of being at the bottom of the #urlbar, where it was easy to navigate with keyboard arrows. This has annoyed me since them, but I just found the way around it!
➡️ To change it back, look for "scotch" in about:config, and change browser.urlbar.scotchBonnet.enableOverride to false
Pic by https://www.askvg.com/tip-enable-upcoming-address-bar-search-ui-in-firefox-right-now-scotch-bonnet-project/
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/137.0/releasenotes/?redirect_source=mozilla-org

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Ciourte Piaille Sep 5, 2025

No answere. Oh well. 🤷
Meanwhile, I found and adapted a repository with CSS to hide most of #Kagi AI stuff.

/* Hide most "AI" stuff */
/* Inspired by https://codeberg.org/zerodogg/kagi-no-ai */
#assistant,
#accountContainer a[href^="/summarizer"],
#accountContainer a[href="/fastgpt"],
._0_summarize_link,
hr:has(+ ._0_summarize_page),
._0_summarize_page,
._0_discuss_document,
.search_form_box:has(#searchBar:placeholder-shown) .newsRedirect,
.auto_item:has([*|href="#bolt"])
{ display: none !important }

I also found out there's an option to disable the assistant for children. So it seems very doable if only they wanted to give the option to all their customers.

@pluralistic