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date    = "2023-03-06T16:15:17+00:00"
lastmod = "2023-03-06T16:15:17+00:00"
tags    = [ "programs", "clips" ]
author  = "tdro"
+++

Strange. In the last few years, I've abandoned search engines for most
programming related queries by chugging along happily with
[Recoll](https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/pages/index-recoll.html). If I
had the time I'd sit down and hack out a web front--end for its
[Python API](https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/usermanual/webhelp/docs/RCL.PROGRAM.PYTHONAPI.INTRO.html)
but the desktop interface supplied with
{{< abbr `HTML` "Hypertext Markup Language" >}} from my own web crawlers works
beautifully ([medoc92/recollwebui](https://framagit.org/medoc92/recollwebui/)
also exists).

{{< video
  remote=true
  preload="none"
  caption="Recoll desktop interface"
  options="controls loop muted"
  source="https://res.cloudinary.com/dpszgzqjb/video/upload/v1678118162/recoll-desktop-search.mp4"
  poster="https://res.cloudinary.com/dpszgzqjb/image/upload/v1678118147/recoll-desktop-search-poster.png"
>}}