#search | Anand S - Things I Learned

Thu, Aug 14, 2025. Here are some query parameters ChatGPT.com unofficially supports: #chatgpt #search #faq #ask
- ?q=... prefills in a new chat and often auto-submits, especially small text #. Useful for:
  - A custom search engine in your browser
  - An "Ask ChatGPT about selection" bookmarklet, etc.
  - Links (e.g. from courses, FAQs, etc.) for tasks or learning
  - ... but not for custom GPTs
- ?model=... selects a model (e.g., gpt-5-thinking).
- ?hints=search enables Search mode
- ?temporary-chat=true opens a new temporary chat

Mon, Jul 28, 2025. When searching for specific text in long context, here's how to pick. Context Rot #code-agents #future #prompt-engineering #search #faq #try
- Claude for high precision / low hallucination under ambiguity. Add fallback logic for abstentions.
- GPT for aggressive answering and you’ll post‑filter. Wrap with regex/diff guards.
- Gemini / Qwen for cheap-ish long context but can tolerate noise? Enforce sanity checks and chunk shorter.

Sat, May 31, 2025. Gemini Deep Research accepts files and images. Cross-checking reports, providing private sources, etc. is now realistic. Ref #search

Thu, May 8, 2025. Anthropic introduces web search in the API at $10 / 1K searches. Here's how it compares: #search
- $0.1: DuckDuckGo Search API (RapidAPI) (monthly pricing)
- $3: Brave Search API
- $5: Google Custom Search JSON API
- $15: SerpAPI
- $10: Zenserp
- $10: Anthropic Web Search Tool
- $25: Bing Search API
- $35: Gemini API
- $35: OpenAI API

Sun, Jan 5, 2025. Salvatore Sanfilippo (antirez - Redis) finds DeepSeek v3 comparable with Claude 3.5 Sonnet. YouTube #search
- He also passed a paper and his code to compare them. A useful prompt. YouTube

Sun, Dec 22, 2024. Discourse does not support searching across multiple forums. Instead, search for the term in all forums. Example. Then scroll through the results. Then, in the console, hide the ones you don't want. Example: #search
- Hide posts that are not in the "Tools in Data Science" category: $(".badge-category__name").filter(d => d.textContent == "Tools in Data Science").map(d => d.closest(".fps-result")).filter(d => d).forEach(d => d.style.display = "none")

Fri, May 31, 2024. Combining vector search and keyword search with reciprocal rank fusion seems to work well for RAG. Ref #search

Tue, May 28, 2024. I tried Undermind.ai - an agent that researches for you. It guides you to ask a detailed question, spends 2-3 minutes finding the answer, and provides detailed results. But it's worth the wait. It's a good alternative to quick validations on SciSpace. #future #search #faq #ask #post

Sun, Apr 14, 2024. With RAG on search becoming big, search APIs are growing. serper.dev, you.com, searxng being examples. #code-agents #search

Sun, Dec 3, 2023. DeepSeek is an open-source high-quality LLM #llm-ops #search

Thu, Nov 23, 2023. Embeddings can help just re-rank regular search results. Ref #embeddings #search