Re:Show HN: A search engine powered by Jimmy
by fiatjaf on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @04:17PM
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Ok, I don't understand what this is.
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Re:Show HN: A search engine powered by Jimmy
by morsch on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @04:26PM
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You're not missing much.
Jimmified is a JaaS (Jimmy as a Service) application currently operating the Jimmy search engine. When you make a search, a push notification is sent to Jimmy through the Jimmy Mobile app, which allows him to respond with Jimmy-curated search results. This may sound inefficient, because it is just about the least efficient way to operate a search engine.
This site was created as part of a running joke that replacing a computers job with a human is jimmifying it. The joke stems from a previous project where Jimmy minified the codebase for a Chrome extension by hand.