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Re:Ask HN: If you could only use one, would you pick Google ... by armchairhacker on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:17PM (#36320057)
There's:

- Objective, general knowledge: Wikipedia

- Objective, general news: AP & Reuters

- "How do I XXX?": Stack Exchange (they have similar issues to Reddit but not as bad, and the actual site is 100x better)

There's also a lot of sites with good, reliable info but only in specific areas:

- Technical documentation or specifications: MDN Docs, Rust Docs, pipi (Python) docs, Apple docs, ...

- Quality tech tips: refactoring.guru, CSS Tricks, ...

- Quality tech articles: fasterthanli.me, faultlore.com, xeiaso.net, lwn.net, ... (many more examples which post much less frequently)

- Figure out which libraries to use: "XXX github", "awesome XXX". or "awesome XXX github"

- Biased tech anecdotes, product reviews, opinions; and tech news: Hacker News

- High quality articles on random subjects: ciechanow.ski, ...

I'm sure there are good sites for other knowledge (cooking, cycling, etc.), but I don't know them. Which is the big problem Google or Reddit is supposed to solve. But I bet some people could make a shared list. Then, if you filter to these sites you get information with even better quality than Google or Reddit.

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