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Meet Rix: Hashnode's AI-powered search engine for developers. Get quick, accurate, and up-to-date coding knowledge, summarise URLs or GitHub Gists, and enjoy AI-driven pair programming like never before.

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Hey there, fellow developers! This is Fazle, co-founder, Hashnode. Our mission has always been to provide developers with easy access to quality content. We're now taking it a step further with Rix (), an AI companion designed specifically for developers. With Rix, we aim to combine an AI search companion, a chatbot, and a pair programmer into one powerful super app. What Rix brings to your desk right now: Rix comes packed with various modes tailored to fit different scenarios: 1. Web Search Mode: This mode ensures the information you get is never outdated. It scans the web for the latest content and provides answers to your queries. 2. Quick Mode: When you need information fast, Quick Mode comes to your rescue. It's the go-to mode when speed is of the essence. It uses the pre-trained knowledge to answer user queries. 3. URL Summaries: This unique mode lets you have a meaningful conversation with a URL(for example, a GitHub Gist). Paste the link, and let Rix help you understand the content better. 4. Code Writer: Think of it as your AI-driven coding partner or pair programmer, ready to understand your requirements and churn out functional code. Quick demo:
We've also launched a that allows Rix to be just a tab away. How we built Rix: 1. For Web Search Mode and Code Writer mode: we’re using Bing search API and `claude-instant-v1-100k` to process information. 2. For Quick Mode, and URL Summaries: we’re using Claude 1. 3. For Code Writer, we use the latest Claude 2 (if you are signed in), and Claude 1, if you are signed out. Why did we choose the name “Rix”? We aimed for a short, simple, and memorable name that had a tech product vibe. "Rix" doesn't have any specific meaning; it's a created name chosen for its brevity and uniqueness. :) Our upcoming plans for Rix: We’re just getting started. Soon, Rix will be available on VS Code, so you can enjoy its benefits without having to switch from your favorite code editor. We have a host of exciting updates and improvements planned for the future. While Rix can be used by any user, it has been specifically tuned to respond effectively to developer-related queries. We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback as we continue to enhance and refine Rix. Do give it a try at and share your experiences. Your insights would be invaluable as we try to make Rix a tool that every developer can rely on!
Can it summaries issue threads on GitHub?
yes, it should be able to do that. Feel free to try out, and let me know what you think 😀
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This is a really apt use case. Let us know what you think after trying it out 🙌🏽
seems like a knowledge base + intern(a very smart intern) for developers quick question, does it read the developer doc from other apps?
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Yes, we are currently training Rix's quick search mode using the latest developer docs. However, you can always use "site:nextjs.org" in the web search mode to narrow down your sources.
awesome!
Maker
Yes like mentioned, you can use the site: function to read from specific developer docs. Let us know when you try it out!
Just tested it and this thing rocks!!! Great job
Thanks, appreciate it! Let me know if you have any feedback.
I have been using it to help me to create tutorials faster and works like my pair programmer. Fantastic product.
Thanks for the shout-out 🙌 Appreciate it
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Thank you for your kind words Hitesh! It means a lot to our team who worked tirelessly on this project. Stay tuned for more exciting features ✨
Congrats! What is the rationale behind choosing Claude 1/2 over other LLMs?
Thanks for the question. `claude-instant-v1-100K` provides a large context window which helps us process large amount of search results. And it's blazing fast (streams 40 tokens per sec)! We still use GPT3.5 and 4 in some cases. The goal is to choose the right model behind the scene and provide the end users with the best result.
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Can’t go wrong with 100K context that Claude offers, super powerful. Try it out and let us know what you think!
Thank you for the response. I see the Claude instant pricing is 1/3rd of GPT3.5 turbo and has a much larger context length so it makes sense. I haven't tried the Claude model yet but Hope the quality of the results is good.
Congrats Syed & team on your launch!
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Thanks Maria! Our team is extremely grateful for your support
congrats on the launch! this looks really useful, would it be cool if I featured Rix on Astral? :)
Maker
Thanks for the kind words! Yes, please go ahead and feature on Astral :)
thank you! here you go brother: :)
Congrats, looks super helpful
Maker
We're incredibly grateful for your supportive comment! We're continuously looking for ways to improve, so please feel free to share any insights or ideas! 🙌🏽
Congratulations 🎊
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Thank you . Looking forward to your feedback and review.
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