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Brian Douglas
StarSearch โ€” AI Copilot, but for git history
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StarSearch is our AI-powered feature that provides in-depth insights into contributor history and activities, bringing transparency and a new depth of knowledge about open source projects.
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Brian Douglas
We're beyond excited to introduce StarSearch to you all. Our newest feature at OpenSauced! In 2022, I worked at GitHub and consistently got feedback from open-source maintainers that theyโ€™d love more insights. This is also true for builders who depend on open source to ship and iterate quickly. Founders are choosing open source, but few know who to connect with for expertise. ๐ŸŒŸ Why StarSearch? In the 90s, I watched a show on television at my grandma's house called StarSearch. This same show discovered Beyonce, Ryan Gosling, and Justin Timberlake before they were stars. This new and complementary feature is live in our OpenSauced product today, and we have indexed millions of GitHub events and are excited to get your feedback on the approach. ๐Ÿ• Track impactful developers from open source projects ๐Ÿ• Discover new projects in open source ๐Ÿ• Identify your next core contributors Using StarSearch, you can find up-and-coming contributors through trends in public open-source data, which can set you apart from the rest when building. We love open source and want more folks connected to the who's who in this space. StarSearch is our first exploration of adding semantic search to fetch relevant context on the projects used, built, and depended on. ๐Ÿ‘€ Try it out and run the following test prompts https://oss.fyi/starsearch Who are some Tailwind experts who also have an interest in Rust? Who are the prevalent contributors in the Typescript ecosystem? What pull requests has charliermarsh worked on recently? ๐Ÿ™ Thank you for exploring StarSearch! We've invested our passion and creativity into this; your feedback is invaluable. Dive in, engage, and know we're here for any questions or chats about the wonders of OpenSauced. ๐Ÿ‘‡ We're all ears for your feedback below! ๐Ÿ‘‡
Brian Douglas
@ena_gluhakovic, that is an amazing question. Right out of the gate, the band name is "Looks good to me (LGTM)," and the debut album would of need to be "Hello World"
Ena Gluhakovic
@bdougieyo Thatโ€™s fantastic! "LGTM" is a brilliant band name, and "Hello World" is the perfect debut album title for a group of open-source rockstars. Can't wait to see their "Release Notes" tour dates! Thanks for the creative and fun response! ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿš€
BekahHW
@bdougieyo @ena_gluhakovic The Code Harmonics has a nice ring to it too.
Ena Gluhakovic
@bdougieyo @bekahhw Yeaah, definitely has a nice ring to it! First thing that came to my mind "Syntax Error & The Debuggers". I think this is such a cool game, thank you guys for playing ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽผ
Marc Seitz
Congrats on launching StarSearch. Itโ€™s the Github Contributor Tab on steroids. This opens up so many opportunities for finding the right person for the right task. Even just searching for specific packages or components, I can easily identify the persons who are instrumental in the development.
Brian Douglas
@mfts0 Thanks for checking it out, Marc. We have so many more things planned, but we had to limit ourselves so we could ship. I would be happy to hear any specific insights you like to see from the prompts or if any edge cases arise.
BekahHW
@mfts0 It definitely decreases the amount of detective work you have to do. Feel free to share your feedback!
Jesse R Weigel
Congratulations on the launch! I an impressed by the results I have gotten so far. Great job!
Isa Bensusan
@jesserweigel Thank you so much! If you have any, feedback is always welcome too :)
BekahHW
@jesserweigel Thank you! What enhancements would you like to see in the future?
Cassidy Williams
This is so cool! I love the idea of knowing specifics around who contributed what. So huge!
BekahHW
@cassidoo Thank you! Having qucik access to that information is super convenient.
John McBride
@cassidoo Thanks Cassidy!!! Good to see you here!
Brian Douglas
@cassidoo thanks for checking it out. Happy to hear any and all feedback!
Nick Taylor
@cassidoo thanks! Weโ€™re pretty pumped about the new feature and what it can unlock.
Chris Traganos
Congrats on the launch @bdougieyo & team, Iโ€™m very excited to see this live!!
Brian Douglas
@ctraganos, I appreciate your willingness to have some of the earliest discovery chats about this.
Dave Di Biase
Brian, Nick, Zeu and the whole team at OpenSauced are fantastic. I had the pleasure of connecting with them at React Miami. I loved chatting about the platform and what the future might hold. I'm keeping an eye on this project and am especially excited to use it on SolidJS!
Brandon Roberts
@davedbase Much appreciated Dave! Really enjoyed chatting at React Miami also
Stew Fortier
Looks awesome. Congrats on the launch, @bdougieyo!
Brian Douglas
@stewartfortier appreciate you Steve and let us know if you have any feedback or feature requests.
Ashley Willis
Awesome work!
BekahHW
Thanks, @ashleymcnamara! Appreciate your support.
Ken Wheeler
This is awesome.
Brian Douglas
We are cookin the awesome sauce @ken_wheeler
Brandon Roberts
@ken_wheeler ๐Ÿซก
BekahHW
@ken_wheeler thanks! We've been cookin!
Andrรฉ J
heads up. scrolling doesn't work in safari ๐Ÿ˜… Like for this page: https://app.opensauced.pizza/use...
Brian Douglas
@sentry_co Appreciate you reporting that. Our project is open source, and our team will most likely address that soon.
Nick Taylor
@sentry_co is this on Safari for macOS? Just asking as Iโ€™m on mobile atm. Itโ€™s working great on Safari on iPhone with no issues.
Peter Cho
Wow this is awesome! This is going to unearth so much useful metadata for both users of open source but also the creators that donโ€™t have easy access today. Congrats on the launch!
Brandon Roberts
@peteraldehyde glad you're already finding useful information!
Brian Douglas
@peteraldehyde thanks so much
BekahHW
@peteraldehyde that's definfitely been one of the goals. Thank you!
William
This is amazing! Totally solved a number of issues i had as an OSS maintainer. First usecase is accurately incentivising contributors while looking at the big picture. Kudos Brian and team ๐Ÿ‘
Brian Douglas
@ichuloo appreciate you. Let us know if there are any features or datapoints we should add to it.
Tessa Mero
congratulations on the launch! excited to see this product evolving over time :)
Brian Douglas
@tessa_mero appreciate your support and partnership
BekahHW
@tessa_mero thanks! It's been great to have your support as we grow!
Sarup Banskota
This is incredible. We're going to find use for it every day as we study different OSS projects in the process of building our courses and writing out blog. Their history, key moments, contributors, and such!
Brian Douglas
@sarup_banskota Discovering historical moments or being alerted of those moments worth remembering that are happening right now are all on the roadmap.
Gervis Cash
Congratulations on the launch @bdougieyo ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ
Brian Douglas
@gerrrv thanks fam
Erin Mikail Staples
This team is nothing but fantastic! I've had the absolute privilege of getting to know @bdougieyo, @bekahhw and Nick Taylor over the past few years and i'm absolutely excited to see this only continue to evolve.
Brian Douglas
@bekahhw @erinmikail Thanks for those early chats about the newsletter and open-source outreach. Appreciate you!
Nico Aguilar
I'm a long-time OpenSuaced fan and super excited about StarSearch! Functionality-wise, this is super helpful for moving quickly and providing helpful context. Keep shipping and I'm looking forward to even more to come in the future!
Brian Douglas
@nicaguilar appreciate you
Ekene Eze
We are currently in the process of open sourcing our entire codebase. Weโ€™ve completed migration to GitHub and I couldnโ€™t think of a better time to play around with StarSearch! Congrats on the launch, Iโ€™ll be checking it out
Brian Douglas
@peter_ekene_eze, awesome timing. Let me know if I can be of help to you and the team.
BekahHW
@peter_ekene_eze Let us know how it works out for you! This would be a really interesting exploration.
Nick Taylor
Thanks John! Right back at ya!
Mike Cavaliere
Killer!!! No more manual comparison shopping for libraries ever again!!
Brian Douglas
@mcavaliere yep, let's go. And its getting better
BekahHW
@mcavaliere Love this idea. And it can let you know who to talk to if you have a problem.