How I Cut My Google Search Dependence in Half
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TL;DR: I built Hister, a self-hosted web history search tool that indexes visited pages locally. In just 1.5 months, I reduced my reliance on Google Search by 50%. The Problem: Online Search Isn't What It Used to Be Like many developers and knowledge workers, I found myself constantly reaching for Google Search throughout my workday. It had become such an ingrained habit that I barely noticed how often I was context-switching away from my actual work to perform searches. But over