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Life & fun · November 21, 2013

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Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation

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Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation launched on November 21, 2013 with 110 votes, #27 of 701 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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Omniref was a search site designed to help Ruby developers find documentation more easily. It operated from 2013 until its shutdown in January 2017. The site indexed Ruby documentation and related resources, offering an alternative search interface for the Ruby community. Though no longer active, some of its popular blog posts were preserved after closure.

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As of January 2017, we've shut down Omniref.com. Thank you for your support over the years. I've preserved the most popular blog posts that I wrote for thefrom omniref.com

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