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Idea: Code Snippet Storage

1 points by marcamillion ↗ HN
I always come across interesting code snippets that I can use in development, but never have a central place to store them.

I have decided that I am going to start using a text file that I store them in, and proceed like that. But there MUST be a better/more slick way of doing this.

The app doesn't have to be a web app (actually probably shouldn't be, or have the web integration as a bonus and not the main feature). I should be able to easily search it by a number of factors - language, keywords, type (e.g. method/function/etc.), etc.

That's just my $0.02 that I won't be doing, but would definitely appreciate and probably purchase, if someone did it properly. It also should be available for both windows + os x.

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[dead] Soujanya
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waffenklang
There are several Tools for Desktop, Mobile and Web which suit your description. Just compare and use one of them.
chmod
I've been wanting something like this for almost a decade now. I always sort of pitched to myself as sourceforge without needing a full project. Like a code dumpster. Or code rolodex.

The key differentiation should be personal storage vs a large open shared pool of code. There are countless code recipe sites, but one that focused on just letting me keep stuff I wanted and wouldn't get spammed with 900 recipes for string reverse in Java.