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How not to break a search engine or: What I learned about unglamorous engineering

When we switched to a new search query parser in September 2020, you'd never know that anything had changed. This is an account of the rigorous testing that happened behind the scenes to ensure a seamless transition.

Sourcegraph 3.29 release

The Sourcegraph 3.29 release introduces improved search results ranking and includes support for bulk actions with Batch Changes.

Meet the new Sourcegraph UI

We're launching an entirely new visual design for the Sourcegraph UI today! We've added so many features to Sourcegraph in the last few years, that we needed an entirely new visual design to keep up with our advancements. Let's take a look at some of the new designs and how they will help users navigate, understand, and make changes to code more efficiently.

How to search code with Sourcegraph using literal patterns

Learn how to use literal search patterns to search code on Sourcegraph.

Sourcegraph 3.28 release

The Sourcegraph 3.28 release includes new security enhancements and the redesigned extensions registry.

Dev Tool Time with Seth Vargo: Productivity hacks and .gitconfig tips

Check out the recording of our first episode of Dev Tool Time, in which Google Cloud Engineer Seth Vargo shares his tips for a productivity-optimized desk setup, efficient window management, and keyboard shortcuts.

Sourcegraph 3.27 release

Sourcegraph 3.27 release includes Batch Changes updates, changes to the minimum required version of Postgres, and added a new seach feature.

Why we're friends, not competitors, with code hosts

Some people assume that Sourcegraph competes with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and other code hosts. This is wrong! In fact, we need code hosts to exist, and code hosts benefit from the existence of a good, vendor-neutral code search tool. Here's why.

Why we're updating the minimum supported version of Postgres

As of Sourcegraph 3.27, we're updating the minimum supported version of Postgres from 9.6 to 12. Here's why.

Introducing Batch Changes

Learn how to automate and track large-scale code changes across all of your repositories and code hosts with Sourcegraph Batch Changes.

Sourcegraph 3.26 release

Sourcegraph 3.26 is released.

Sourcegraph 3.25 release

Sourcegraph 3.25 is released.

Interactive search mode is no longer supported

As part of our 3.24 release, interactive search mode is no longer supported. We deprecated the feature last September, and as of January 20, 2021, it has been removed for all users.

Sourcegraph 3.24 release

Sourcegraph 3.24 is released.

Sourcegraph 3.23 release

Sourcegraph 3.23 is released.

Sourcegraph raises $50M Series C round led by Sequoia

Today we're announcing Sourcegraph's $50M Series C round of funding led by Sequoia. We'll use this funding to bring universal code search to more developers and companies.

An ex-Googler's guide to dev tools

After leaving Google, many engineers miss the developer tools. Here's one ex-Googler's guide to navigating the dev tools landscape outside of Google, finding the ones that fill the gaps you're feeling, and introducing these to your new team.

Why code search is still needed for monorepos.

Can you hear me? No, but we read you—an experiment with video calls

When our VP of Product suggested an idea to help the team build empathy and better understand the video call experience from the perspective of someone relying on captions, we jumped on it.

Code search turned code checker

I find code checkers like linters and lightweight static analyzers most valuable when they teach me better ways to code in a language or framework.