DuckDuckGo - The Search Engine for the Developers
Tags: tooling, productivity
Published: 2021-06-17 11:35:21

# DuckDuckGo - The Search Engine for the Developers

You might have heard about DDG or even use it every day like me.
But there are many hidden tricks in it that no other search engine can perform,
Today I'll be showing you some of those tricks

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- [DuckDuckGo - The Search Engine for the Developers](#duckduckgo---the-search-engine-for-the-developers)
  - [Shorten your URL in one search](#shorten-your-url-in-one-search)
  - [UUID Generator](#uuid-generator)
  - [Play 2048](#play-2048)
  - [CheatSheets](#cheatsheets)
  - [Mixed Colors](#mixed-colors)
  - [Is Website Down](#is-website-down)
  - [Generate QR Codes](#generate-qr-codes)
  - [ASCII Table](#ascii-table)
  - [ASCII to Binary | Hex to Bin |](#ascii-to-binary--hex-to-bin-)
  - [Crypto & Currency convertor](#crypto--currency-convertor)
  - [Convertor](#convertor)
  - [View StackOverflow answers without visiting It](#view-stackoverflow-answers-without-visiting-it)
  - [And Many More](#and-many-more)

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## Shorten your URL in one search
- Type "shorten <your link>" and you would get an instant shortened link to share anywhere.

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1623928447649/-Fp3RuHjV.png)

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## UUID Generator
- Type "UUID" to generate an instant Random UUID for your testing purposes.

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1623928473186/bAlv4F_P9.png)

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##  Play 2048
- 2048 is a popular mobile game, you can play it in the browser too.
- Type "2048" and you got the game


![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1623928498303/dhCVvLqtg.png)

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## CheatSheets
- You can find cheatsheets for most of the things in one search
- Type "<your_thing> cheatsheet"
- Ex - "JS Cheatsheet", "VSCode cheatsheet", "React cheatsheet", "AWS Cheatsheet"

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1623928544404/snZJ_FS3g.png)

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## Mixed Colors
- Want to know what cyan and magenta gives?
- Type "mix cyan and magenta" and look for yourself

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1623928576284/SZhWH6RMG.png)

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## Is Website Down
- Type "is <website_name> down"

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1623928623605/vHfEFuAV0.png)

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## Generate QR Codes
- Type "QR <string>" to generate one

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1623928645733/LNSssp0ZZ.png)

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## ASCII Table
- Type "ASCII Table"

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1623928684520/YJw33OD7B.png)

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## ASCII to Binary | Hex to Bin |
- Type "ascii <string> to binary"

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1623928765077/ERo3-0Jw8.png)

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## Crypto & Currency convertor
- Type "<crypto> TO <currency>"

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1623928809151/FRbTRKTzpL.png)

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## Convertor
- It provides multiple converters
- Type "convertor"

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1623928878201/z7W9TFadW.png)

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## View StackOverflow answers without visiting It
- Type "<yout_query>" and a StackOverflow answer would appear on right

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## And Many More
 ### There are thousands of them that are available. Checkout [DDG Instant Answers](https://duck.co/ia)
 It's Open Source so you can contribute or create your own IAs

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### Hope you found this blog useful.

### My Twitter -  [Shubham Verma](https://twitter.com/Shubham_Verma18)