How do I use this?

Lenses are the secret sauce of Spyglass. They let you filter search results to find exactly what you're looking for, whether it's a specific website or a topic. Want to quickly reference your favorite wiki or guide? Spyglass makes it easy to create your own library of information to search through.

What is in this lens?

YC articles / blog posts for a handy quick reference to startup materials

Lens Configuration

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This section defines how a lenses are configured to work. The domains & urls help point our crawlers to what should be indexed. The rules help decide which documents can be safely ignored or definitely included.

Domains

  • paulgraham.com

URLs

In addition to domains, URL patterns are used to narrow down what is crawled even more.
  • https://www.ycombinator.com/blog
  • https://www.ycombinator.com/library
  • https://www.ycombinator.com/documents
  • ...

Rules

  • SkipURL("http://*.paulgraham.com")
  • SkipURL("http://paulgraham.com*?*")
  • SkipURL("https://paulgraham.com*?*")
  • SkipURL("https://www.ycombinator.com/*fbclid*")
  • SkipURL("https://www.ycombinator.com/*ref=*")
  • SkipURL("https://www.ycombinator.com/*utm_*")
  • SkipURL("https://www.ycombinator.com/*utm_*")
  • SkipURL("https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/content/*")