Ask HN: How do you search across multiple tools (Slack, email, Gdocs)?
With all the tools a team runs these days, are there any global search apps (with Spotlight/Alfred) integration that search across Slack, GSuite, email, etc.?
getstation.com (yc w2018)
tryshift.com
slapdash.app (yc w2019)
meta.sc
IMO search is only one facet of a larger problem created by both the way we build modern productivity software (still mostly siloed and only sometimes having one-to-one integrations) and the number of apps we use on a daily basis.
Search is one of the more obvious problems but if you zoom out you'll see that workflows are broken and inefficient but we just don't realize it yet (or at least we do not realize how much better it could be in the same way a person using a blackberry in 2006 couldn't really imagine how much better a smartphone could be a year later).
Once a solution comes along that fixes this problem it'll likely introduce a new platform and a new level of user experience but the solution isn't going to be as obvious as global search + "put all my apps in a dedicated browser".
This is actually a very critical feature for e-discovery and is required in many regulated industries.
The idea to have 'personal google' is good, however it fails as cloud/proprietary solution. If I give access to my gmail/drives/messangers I want to be sure that this data will not be tracked/used by 3rd parties (even as 'telemetry') - this is possible only with open source self-hosted software.