If you use the Ivy/Swiper/Counsel package, you know that are a lot of ways to do searches. So many that it can hard to remember what they all are and how to invoke them. Fortunately, Yuri Tricys has come to the rescue with a hydra for searching.
Tricys is planning some follow on posts that describe a few of the functions and packages that his hydra uses. He also has a separate section for some programs to use in the Windows environment.
It’s worth taking look at his hydra if only to get some ideas for the searches you may want to make. I agree with Tricys that hydras are the ideal solution for this sort of thing. They’re easy to implement even for someone who doesn’t know Elisp. That makes them a great way for any user to create and manage their own menuing system. There’s extensive documentation for hydras at the package’s Git repository so they’re accessible to everyone.