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I'll keep my eye on this. It sounds like this runs in the browser itself. Right now I'm using meilisearch for a project and would prefer to not use up a http port for the search engine. One thing I'll need is fuzzy search though.
OP - congratulations on shipping! WASM-powered search caught my eye. Looks like the search index is downloaded and used locally in the browser, so this is as fast as search can get. One trade-off though is that you're limited to relatively small datasets. While this shouldn't be an issue for small-medium static sites, an index that needs to be downloaded over the wire will affect your page performance for larger site…
You as well as your business partner are so creative at hijacking threads that it is almost cringeworthy :( Typesense itself might be a great product but but please stop devaluating it in trying to hijack every search related post.
But it seems like every time I mention it, new people discover it and there continues to be interest in the community for an oss search product. I’m sorry if you saw me mention Typesense too often.
OP - congratulations on shipping! WASM-powered search caught my eye. Looks like the search index is downloaded and used locally in the browser, so this is as fast as search can get. One trade-off though is that you're limited to relatively small datasets. While this shouldn't be an issue for small-medium static sites, an index that needs to be downloaded over the wire will affect your page performance for larger site…
Just a quick non-thought-through idea but would it be possible to build an index in a way that allows clients to download only parts of it based on what they search? I.e. the search client normalizes the query in some way and then requests only the relevant index pages. The index would probably be a lot larger on the server but if disk space is not an issue...? (Though at some point you have to ask yourself what the…
Definitely something I'll try experimenting with in the future, so... watch this space, perhaps?
OP - congratulations on shipping! WASM-powered search caught my eye. Looks like the search index is downloaded and used locally in the browser, so this is as fast as search can get. One trade-off though is that you're limited to relatively small datasets. While this shouldn't be an issue for small-medium static sites, an index that needs to be downloaded over the wire will affect your page performance for larger site…
Just a quick non-thought-through idea but would it be possible to build an index in a way that allows clients to download only parts of it based on what they search? I.e. the search client normalizes the query in some way and then requests only the relevant index pages. The index would probably be a lot larger on the server but if disk space is not an issue...? (Though at some point you have to ask yourself what the…
Peer-to-Peer Ordered Search Indexes https://0fps.net/2020/12/19/peer-to-peer-ordered-search-inde... (which adds useful context about the above)
Sorry for just dropping these links, I should already be asleep :)
I've been working on Stork for just over a year! I recently wrote a blog post about what building it has been like -- if you're interested in the project, definitely check the blog post out! https://jameslittle.me/blog/2020/one-year-of-stork/
Interesting project! The fact that I have to fetch the stork.js from your CDN, and a random wasm blob gets pulled in as well, is unfortunately a deal killer for adoption, at least for me. A pointer to how to self-host might help address this.
For now (and I haven't tried this for self-hosting, so use at your own risk) -- the whole project (incl. the final JS file and the WASM blob) can be built from source. Tweaking the build a little bit would probably get you most of the way there.
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Oh no! If it's any consolation, I think it might be the site itself, not the search plugin... the site has been acting up in unrelated ways. The site desperately needs a rewrite, but I didn't have time before this launch date. Refreshing might work, but no promises? Or you could try my personal site's search bar: https://jameslittle.me/search/
That other site works, your suspicion is probably correct.
I hate it when stuff is marketed as magic, like in this case "impossibly fast web search". It's like marketeers aren't even trying to cover up their lies anymore.
I built from source and self-host.
Congratulations on gettiing it launched James!
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That other site works, your suspicion is probably correct.
Same here- Firefox 84, search doesn't work on the OP but does work on the link above