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Understanding the BM25 full text search algorithm
BM25 is a widely used algorithm for full text search. I wanted to understand how it works, so here is my attempt at understanding by re-explaining.
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Subtleties of SQLite Indexes
Understanding query planner quirks yielded a ~35% speedup.