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Building a Simple Search Engine That Works
You don't need Elasticsearch for most projects. I built a simple search engine from scratch that tokenizes everything, stores it in your existing database, and scores results by relevance. Dead simple to understand and maintain.
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Software EngineeringDatabases & Data2025
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2025 | Building a Simple Search Engine That Works by freediver | 279 | 79 |
