This is an interesting alternative compared to, say, using Elasticsearch / OpenSearch.
One caveat appears to be index size, though:
> The indices can get large. In our example index of HTML files, the index occupies about 11MB, about one-fourth the size of the original files indexed.
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Meta-observation: Whoa, the accessibility wheelchair in the lower right-hand side is unlike anything I've seen offered by a website before. It's like these people really care about user comfort. Refreshing.
This needs a "(2003)" in the title, so that people realize how old this information is. The (last?) version of the software mentioned is archived in https://github.com/swish-e/swish-e
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[ 5.2 ms ] story [ 34.0 ms ] threadOne caveat appears to be index size, though:
> The indices can get large. In our example index of HTML files, the index occupies about 11MB, about one-fourth the size of the original files indexed.
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Meta-observation: Whoa, the accessibility wheelchair in the lower right-hand side is unlike anything I've seen offered by a website before. It's like these people really care about user comfort. Refreshing.
but they're not in a rush..
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33226849
https://github.com/ranbuch/accessibility
Submitted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33302783
Lots of old gems being posted after years.