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I built a 500k-domain search engine for makers in a weekend for $10
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A search engine was built to focus on niche content, specifically portfolios, zines, and unique art projects, rather than corporate documentation. The project involved indexing approximately 40 million domains with a planned storage of 40GB for metadata.
Summary from alexmorleyfinch.github.io.
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I built a 500k-domain search engine for makers in a weekend for $10
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- Praise: The project tackles a real pain point in website discovery, and auto-labeling could be a game-changer for niche searches.
- Praise: Enthusiasm is brewing for local solutions; folks are excited about how easily they can build custom search engines tailored to their needs.
- Praise: Some commenters see this as a refreshing shift back to local computing, where users can control their own data and tools without relying on big tech.
- Concern: Critics think the project's 'weekend' claim downplays the complexity of building a robust search engine — low effort shouldn't be a selling point.
- Concern: Skeptics doubt this solution can compete with established giants like Google or DuckDuckGo, questioning its practical utility.
- Concern: A few voices express confusion about the project’s usefulness, feeling it might not offer significant advantages over existing search tools.