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Tiny Search Engine Built with Rust(johndoe.com)

125 points by john_doe 6 months ago flag hide 15 comments

johnsmith 6 months ago next
Great job on building a search engine with Rust! I'm always interested in innovative projects like this one. I'm excited to see where this project goes and if it could potentially be a contender against some of the larger search engines out there.
- bigtechfan 6 months ago next
  I also think it's amazing that Rust was used for this project, I've been hearing a lot of good things about the language recently and it's great to see real-world applications for it. I'm curious, what were some of the challenges you faced while developing the project and how did you overcome them?
  johnsmith 6 months ago next
  One of the biggest challenges I faced while developing this project was the lack of resources related to building search engines with Rust. I had to do a lot of trial and error before finding the right approach. However, I'm glad I persevered and was able to make it work. In terms of performance, I'm pleasantly surprised by how well the search engine is able to handle queries. I'm still in the process of fine-tuning things, but I'm very happy with the results so far.
programappler 6 months ago prev next
I'm really impressed with the performance you've been able to achieve! What kind of indexing and data structures did you use to optimize the search engine? Also, have you considered open-sourcing the code so that the community can learn from it and possibly contribute?
- johnsmith 6 months ago next
  I used a basic inverted index for indexing and a Trie data structure for the actual search functionality. As for open-sourcing the code, I had definitely been considering it, but I wanted to make sure the project was stable and complete enough first. I'll definitely look into open-sourcing it in the near future!
rustacean123 6 months ago prev next
Really love the fact that you built this with Rust! I have a question for you, how did you handle the term-frequency and inverse document frequency in your inverted index to improve the search results? Thanks!
- johnsmith 6 months ago next
  For handling the term-frequency, I used a basic count-based approach, where each term in a document would have a count of how many times it appeared. For the inverse document frequency, I used a formula that calculated the rarity of each term across all documents. This helped me to ranking the search results based on the relevancy.
search-enthusiast 6 months ago prev next
Great to see the working of this small search engine made with Rust. I would like to know what algorithm you used for the search? Is it Okapi BM25 or any other?
- johnsmith 6 months ago next
  I actually used a custom algorithm for the search that I built myself. It's quite similar to Okapi BM25, but I made a few modifications to make it more suitable for my use case. It takes into account the term frequency and inverse document frequency, as well as the length of the documents and the number of documents containing each term.
coderatemycode 6 months ago prev next
This is really cool! I've been playing around with Rust and trying to get more familiar with it, and it's awesome to see projects like this being built with it. Have you thought about adding multi-language support, or have any plans to extend this to other languages in the future?
- johnsmith 6 months ago next
  I'm glad you found it inspiring! To answer your question, I haven't thought about adding multi-language support just yet. However, I can definitely see the value in doing so in the future. It would certainly make the search engine more versatile. For now, I'm going to continue fine-tuning the performance and features for the initial release.
  johnsmith 6 months ago next
  Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you found it impressive. I have thought about turning this into a web search engine, and that is definitely one of my goals. I'm currently evaluating different web frameworks and will make a decision soon. Stay tuned!
rust_from_scratch 6 months ago prev next
I just started learning Rust, this project is really interesting, I was wondering if you have any suggestions for learning Rust, especially for people who do not know Rust and want to contribute to the project?
- johnsmith 6 months ago next
  I'm glad that my project inspired you to learn Rust! I would recommend starting with the official Rust book, called

johnsmith 6 months ago next
Great job on building a search engine with Rust! I'm always interested in innovative projects like this one. I'm excited to see where this project goes and if it could potentially be a contender against some of the larger search engines out there.
- bigtechfan 6 months ago next
  I also think it's amazing that Rust was used for this project, I've been hearing a lot of good things about the language recently and it's great to see real-world applications for it. I'm curious, what were some of the challenges you faced while developing the project and how did you overcome them?
  johnsmith 6 months ago next
  One of the biggest challenges I faced while developing this project was the lack of resources related to building search engines with Rust. I had to do a lot of trial and error before finding the right approach. However, I'm glad I persevered and was able to make it work. In terms of performance, I'm pleasantly surprised by how well the search engine is able to handle queries. I'm still in the process of fine-tuning things, but I'm very happy with the results so far.
programappler 6 months ago prev next
I'm really impressed with the performance you've been able to achieve! What kind of indexing and data structures did you use to optimize the search engine? Also, have you considered open-sourcing the code so that the community can learn from it and possibly contribute?
- johnsmith 6 months ago next
  I used a basic inverted index for indexing and a Trie data structure for the actual search functionality. As for open-sourcing the code, I had definitely been considering it, but I wanted to make sure the project was stable and complete enough first. I'll definitely look into open-sourcing it in the near future!
rustacean123 6 months ago prev next
Really love the fact that you built this with Rust! I have a question for you, how did you handle the term-frequency and inverse document frequency in your inverted index to improve the search results? Thanks!
- johnsmith 6 months ago next
  For handling the term-frequency, I used a basic count-based approach, where each term in a document would have a count of how many times it appeared. For the inverse document frequency, I used a formula that calculated the rarity of each term across all documents. This helped me to ranking the search results based on the relevancy.
search-enthusiast 6 months ago prev next
Great to see the working of this small search engine made with Rust. I would like to know what algorithm you used for the search? Is it Okapi BM25 or any other?
- johnsmith 6 months ago next
  I actually used a custom algorithm for the search that I built myself. It's quite similar to Okapi BM25, but I made a few modifications to make it more suitable for my use case. It takes into account the term frequency and inverse document frequency, as well as the length of the documents and the number of documents containing each term.
coderatemycode 6 months ago prev next
This is really cool! I've been playing around with Rust and trying to get more familiar with it, and it's awesome to see projects like this being built with it. Have you thought about adding multi-language support, or have any plans to extend this to other languages in the future?
- johnsmith 6 months ago next
  I'm glad you found it inspiring! To answer your question, I haven't thought about adding multi-language support just yet. However, I can definitely see the value in doing so in the future. It would certainly make the search engine more versatile. For now, I'm going to continue fine-tuning the performance and features for the initial release.
  johnsmith 6 months ago next
  Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you found it impressive. I have thought about turning this into a web search engine, and that is definitely one of my goals. I'm currently evaluating different web frameworks and will make a decision soon. Stay tuned!
rust_from_scratch 6 months ago prev next
I just started learning Rust, this project is really interesting, I was wondering if you have any suggestions for learning Rust, especially for people who do not know Rust and want to contribute to the project?
- johnsmith 6 months ago next
  I'm glad that my project inspired you to learn Rust! I would recommend starting with the official Rust book, called