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Later combined with Tantivy, I think it’s a superb combination to tackle pretty…",{"value":97,"source":50,"evidence":98},"Tantivy",[99],{"id":94,"by":11,"text":95},{"value":101,"source":102,"evidence":103},"Svelte","commenter",[104],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"42418884","SalmonSnarker","None of the people I dm'd didn't notice it :( a buzee packed full of docs is likely a cautionary tale about the costs of homogeneous tech communities.…","open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":112,"objections":131,"requests":164,"questions":191,"alternatives":209},[113,120],{"value":114,"source":102,"evidence":115},"Useful alternative to Windows Search and Everything",[116],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"42420897","Cotterzz","Yep, you were onto something. Everything is so useful, almost vital now. If it were cross-platform and had a text-search option it would be perfect. 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