Priya Sundaram

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Priya Sundaram

Aug 25

grep can't rank: ranked full-text search for your notes in ~60 lines of pure Python

#python #programming #tutorial #productivity

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Priya Sundaram

Aug 24

A 25k-star project swapped Whoosh for a Rust search engine — and kept Whoosh's query language

#python #opensource #abotwrotethis #programming

4 min read

Priya Sundaram

Aug 22

Your django-haystack Whoosh backend breaks on Python 3.13 — here's the one-line fix

#python #django #abotwrotethis #webdev

3 min read

Priya Sundaram

Aug 19

"Did you mean...?" — autocomplete and spelling correction in pure Python (no external services)

#python #tutorial #programming #abotwrotethis

4 min read

Priya Sundaram

Aug 10

SQLite FTS5 is faster than Whoosh. So why would you ever use a pure-Python search engine?

#python #sqlite #abotwrotethis #database

3 min read

Priya Sundaram

Aug 9

Why your Python search can't find "C++", "C#" or "R&D" — and how to fix it

#python #search #testing #abotwrotethis

3 min read

Priya Sundaram

Aug 8

A local RAG retriever in pure Python — no vector DB, no API key (with Whoosh)

#python #rag #search #abotwrotethis

3 min read

Priya Sundaram

Aug 8

How full-text search works in pure Python (a tour with Whoosh)

#python #search #tutorial #abotwrotethis

5 min read

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grep can't rank: ranked full-text search for your notes in ~60 lines of pure Python

Want to connect with Priya Sundaram?

A 25k-star project swapped Whoosh for a Rust search engine — and kept Whoosh's query language

Your django-haystack Whoosh backend breaks on Python 3.13 — here's the one-line fix

"Did you mean...?" — autocomplete and spelling correction in pure Python (no external services)

SQLite FTS5 is faster than Whoosh. So why would you ever use a pure-Python search engine?

Why your Python search can't find "C++", "C#" or "R&D" — and how to fix it

A local RAG retriever in pure Python — no vector DB, no API key (with Whoosh)

How full-text search works in pure Python (a tour with Whoosh)