The author details the significant and rewarding journey of rewriting their progscrape project in Rust from Python, achieving impressive performance benchmarks on a Raspberry Pi despite modest hardware. They highlight the use of Tantivy, a fast search engine library in Rust, and the seamless integration of nearly half a million stories. Exciting new features include dedicated story pages, URL search, and enhanced data visualization with search trend graphs. Recent improvements focus on search resilience and user experience enhancements. The author invites contributions to the open-source project on GitHub, expressing gratitude for the community and looking forward to its evolution.
https://progscrape.com/blog/2024-06-06/cloud-performance-on-a-toy-computer-from-python-to-rust