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by smetj 756 days ago
> The whole database is around 11 MB, basically nothing. I don’t even bother with proper storage, I just serialize the whole thing to a single JSON file every time it updates.

> But how do I search? > Well, Ctrl+F, of course. We are too humble, too lazy, and too smart to try to compete with in-browser implementation.

> Wait, what about page size? > It’s totally fine. I mean, for Berlin, for example, we serve 1.4 MB of HTML. 3 MB with posters. It’s fine.

Besides whatever technicalities, we need more engineers with this sober mentality.