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by tim333 4243 days ago
Reddit has rather more complex database queries than StackOverflow so that's not really apples to apples
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notwedtm 4243 days ago
Genuinely curious as to how you came to that conclusion.From the outside looking in, they both look like they would serve similar queries.

On top of that, SO's search feature is (IMHO) loads better than Reddit's.

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integraton 4243 days ago
StackOverflow uses ElasticSearch (open source, Java) for search.
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