then last year i started working on building a free campaign finance web tool that i eventually wanted to be able to search 10+M docs, so i investigated current day usage-based search pricing on meilisearch and algolia, and found that it would still cost $thousands per month (around $2k MS, $4k Alg)
so with all the vibe hype (and tantivy) i thought i'd give rolling my own another shot so here we are
goal is complete algolia api compatibility so instantsearch.js woks out of the box. single-step algolia migration
super grateful for any feedback! thanks for checking it out