Marginalia Search has received an NLNet grant

https://memex.marginalia.nu/log/74-marginalia-2-years.gmi

by asicsp • 3 years ago

112 17 3 years ago

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cushychicken• 3 years ago

Very cool, /u/marginalia_nu. From one web crawler enthusiast to another.

But I can’t really call you an enthusiast any more if you’re getting paid!

mariusor2• 3 years ago

That is great news.

Most of the time I'm annoyed at the projects that manage to get funding, because generally the people that do the work don't have the time nor the inclination to fill paperwork for getting the grants, and the people that have that time and inclination, rarely do the work. So, in my experience, the grants get dispatched to mostly worthless causes that produce very little benefit. I'm very glad that this is not the case here.

marginalia_nu5• 3 years ago

I think part of it is that it feels uncomfortably audacious to apply for something like this. Doesn't come natural for my modest ass. Of course, you won't get any grants you don't apply for.

To be real, it's a doubly great thing I did. Not just for the project, but me. This comes at a time when kinda exhausted from working what is essentially two jobs. It's worn on my relationships, my physical and mental health. I absolutely love the work, but the way I've been juggling things is an unsustainable one-way ticket to burnout city and I'm fully aware of the fact.

mariusor2• 3 years ago

I would appreciate a writeup of how you built the proposal, if you have the time.

I'm in a somewhat similar position - not enough time, interest to apply for grants - despite working on projects that might qualify.

danuker• 3 years ago

Amazing!

I am glad a nonprofit noticed the value of the search engine.

TGIF• 3 years ago

Congratulations on this! As a hobbyist search engine enthusiast I’ve really enjoyed following your project and blog posts these last few years. I’m looking forward to what the next year brings!

freediver• 3 years ago

Congratulations, really great news for independent search engines landscape!

marginalia_nu5• 3 years ago

Thanks, Vlad :D

NeutralForest• 3 years ago

Well done!!

sourcecodeplz• 3 years ago

Congrats dude! Your project is mentioned here all the time. If only you just gave it a "better" name.

marginalia_nu5• 3 years ago

Naming things and cache invalidation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

tpoacher• 3 years ago

I think marginalia is an awesome name!

phendrenad2• 3 years ago

Just munge it together into marginulia

amirouche• 3 years ago

Using a dedicated on-disk file format, that is, a custom index has much advantages, optimizations opportunities. I thought using an existing OKVS would be an advantage from a time to market perspective, but it is not the case :)

marginalia_nu5• 3 years ago

I think most off-the-shelf stuff is a dead end. You see fairly frequent attempts using both KVS:es and like elasticsearch or similar. Like you can get it to work, but it just doesn't scale.

Marginalia Search has received an NLNet grant

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