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Re:What software engineers should know about search (2017) by remram on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:19PM (#28913074)
A limitation of TypeSense, and a lot of alternatives, is that they don't really work on Windows. TypeSense looks good for embedded situations (ie. inside an app) except it won't run on Windows.
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Re:What software engineers should know about search (2017) by jabo on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:29PM (#28913167)
We don't publish a native Windows binary mainly due to the effort involved. However, I've heard from a couple of users that they've been able to use the Docker build or WSL to run the Linux binary on Windows machines.
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Re:What software engineers should know about search (2017) by remram on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @12:17PM (#28919865)
Yeah I can't require users to set up Docker or WSL before running my application.
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Re:What software engineers should know about search (2017) by XCSme on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @09:08AM (#28917654)
Wait, so this means I can not test it locally on my Windows machine?
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