Re:PostgreSQL Full-Text Search: Fast When Done Right (Debunk...
by supermatt on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @03:41AM
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Why so angry?
> "You didn't ..."
No, they didn't. They aren't Neon and didnt do the benchmarks in the linked article. They are a postgres maintainer.
If you actually read their comment instead of raging you will see that they are saying that pg_search is a simple generic index definition that makes a _variety_ of queries work with little effort, and you can still add the additional optimisations (that are already documented - which they linked to) where needed.
> "You didn't ..."
No, they didn't. They aren't Neon and didnt do the benchmarks in the linked article. They are a postgres maintainer.
If you actually read their comment instead of raging you will see that they are saying that pg_search is a simple generic index definition that makes a _variety_ of queries work with little effort, and you can still add the additional optimisations (that are already documented - which they linked to) where needed.