I've been having some fun recently using MongoDB (and its Python module, pymongo) which I'm planning to use for roistr the search engine. The stuff I need it for is fairly straightforward and I'm enjoying using it. My mac has a test database while the real system is sitting on some more substantial hardware.
It does, however, feel odd to talk about using, shall we say, commodity software for a search engine, no matter how early. Of course it's a good idea to use tried and tested open source programs built precisely for this type of task (plus it's a great learning experience), but I imagine that a lot of organisations have their own home-made stuff. Being a band of exactly one and trying to build a billion-index search engine, I'm up against it so I need to rely on others' softwares.
It does, however, feel odd to talk about using, shall we say, commodity software for a search engine, no matter how early. Of course it's a good idea to use tried and tested open source programs built precisely for this type of task (plus it's a great learning experience), but I imagine that a lot of organisations have their own home-made stuff. Being a band of exactly one and trying to build a billion-index search engine, I'm up against it so I need to rely on others' softwares.
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