Implement search with Algolia

[lucavallin]

Searching is currently done by looping through the repository array and finding the one matching criteria. This is computationally very expensive and something like Algolia might help us.

[lukebrichey]

Interested in taking this on over the weekend. At a high level, what would be involved to implement this? Also, are there any other solutions you are considering other than Algolia?

[lucavallin]

Hey @lukebrichey! Thanks for the interest. I am not sure, Algolia has a service that takes your json and makes it more searchable, or so I heard. Something I'd need to look into as well. I think kbar is another such tool. The golden solution would be to have a database instead of a json file.

[lukebrichey]

Gotcha, haven't heard of Algolia before but I would be down to try it out.

[lukebrichey]

Hey Luca, was about to start working on search. Is the database more of a priority? If so, would be happy to take that issue on instead and work on search features later.

[lucavallin]

@lukebrichey No specific priority. Database is cool but it will take a lot more work. Feel free to work on your favourite issue ;)