Company
Date Published
Author
Tristan Partin
Word count
3057
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The blog post explores building a full-text search Content Management System (CMS) using Neon, a serverless Postgres platform, and the pg_search extension. It highlights the potential of using databases directly for CMS purposes by bypassing traditional CMS platforms, thereby simplifying architecture and improving performance. The guide walks through setting up a Neon account, creating projects, and integrating Prisma for database management. It explains the implementation of full-text search capabilities using pg_search and BM25, a search algorithm that ranks results by relevance. The system is enhanced with features like typo tolerance, phrase search, and adaptive fuzzy matching, ensuring a robust search experience. The post concludes by illustrating the versatility and simplicity of combining Neon and pg_search, suggesting possibilities for various applications beyond a basic CMS, such as e-commerce platforms and knowledge bases, without the need for complex infrastructure or dedicated search engines.