SereneDB's C++ search engine is the fastest on search benchmarks
gnusi
31 points
8 comments
March 19, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
Uniplace
Great results! Refreshing to see a project that actually went the extra mile and built the core search engine in C++ from scratch, unlike most similar projects that just wrap an existing library.
mkornaukhov
Good job! Interesting reading
leonid_y
I can't wait to apply this base to my real-time AI forecasting solutions!
akorchak
Very impressive numbers! I def would love now to learn more about the algo behind these results
stevemk14ebr
Testing on 5GB of data fully resident in ram is a terrible comparison. Things get hard when you're in the hundreds of gigabytes or more.