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Life & fun · August 29, 2013

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We built a fast substring search engine in Go

We built a fast substring search engine in Go launched on August 29, 2013 with 145 votes, #11 of 475 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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Tamber is a substring search engine built in Go, designed for fast text searching. It serves developers and users who need quick pattern matching across large datasets. The engine's primary distinction is its performance optimization through Go's language design, making it suitable for applications requiring rapid substring queries.

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