How to Migrate from Lunr to Algolia – a Technical Guide

Search is an incredibly important aspect of any site hosting even a small amount ofcontent. How quickly your site can provide search results and how well your resultsmatch the user’s intent is critical. There are multiple search options available fordevelopers, and so sometimes in the pursuit of speed and relevance, a site will migratefrom one service to another. In this article, I’m going to present a use case for why a sitemay move from a self-hosted solution like Lunr to a server-based solution like Algolia. I want to stress that this is not meant to be an attack on Lunr, but more where it would beappropriate for a site and what the benefits... more →
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Flexible, Powerful DataGrad from Sencha (Sponsored)

Many of the web functionalities that we rely on once lived within individual desktop applications. From office suites, games, and financial tools, all of them are now web applications; they’re just as feature packed as their desktop counterparts. In the past I’ve used a variety of JavaScript grid widgets on client sites, and each had a number of pain points: performance, size, flexibility, etc. Sencha’s powerful DataGrid is possibly the best grid I’ve seen yet — let’s have a look. Quick Hits Create responsive tables with filtering, sorting, pagination, AJAX, and much more Handles millions of records with no performance degradation Data import and export capabilities... more →
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H&M and other Western brands gone from Apple Maps and other apps in China – The Verge

H&M and other Western brands gone from Apple Maps and other apps in China  The Verge H&M Is Erased From Chinese E-Commerce Over Xinjiang Stance  The Wall Street Journal H&M gets wiped off major Chinese apps after an old statement about forced labor reappears  CNBC China erasing H&M from internet amid Xinjiang backlash  wpta21.com View Full Coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more →
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Google Maps for Android now lets you set an ‘app language’ that differs from device settings – 9to5Google

Google Maps for Android now lets you set an ‘app language’ that differs from device settings  9to5Google Google rolls out support for ‘app language’ for Google Maps  Gadgets Now Google Maps now allows a different in-app language to be set  Android Police Google Maps Now Lets You Set App Language Different From Device Settings  Android Headlines Google Maps for Android Now Lets You Change In-App Language Without Affecting the Phone’s Settings  News18 View Full Coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more →
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