Wirewiki's June post explains how it prefetches 240 million domains
In a June 22nd engineering breakdown, founder Ruurtjan Pul describes prefetching the next character, compressing the index to 2.5 GB, and accepting 100-200 ms of added US latency.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Ruurtjan Pul
Why it matters
Pul turned the physical act of typing into a network latency budget. The pattern gives small software teams a practical way to make remote data feel local without immediately building a global server fleet.
In a June 22nd engineering breakdown, Ruurtjan Pul (@ruurtjan), the solo founder behind Wirewiki, described an autocomplete system designed to feel instantaneous while searching roughly 240 million domain names.…