Can I vibe code Swiftype?

Build an end-to-end self-hosted site search system using Node.js, Typesense, and Playwright that serves as an alternative to Swiftype.

1. DATA MODEL & BACKEND ENGINE:
- Deploy Typesense via Docker. Define a schema for a 'pages' collection with fields: id (string), url (string, facet), title (string), body (string), tags (string[]), price (float, optional), image_url (string, optional), updated_at (int64).
- Configure search parameters: search_on (title, body, tags), default_sorting_field (updated_at:desc), query_by_weights (4, 2, 1), typo_tolerance (true).

2. CRAWLER PIPELINE:
- Build a Node.js crawler using Playwright that accepts a seed URL and maximum depth limit.
- Extract text: parse page <title>, OpenGraph tags, canonical link, and extract main content within <main>, <article>, or product containers while removing <nav>, <footer>, and <script> tags.
- Generate a content hash to detect changes; skip unchanged pages. Upsert modified pages into Typesense.
- Include link discovery: normalize links on the same domain and enqueue them until depth or page limit is reached.

3. SEARCH API & MERCHANDISING OVERRIDES:
- Build a lightweight Express API that proxies search queries to Typesense using a scoped read-only API key.
- Implement a 'curations' store in SQLite/Postgres mapping query strings to pinned document IDs. Inject pinned documents at index position 0 when the query matches.
- Implement query logging: write all incoming search terms and whether they yielded zero results into SQLite for analytics.

4. FRONT-END WIDGET:
- Create a 10KB vanilla JavaScript bundle that injects a search trigger input or binds to an existing input selector.
- Render an accessible modal with real-time, search-as-you-type results (debounced at 150ms).
- Display image thumbnail, title, highlighted snippet, and price badge if present.

5. OUT OF SCOPE & HARDENING:
- Do not build custom NLP search math; rely on Typesense engine natively.
- Add crawler concurrency control (max 3 workers) and respect robots.txt to prevent target server degradation.

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