site-search.txt
My site is <one sentence>, built with <stack> on <host>. It has about
<n> items, and people need to search them.

Build the simplest search that's good enough at this size:
- Using what my database and host already provide. Say what that is.
- Matching partial words, ignoring case, and handling no results kindly.
- Results ranked so the obvious match comes first.
- The point at which this stops being good enough, in items or queries.

Don't reach for a separate search service unless my numbers need one.

Most databases a host provides already have decent full-text search built in. Try that before paying for anything.