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My project 1) is a side project, meaning I can commit as much or as little time as I'd like 2) is something I use myself 3) doesn't cost too much to run.

I think these factors help the survival of a Show HN submission. Been running https://cinetrii.com for years.

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Do you mind me asking what the tech stack is for this? I love how smooth it is and that the search is instant, but using the BuiltWith Firefox add-on doesn't show me any framework or technology that would do that apart from PHP/JS. Is it pure AJAX?

Thanks, it’s just good old LAMP. Search is AJAX with https://tarekraafat.github.io/autoComplete.js/

I’m no web dev and to understand modern web frameworks and their ecosystems just seems like a tremendous undertaking at this point.

Hey, I really like cinetrii, I've wanted something like that for years.

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