AI-driven search engine running inside a laundry room aims to rival Google, and you can try it yourself — programmer harnesses old server parts and AI to deliver quality results

A programmer wants to take on Google Search, starting with two PCs that sit in his laundry room. Ryan Pearce, who worked in both enterprise software and game development roles, was curious about what it takes to build a search engine. According to Fast Company, Pearce built two search engines: Searcha Page and its incognito variant, Seek Ninja. These two engines both have a database with over 2 billion entries. Although it’s less than half a percent of Google’s 400-billion-strong search index,…