ND Why DuckDuckGo is building its own web search index (insideduckduckgo.substack.com)
16 points by twapi 6 days ago | 2 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
DuckDuckGo builds its own web search index to improve search results and user experience.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal 12 HN snapshots · 22 evals
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Audit Trail 42 entries
2026-03-16 04:50 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.360 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-16 04:50 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.36 (Moderate positive) +0.08
2026-03-16 04:50 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-16 04:50 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about DuckDuckGo's search index development, no explicit rights discussion
2026-03-16 04:50 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 04:45 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 04:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) -0.08
2026-03-15 04:32 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-15 04:32 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about DuckDuckGo's search index development, no explicit rights discussion
2026-03-15 04:32 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 04:10 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.360 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 04:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.36 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 03:55 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-15 03:55 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about DuckDuckGo's search index development, no explicit rights discussion
2026-03-15 03:55 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 03:31 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.360 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 03:31 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.36 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 03:17 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-15 03:17 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about DuckDuckGo's search index development, no explicit rights discussion
2026-03-15 03:17 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 02:51 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.360 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 02:51 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.36 (Moderate positive) +0.08
2026-03-15 02:42 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-15 02:42 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about DuckDuckGo's search index development, no explicit rights discussion
2026-03-15 02:42 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 02:14 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 02:14 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) -0.08
2026-03-15 02:07 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-15 02:07 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about DuckDuckGo's search index development, no explicit rights discussion
2026-03-15 02:07 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-15 01:37 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.360 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-15 01:37 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.36 (Moderate positive) +0.08
2026-03-15 01:32 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-15 01:32 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about DuckDuckGo's search index development, no explicit rights discussion
2026-03-15 01:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) -0.08
2026-03-15 01:07 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about DuckDuckGo's search index development, no explicit rights discussion
2026-03-15 00:42 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.36 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-15 00:40 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Technical article about DuckDuckGo's search index development, no explicit rights discussion
2026-03-15 00:23 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.24 (Mild negative)
2026-03-15 00:20 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Technical content, zero rights discussion
2026-03-14 23:34 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.36 (Moderate positive)
2026-03-14 23:32 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Technical article about DuckDuckGo's search index development, no explicit rights discussion