From 1952f59f9f283e0f0758657c250a9f7a786d3bdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryan Newbold <bnewbold@archive.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:45:06 -0700
Subject: search: smaller default result set

---
 fatcat_scholar/search.py | 2 +-
 notes/scaling_works.md   | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fatcat_scholar/search.py b/fatcat_scholar/search.py
index 1a543d9..c0e8189 100644
--- a/fatcat_scholar/search.py
+++ b/fatcat_scholar/search.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def do_fulltext_search(
         raise ValueError(f"Unknown 'sort_order' parameter value: '{query.sort_order}'")
 
     # Sanity checks
-    limit = min((int(query.limit or 25), 100))
+    limit = min((int(query.limit or 15), 100))
     offset = max((int(query.offset or 0), 0))
     if offset > deep_page_limit:
         # Avoid deep paging problem.
diff --git a/notes/scaling_works.md b/notes/scaling_works.md
index 3de4214..6537596 100644
--- a/notes/scaling_works.md
+++ b/notes/scaling_works.md
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ processing times:
 - ensure transform output is sorted by key
     => <https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/tune-for-disk-usage.html#_put_fields_in_the_same_order_in_documents>
 - ensure number of cores is large
+- return fewer results (15 vs. 25)
+    => less highlighting
+    => fewer thumbnails to catch
 
 ## Work Grouping
 
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