Ambuda publishes its 300th text

[Arun Prasad]

Ambuda has just published its 300th text. This seems like a nice occasion to reflect on where Ambuda is now and where it's going.

What does the library look like? -- We have 160 stotras, 79 upanishads, and the rest are a mix of various genres.

Why stotras? -- I wanted to greatly expand the library and stress test our workflows. Stotras are both numerous and small, so it's easy to add a bunch of them.

What changes did you make as a result? -- There are a few. Some that come to mind:

(1) the text list became too large for the main page, so we moved it to /texts and updated the main page to show categories.

(2) the list was cumbersome to navigate, so we added a nice search-by-title feature.

(3) category lists were too large, so we built out our taxonomy so that we could model categories and sub-categories.

(4) Per-category search was limited for some applications, so we added catalog search.

(5) Proofed projects became hard to manage, so we greatly improved the search experience there.

What's next? -- We'll continue to add as many texts as we can, aiming for 500 texts by June. We'll add stotras here and there, but they won't be our primary focus.

Arun

[vishal y]

The kathasaritsagara would be a great addition, all 22k verses. 

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