Optimizing Search with RegExp for the Igbo API

The Igbo API has improved its search within the past year and a half. I'm providing a high-level walkthrough of how we have enhanced search so that it's more accurate and performant using RegExp and MongoDB.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Steps to create the Igbo API search pipeline
01:23 Step 1: Why two RegExp?
01:59 Start Word Boundary and End Word Boundary
02:54 Front and Back
03:59 NFD and NFC
07:24 Letter Duplication
07:37 Plural and Gerund
08:07 Why Not Use Text Index?
09:07 Step 2: Generating the MongoDB Query
11:22 What About Performance?
11:56 Outro
== Projects ==
Igbo API: igboapi.com
Nkọwa okwu: nkowaokwu.com
== Contribute ==
Igbo API GitHub: github.com/ijemmao/igbo_api
Volunteer Form: nkowaokwu.com/volunteer
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== Let's Connect ==
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== Who I Am ==
I'm Ijemma, a frontend software engineer currently working in New York City. I make videos on all things JavaScript and, more broadly, frontend web development.
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