another benefit is that it will make nostrdb fulltext searches compatible with search relays. So local search will return local results quickly, and then network-wide notes will trickle in afterwards.
Discussion
First step toward this done: nostrdb now understands the search field in filters. Updating the fulltext query next.
https://github.com/damus-io/nostrdb/pull/68/commits/833a5b21bd93d1abe208f45a0d1da7c47dabc5c5