I'll add that doing search well is a lot of work; just about anything you would do to "improve" it will introduce some drawback as well. I'm sure the lemmy devs just haven't had the time or inclination to focus on it past the basic functionality.
Get some plants. Having some green living things in the house feels nice. Even if you don't have a green thumb, something like a peace lily is dead simple to care for.
Oh wow she's about to beat Blue Prince