aegilops@andybaio it's a great idea, and you might not need to wait!
I remembered seeing something like this for tech sites, and while I can't find it I did get some interesting results by searching for:
["curated search engine"]
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22curated+search+engine%22
I've also seen the idea called "boutique" or "custom" search.
Some people emulate this by doing a search with `site:reddit.com`, for example.