The pattern goes all the way down
DiskBBQ’s new filtered-search optimisation is the same architectural move I wrote about last week, applied one layer deeper. The pattern is fractal - and that’s what makes it useful.
Software developer and search engineer.
I’m Chris — a software developer based in London. I’m currently Director of Engineering at Vimeo, leading the teams behind the platform that powers millions of videos. This is my personal blog, where I write about programming, search systems, and Elasticsearch.
Everything has changed in search. Nothing has changed in search.
Agentic search looks like a clean break from classical IR. Look closer and the architectural instincts are the ones backend engineers have used for decades - the components are new, the rules are not.
Today, Vimeo goes public
Vimeo spins out from IAC and begins trading on Nasdaq under the ticker VMEO.
FOSDEM 2015
Another year at FOSDEM — Vimeo's open source talk, the dedicated Open Source Search track, and a closing keynote from a Mars One astronaut candidate.
I've Joined Vimeo
Joining the Vimeo team to work on the search platform after an amazing run at DueDil.
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