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episode 143: 143: The Evolution of Search with Marcus Eagan
Finding something online might seem easy - but as Marcus Eagan tells it, it’s not easy to get it right. In today’s episode, MongoDB’s Staff Product Manager on Atlas Search speaks with Jason and Patrick about his own journey in software development and how to best use search engines to capture user intent.
00:00:34 Introductions
00:01:30 Marcus’s unusual origin story
00:05:10 Unsecured IoT devices
00:09:56 How security groupthink can compromise matters
00:12:48 The Target HVAC incident
00:17:32 Business challenges with home networks
00:21:51 Damerau-Levenshtein edit distance factor ≤ 2
00:23:58 How do people who do search talk about search
00:30:35 Inferring human intent before they intend it
00:46:13 Ben Horowitz
00:47:32 Seinfeld as an association exercise
00:52:27 What Marcus is doing at MongoDB
00:58:30 How MongoDB can help at any level
01:01:00 Working at MongoDB
01:08:14 Farewells
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Marcus Eagan:
- Website: https://marcussorealheis.medium.com
- The Future of Search Is Semantic & Lexical: https://marcussorealheis.medium.com/the-future-of-search-is-semantic-and-lexical-e55cc9973b63
- 13 Hard Things I Do To Be A Dope Product Manager: https://marcussorealheis.medium.com/13-hard-things-i-do-to-be-a-dope-database-product-manager-7064768505f8
- Github: https://github.com/MarcusSorealheis
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcusforpeace
MongoDB:
- Website: https://www.mongodb.com/
- Atlas: https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas/register
- Careers: https://www.mongodb.com/careers
Others:
- Damerau-Levenshtein distance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damerau%E2%80%93Levenshtein_distance
- Lucene: https://lucene.apache.org/core/
- Target HVAC Incident (2014, Archive Link): https://archive.is/Wnwob
Mergify:
- Website: https://mergify.com/
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