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.comThe Future of Search Is Semantic & Lexical: https://marcussorealheis.medium.com/the-future-of-search-is-semantic-and-lexical-e55cc9973b6313 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-7064768505f8Github: https://github.com/MarcusSorealheisTwitter: https://twitter.com/marcusforpeace MongoDB:Website: https://www.mongodb.com/Atlas: https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas/registerCareers: https://www.mongodb.com/careers Others:Damerau-Levenshtein distance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damerau%E2%80%93Levenshtein_distanceLucene: https://lucene.apache.org/core/Target HVAC Incident (2014, Archive Link): https://archive.is/Wnwob  Mergify:Website: https://mergify.com/ If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/   Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.com   You can also follow Programming Throwdown on  Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM    Join the discussion on our Discord Help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★