I like writing about things in tech and business. Search, NLP, and distributed systems. Current Obsession: https://t.co/o9fP8uML6f (Next Heroku)
Jun 5, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Continuing my trend of writing about search and search engines, one question I've had is why aren't we making better use of the databases people are already storing their data in? #tweet100#programming#search 🧵
Every search engine I know of builds their own index and requires you to take all of your data from your existing database and move it into the search engine. 1/
Jun 2, 2022 • 33 tweets • 6 min read
I think a lot about search every day, at one level there's search at the scale of Google, but at the other end there's search as a feature of a product, like searching a catalog of things to buy, or looking for a movie, etc. #tweet100#tech#business#search A 🧵 about search.
Today I sat down to write and the first thing that came to mind is how difficult it is for companies to implement search well in their products. 1/
Jun 1, 2022 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
What is a SPAC? A Special Purpose Acquisition Company, or SPAC are companies who are formed specifically with the purpose of raising funds at an IPO. Why do they do this? They do it to acquire an existing business. And they've risen in popularity.🧵 #Tweet100#startups#business
They've risen in popularity compared to traditional IPOs because they're quicker to push through to completion, have less scrutiny and present very favorable terms to their (institutional) investors. This means that a business that may not have the financials to succeed through
