April 12, 2023

Discussion on Haystack Full-Text Search Engine in Elixir

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Discussion on Haystack Full-Text Search Engine in Elixir

Source: topenddevs.com

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Philip Brown, with over 15 years of experience in software development, discusses his project Haystack on the Elixir Mix podcast. Haystack is a simple yet extendable full-text search engine written in Elixir. It was designed to be easy to use and understand, allowing developers to implement comprehensive search functionality without the need for external services. Philip shared his motivation for creating Haystack—wanting a search solution without having to manage databases or include additional third-party dependencies. He also highlighted the importance of having a tool that could be easily customized by other developers for their specific needs, which led him to make Haystack open source and highly extensible. Furthermore, he touched upon the potential of incorporating other types of searches like semantic search and locality-sensitive hashing search.

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