Building Meilisearch: From Personal Project to Open-Source Success

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This chapter chronicles the evolution of Meilisearch, an open-source search engine born from the challenges of e-commerce search functionality. It emphasizes the impact of hackathons, community collaboration, and the significant contributions of the team in maintaining an open-source model while building a successful business. Additionally, the chapter explores the transition of the team through various technologies, demonstrating their commitment to user-friendly solutions and efficient search systems.

@kerollmops, the technical brain behind the open-source search engine Meilisearch, joins me for a nerdy chat about all things search.

I’ve been using this blazing fast tech for my own business, podscan, and kero has helped me through a few challenges over the last few weeks. I really want to dive into the economics of building a business on top of an open-source piece of software.

Let's chat about self-hosted search engines today!

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