Episode notes
A story about building an open-source search engine that developers actually want to use.
This episode is for SaaS founders chasing feature parity with bigger competitors—and those wondering if there's a smarter way to compete with tech giants.
Most SaaS companies don't fail because of bad technology. They fail because they try to be everything to everyone.
Quentin de Quelen, Co-founder & CEO of MeiliSearch, took a different path. A former carpenter's son turned developer, he saw search as a fundamental problem worth solving properly. Instead of building another complex enterprise solution, he chose to make search so simple that any developer could implement it in five minutes.
This inspired me to invite Quentin to my podcast. We explore how focusing on three core principles—simplicity, performa ...