"Meeting eBay?s top developer, Eric Billingsley". Interesting interview about eBay's search engine. It has very specific requirements: if I add something for sale, it has to show up in searches very quickly. And you need complete retrieval: ALL items have to show up.
He also talks about a flexible datamodel that can accomodate various datafields for a teddybear to a car.
Technically, one interesting bit is that the whole system is IN memory.
Original post on October 11, 2006 from ScobleShow: Videoblog about geeks, technology, and developers: (RSS feed)
Eric Billingsley used to design nuclear power plants, but his new job is no less interesting: he is the senior director of eBay’s new research labs. Come along and listen as he tells you what eBay is up to and how he built eBay’s new search engine. He also gives us a demo of the latest stuff from their research labs. It should be said that this stuff is experimental and has not been shipped to eBay yet. Tags: Eric Billingsley, eBay
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# Oct 12, 2006