In this episode, I sit down with David Tippett, a search engineer at Github. We chat about his background and journey into the world of search, focusing on his role at GitHub and how he is improving their search experiences. Our conversation explores the complexities of building effective search, including understanding user intent, the importance of data and indexing, and the challenges of measuring search relevance. We also touch upon the evolving landscape of search with the emergence of AI and multimodal approaches. To close this episode, we talk about the difficulties in justifying investment in search and the critical role it plays across various functions within a platform like GitHub. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did