blog: How Not to Break a Search Engine

[rvantonder]

or: What I Learned About Unglamorous Engineering.

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[rvantonder]

I see you @bobheadxi!

[rebeccadee]

@rvantonder 👏 This is looking great. I've left some comments to explain some of my changes, I will resolve any that don't have action items for you – these are mostly FYIs.

I like the additional subheads you've brought in towards the end. I'm not sure we have the flow of the last section right (it feels like you jump around a bit between musing about unglamorous engineering and still talking about the Sourcegraph work), but it would be great to get feedback from the others you've tagged here on that too.

[camdencheek]

Summary thoughts: this resonates 🔔

And, I get the feeling that it will with a lot of other engineers too. There is a constant pull between visible, glamorous work, and the work that you know needs done, but won't be seen or appreciated. And even when it is seen and appreciated, it's not as much fun, or it's more difficult to be proud of. I love the way this post highlights that