Could you imagine what the internet was like before search engines ?
I wouldn’t dare give that a thought. In this article I’m going to go over the basics of Information Retrieval, an important & blossoming field of Computer Science.
Specifically, I will be talking about the main data structure behind IR and the Boolean Retrieval Model.
A bit of context
Recently at work, I started working with ElasticSearch.
I had multiple objectives :
- Insert valuable business data (thanks Kafka Connect)
- Monitor the behaviour of Elastic under load
- Prepare some ground work for an analytical usage
That introduced me to ElasticSearch’s indexes, shards and…
My wife to-be needed a new computer, so I gave her my 2018 MBP and made use of this opportunity to buy the new M1 MBP 13".
And so I decided it was time to brush up my setup and give it some new look & feel !
Previous Setup
I’ve been a Mac fan since I won a little Macbook Air 11" at a hackathon. To be clear, I was planning on giving it as a gift. Everything changed when I started using it out of curiosity.. eheh.
Before that I had a Windows 7 / OpenSuse dual boot on a…
Luc Sydney Georges
Software / Data Engineer. Curious learner. Rust enthusiast 🦀
