Finding Search Success with Cloud Flexibility

Craft of Code

How important is it to find a hosting partner that’s a good fit for your company?

Rock de Vocht is the Director of Technology, CTO, and Co-Founder at SimSage, the AI powered search platform designed to make finding information more efficient.

There are plenty of obstacles to overcome when building a search engine but finding a hosting solution that’s suitable and flexible shouldn’t be one of them.

Rock joined episode three, season two, of our Craft of Code podcast to discuss the technology, infrastructure, processing, and even the language theory behind SimSage’s development.

We also talked to Rock about his partnership with Linode, including why he switched from Google to Linode, the benefits of cloud hosting, and why human customer support is fundamental to success.

In this episode, we discussed:

• How SimSage connects people with information in the workplace
• How Rock’s background in computational linguistics and languages impacted SimSage’s development
• Where many go wrong with neural networks
• Why the cloud is a natural fit for SimSage
• The technology infrastructure behind SimSage
• SimSage’s roadmap for scaling
• Why Rock made the switch from GCP to Linode
• Rock’s advice for future technologists

You can find out more by visiting https://www.linode.com/craft-of-code/

Important Links & Mentions

• SimSage
• Kotlin
• Apache Cassandra
• Kubernetes
• Docker

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