/Jay Howe

How We Brought Multimedia Search To Dropbox Dash tl;dr: “Supporting search for multimedia—images, video, and audio—introduces a distinct set of technical hurdles. These files require significantly more processing power, have fewer textual cues for ranking, and often lack meaningful metadata. Delivering fast, relevant results means handling large file sizes efficiently, identifying new relevance signals, and optimizing how results are rendered for user review.”

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