S8E366 - #366 – How Quentin de Quelen built MeiliSearch by choosing what others avoid
Published: June 18, 2025
Duration: 47:38
A story about building an open-source search engine that developers actually want to use.
This episode is for SaaS founders chasing feature parity with bigger competitors—and those wondering if there's a smarter way to compete with tech giants.
Most SaaS companies don't fail because of bad technology. They fail because they try to be everything to everyone.
Quentin de Quelen, Co-founder & CEO of MeiliSearch, took a different path. A former carpenter's son turned developer, he saw search as a fundamental problem worth solving properly. Instead of building another complex enterprise so...