Portfolio History - Bruno Scheufler

After showcasing my projects on my old Portfolio from 2015 on, I launched this blog in late 2018. Since then, I've been sharing my knowledge, thoughts, and experiences. Over time, I experimented with different looks, features for discoverability, and content types. To make this happen, the underlying technology stack had to evolve as well.

Apr 03, 2024

Building a Hybrid Search Experience

You might have noticed a recent addition to the top right corner of this blog: I’ve added a global search experience. More specifically, I’ve implemented a hybrid search solution based on OpenAI Embeddings, Supabase, and PostgreSQL full-text search. In this post, I’d like to run through the design decisions I made building this system and explain how the current iteration works end to end....Systems Architecture, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Search, OpenAI

Jan 16, 2022

Indexing Pages Programmatically Using the Indexing API

When you manage websites with more than a dozen pages, it can get hard to make sure search engines like Google know when to index newly-added content. Some pages may change frequently, and the classic way of publishing a page, then waiting a couple of days to see if Google picked it up might not be feasible....Automation

Aug 08, 2021

Setting up Algolia DocSearch with Next.js

When there's a lot of content to go through, finding what you are looking for can become tedious. It's no surprise that most users will just bounce when they cannot find a resource in a certain amount of time....Next.js

Jun 01, 2021

Improving Content Discoverability with Topics

Previously, it was impossible to continue reading posts on similar topics as the one you just read. If you were starting on the main page and wanted to find a post on some specific topic, the only option was to go by the title, which doesn't always tell the full story....Portfolio