Maintain speed with NeuralSearch & optimistic UI | Algolia

Algolia Search, known for its exceptional speed and performance, has introduced NeuralSearch, a new feature that brings complex LLMs to the critical path of search. This development presents challenges in maintaining unparalleled performance while adding this ambitious feature. The introduction of NeuralSearch involves reconsidering early choices, optimizing differently, and resorting to new designs to solve new problems. Algolia provides InstantSearch UI libraries that fully integrate with the Algolia APIs, helping customers quickly build search & discovery interfaces without handling unappealing work they're not experts in. Optimistic UI has been introduced to improve user experience by providing immediate feedback and visual responses following an interaction, even if the operation may take time. This pattern increases the speed perception of a user interface and focuses on positive outcomes based on trust in the system's performance and reliability.