Revving up to build: Top Down with Matt Nowzari

Matt Nowzari, a software engineer on Elastic's Search team, works on data ingestion tools like Open Crawler, Elastic connectors, and Agent Builder. He advocates for open source engagement and developer community participation. His workspace includes a MacBook Pro, Uplift standing desk, ultrawide monitor, and mechanical keyboard. He uses VS Code and Cursor (for AI-assisted code review), listens to UK drum & bass while coding, and structures his day with morning meetings and afternoon deep work. He's excited about Agent Builder's conversational data interaction capabilities and envisions building a searchable knowledge base for vintage car repair information using Elasticsearch.