Doug Turnbull
softwaredoug.bsky.social
Doug Turnbull
@softwaredoug.bsky.social
Search at Reddit, formerly Shopify and OpenSource Connections. Helped write Relevant Search / AI Powered Search

http://softwaredoug.com
The story isn't a normal "both sides" shutdown its "Trump pays for East Wing instead of SNAP benefits"

(Repeat for every optional, crazy thing does over weeks of shutdown)
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Well to his credit, Chuck didn't vote to reopen the gov't.
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Let me know if you want to grab coffee to chat at some point.
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Like an e-commerce company might enumerate all their categories, subcategories, etc of the "things" you can find (Vehicle -> Car -> Miata), and try to classify their products -- and users queries -- to those categorize. LLMs can be great at that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Yeah I would say what you describe is most of my work these days :)

"Synonyms" can mean many things. It's sometimes more precise to say alternate terms (like USA vs United States of America), vs hypernyms (parent concepts car -> vehicle), and hyponyms (more specific concepts, car -> miata)
November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM