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		ronyfadel on Nov 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is the most impactful thing you've bu... I guess, my internship project at Apple: I added approximate string search to Spotlight. So even if you made a typo writing something, you’d still get correct search results. Considering Spotlight is used by millions, I guess that’s super impactful?

ansgri on Nov 19, 2022 [–]

Adding approximate string search anywhere is super impactful, it should be the default.

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