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TIN Postgres search supports per-keystroke queries and wildcard autocomplete
A Postgres search demo uses TIN to query on every keystroke without a debounce and treats an incomplete final word as a wildcard. It illustrates how lower search latency can change interaction design, though the excerpt gives no TIN benchmark results.
- What
- TIN powers a Postgres app for searching Hacker News posts and comments.
- How
- The app searches on every keystroke, treats an incomplete final word as a wildcard, and can fuzz terms using edit distance.
- Why it matters
- Fast exact COUNT(*) queries and indexing common words enable responsive search without debouncing or stop-word exclusions.
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