Tell HN: I hate your fuzzy search

A developer's post on Hacker News criticized fuzzy search implementations across websites, calling for exact match functionality to remain readily available. Per the post, exact match options are often hidden or difficult to find. Drawing from experience maintaining a site's search, the author emphasized that they preserved exact match rather than replacing it with fuzzy alternatives.

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