I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself

9 months ago

The author was frustrated by a search quirk on Mintlify causing race conditions and wonky results.
As the founder of Trieve, which powered Mintlify's search, the issue reflected poorly on his company.
After joining Mintlify, the author fixed the issue by adding an AbortController to the debounced search function.
The fix ensures search results are always relevant to the user's current query.
The author reflects on the satisfaction of fixing long-standing annoyances and admires hacker-entrepreneurs.
He advocates for open source, noting how it allows users to fix bugs directly.
The author celebrates the small win and looks forward to making more incremental improvements.

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