Founder Fixes Persistent Search Bug After Joining Mintlify
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Summary
Nicholas Khami, founder of Trieve, shares his journey of fixing a persistent search bug on Mintlify after joining the company. The bug, which caused race conditions and poor search quality due to un-aborted debounced queries, was resolved by implementing an AbortController, improving the search experience for 30,000+ documentation sites.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledFor over a year, I was bugged by a search quirk on Mintlify that caused race conditions and wonky search results.
I had brought this up in our shared Slack before when I was just a vendor to them us (weird), but it wasn’t a priority and never got fixed.
By adding an AbortController to ensure only the most recent search query returns results, I made the search experience crisper and more responsive across their 30,000+ documentation sites.
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