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CODE SEARCH IS HARD

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Code search is a hard problem to solve compared to normal search. Search tools often optimize for natural language, but these techniques make code search worse. Most big companies have custom code search tools, which is a sign of how difficult the problem is. Postgres has functions that can make code search easier, like its full text search options.