Deep Dive on Phonetic vs Semantic Search
Saw a viral post on Twitter comparing "Prashant" and "Croissant" and it got me thinking — how exactly does search work? What logic is behind it? Luckily, I follow Arpit who had already made a video breaking this down (I’ve linked that below). After watching it, I figured: why not try building something similar over the weekend? Surprisingly, it only took 2 hours because I already had a basic understanding of search algorithms. To really get into this, I had to go deeper — here’s what I found:

Saw a viral post on Twitter comparing "Prashant" and "Croissant" and it got me thinking — how exactly does search work? What logic is behind it?
Luckily, I follow Arpit who had already made a video breaking this down (I’ve linked that below). After watching it, I figured: why not try building something similar over the weekend? Surprisingly, it only took 2 hours because I already had a basic understanding of search algorithms.
To really get into this, I had to go deeper — here’s what I found: