August 09 2017, 12:50

New article on my hybris blog: search synonyms and enhanced phrase search. There’s a well-known issue in SOLR (and it’s not just with hybris) that multi-word synonyms work very poorly. It still functions somewhat with single-word synonyms, but also comes with its challenges. The blog outlines a solution that helps circumvent these problems and make the search smarter.

https://hybrismart.com/2017/08/09/enhanced-multi-word-synonyms-and-phrase-search/

August 04 2017, 14:17

Today we spent the whole day in an Amish village. These people live by the traditions of the 19th century: no cars, no electricity, traveling in horse-drawn carriages, and growing their own crops. Such a genuine village. Wildly interesting. Discovered an intriguing comparison of an Amish school with an American public school. Big question, whether their school is worse in all aspects.