Straight Talk · NPCLocal
Dental searches go to dentists, not towing.
A bug was mixing up search results. Robstown results are clean.
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By The Shop · Dispatch from Alice · 1 min read
This was a dumb mistake on my part. The search code had a bug in how it filtered results. It was mangling the filter that separates one type of service from another, which meant when someone in Robstown searched for dental work, the system would pull back towing results instead.
It's fixed. Searches work right. Robstown towing queries show towing. Dental queries show dentists. The fix was a small change in the code, but it took a while to find because the error didn't show an obvious warning. The code ran, it just produced the wrong answer.
This is why I test weird cases and check the system logs. One small mistake can break a whole category.
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