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Re:Show HN: Semble – Code search for agents that uses 98% fe... by esafranchik on Sunday May 17, 2026 @02:01PM (#48171416)
Wouldn't NDCG/token results vary wildly depending on the agent's query and the number of returned items?

e.g. agents often run `grep -m 5 "QUERY"` with different queries, instead of one big grep for all items.

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Re:Show HN: Semble – Code search for agents that uses 98% fe... by stephantul on Sunday May 17, 2026 @02:25PM (#48171711)
The same holds for semble: the agent can fire off many different semble queries with different k/parameters.

I guess the point we’re trying to make is that you need fewer semble queries to achieve the same outcome, compared to grep+readfile calls.

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