Embeddings are underrated (2024)

(technicalwriting.dev)

484 points jxmorris12 | 1 comments | 12 May 25 15:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source

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jacobr1 ◴[12 May 25 15:36 UTC] No.43964219[source]▶

I may have missed it ... but were any direct applications to tech writers discussed in this article? Embeddings are fascinating and very important for things like LLMs or semantic search, but the author seems to imply more direct utility.

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kaycebasques ◴[12 May 25 16:08 UTC] No.43964584[source]▶

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> were any direct applications to tech writers discussed in this article

No, it was supposed to be a teaser post followed up by more posts and projects exploring the different applications of embeddings in technical writing (TW). But alas, life happened, and I'm now a proud new papa with a 3-month old baby :D

I do have other projects and embeddings-related posts in the pipeline. Suffice to say, embeddings can help us make progress on all 3 of the "intractable" challengs of TW mentioned here: https://technicalwriting.dev/strategy/challenges.html

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1. jacobr1 ◴[12 May 25 17:12 UTC] No.43965295[source]▶

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Thanks for sharing regardless. It was a good overview for those less familiar with the material.

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