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> There is no central repository of all search features

huh so I suppose it’s possible there are ghost features no one maintains but might still work?



An approximate ratio of the prevalence of feature without a dedicated team (or singleton) would be 99/100.

That said we could argue for days about what a feature is.


I'm less interested in what a feature is, and more curious if there's some exhaustive list internally - or if there's even awareness of all of them spread throughout the corporation.

That is, in a large org like google (or msft, or...), how much stuff is there that no current employees are aware of?

I work at a relatively small company for a number of years, and it's definitely been a challenge to maintain knowledge of feature creep that has occurred, let alone anything more in depth like what the features were _supposed_ to do.


Building a registry has been very seriously attempted at least twice but ended with the acceptance of the futility of the endeavor.



this is the best google secret ive seen in a long time


"do a barrel roll" still works.




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