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Could you post which examples you tried? It's not perfect, but the "Ask a followup" feature is usually smart enough to use existing context to refine.


I asked a question with "php" in the search then asked a follow up without including "php" in the search and it gave me python results. Also, and I'm sure this is a code formatting issue, the PHP code is invalid (newlines appear to be missing, the important one being after the opening tag) [0]

[0] https://cs.joshstrange.com/RP4B59


I don't see a followup in the screenshot you provided. Again, we're definitely not perfect with followups, but we generally do capture context. It would be very helpful if you could tell us your original search query, your followup, and your intent with this question.


That wasn't what I searched for and did a follow, here is a repeat of the original and follow up I tried (or as best as I can remember, I know it actually showed me python code last time, now it's showing SQL and python results).

Original (php get end of day timestamp): https://cs.joshstrange.com/50y9Pf

Follow up (end of month timestamp): https://cs.joshstrange.com/hStUEm

Sidenote: This slide over modal (that hides the results of the first query, you cannot get to them once you do a follow up) has got to be the worst of all worlds. It's very unintuitive, doesn't provide any value, makes your initial query only as useful as what you can see "before the fold". Just redirect to the new results or append them under. This modal is frustrating to work with, it's a weird parallax-type thing: https://cs.joshstrange.com/d6rhPZ




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