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2026-06-195 min read

GOOGLE plus CLOUD matched SoundCloud. Why the fuzzy categoriser had to go.

Phase Q's fuzzy categoriser propagated category matches silently. Device QA on Phase R's part-based builder immediately surfaced an ANY-match failure: GOOGLE plus CLOUD matched SoundCloud. Version two adds exclusions and per-row overrides; the difference is that the user can now see what the matcher is doing.

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SoundCloud showed up under my Google Cloud rule on device. That's when part-based matching replaced the algorithm.

Phase Q shipped smart category propagation powered by a fuzzy matcher. Device QA of the Phase R match builder found the structural over-reach immediately: ANY-match on GOOGLE and CLOUD pulled SoundCloud in via 'cloud' and two Google One rows in via 'google'. Phase R v2 added exclude words and per-row select-all to close the gap — because a rule you can read is a rule you can fix.

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