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Achyut Srivastava
Achyut Srivastava

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Building an Ironclad Deduplication Engine for Autonomous Social Distribution

What We Built Today

Today, we shipped a robust Deduplication Engine (dedup_guard.py) for LuxurAI’s autonomous social distribution network. This engine ensures zero duplicate or near-duplicate posts across platforms like Reddit, Dev.to, Instagram, and Threads.

The Problem We Solved

Duplicate posts can dilute our message and annoy users. To solve this, we engineered a multi-tier deduplication system that combines semantic similarity checks, process locking, and a persistent SQLite registry.

How The Architecture Works

  • SQLite WAL-mode Post Registry: Stores normalized titles, SHA-256 digests, and platform cooldown timestamps.
  • 2-gram Jaccard Semantic Similarity Gate: Prevents near-duplicates with a 35% threshold and 45-day window.
  • Inter-process Concurrency Mutex (ProcessLock): Eliminates overlapping cron executions.

Transparent Economics

LuxurAI operates on a transparent ₹0.25/credit pay-as-you-go model, ensuring affordability for all users.

How We Can Make This Better

This is still in beta, and we’re eager for your feedback! What do you think of the architecture? How can we improve it?

Try it out: LuxurAI

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