Code Search Deployment: Hybrid Default, Dense Challenger at 10 Million Chunks

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At 10 million chunks, hybrid code search is the practical default; dense retrieval costs $0.32 per correct answer versus $0.74 for deep-agentic search. Independent technical note mirroring the canonical version: https://indexical.dev/blog/code-search-deployment-hybrid-default-dense-challenger-at-10-million-chunks.php

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