[jackfranklyn]

The 80% approach really resonates. We're building transaction coding tools for accountants and the key insight was similar - get the obvious stuff right automatically, surface the ambiguous cases for human decision.

The domain-specific wrinkle for accounting: every firm has their own coding style. What one bookkeeper calls 'Office Supplies' another calls 'General Admin'. So we had to build pattern learning at the individual level - watch how each person codes, learn their preferences, then apply that to new transactions.

The tax rules (VAT in the UK) add another layer - sometimes the same merchant gets different VAT treatment depending on what you bought. Gets messy fast.

Would be happy to swap notes - feel free to reach out. Always interested in how other domains handle the 'close enough to be useful, flexible enough for edge cases' problem.

[barefootsanders]

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