In the last 12 months there has been a proliferation of vector DB startups. I’m not here to debate the specific design tradeoffs of any of them. Instead, I want to push back on several common approaches to what a vector database is, what it’s for, and how you should use one to solve problems. Vector databases aren’t memoryMany vector databases frame their basic utility as solving the problem of la
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