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RIP, vector database

397 points · 116 comments · razin

  1. drewlanenga · · focus · HN ↗
    the multi-vector duplication thing makes sense, copying every attribute once per vector explodes quickly. what's the new primary index?
    1. benesch · · focus · HN ↗
      An automatically generated internal ID: (segment ID, doc ID). The user-provided primary key (the field called `id` in the document) turns into a secondary index at the storage layer.
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