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RIP, vector database

397 points · 116 comments · razin

  1. vhiremath4 · · focus · HN ↗
    AI Slop. Will not read.
    1. gravitronic · · focus · HN ↗
      The article?

      turbopuffer is founded by some of the smartest people I ever worked with in past jobs. I strongly doubt they used an LLM in the writing of this article.

      1. _peregrine_ · · focus · HN ↗
        confirmed - we still write by hand
        1. croemer · · focus · HN ↗
          This one sentence sounds very LLMish:

          > Object storage as the source of truth gave the economics, and tiered NVMe SSD/memory caches gave the performance.

          1. mediaman · · focus · HN ↗
            Yes, that construct is, like em dashes, something that humans have been writing for a long time. That's the problem with triggering on one isolated tic. The tic comes from human practice, it's not like they invented it!
            1. croemer · · focus · HN ↗
              I'm not sure I've ever read a sentence like this before LLMs. Maybe I didn't pay attention, possible. I should do a search of pre-LLM writing for this construction.
    2. dolebirchwood · · focus · HN ↗
      Are humans who use em dashes that intimidating to you?
      1. infamouscow · · focus · HN ↗
        Ad hominem attacks are against the rules on HN, but derision of bad faith actors is encouraged. :)
      2. nightfly · · focus · HN ↗
        I kept asking myself "is this ai written" while reading it to. Nothing to do wit h the em dashes. Phrasing like: > RIP, primary vector index. > The solution to these problems is simple: don't key on the ANN address. That is precisely the change turbopuffer v3 makes. As you can imagine, it is not a trivial change."

        Cute heading, followed by wordy opening sentence that feels like it's repeating stuff even when it's not

        1. dolebirchwood · · focus · HN ↗
          Sounds like you need to read more.
    3. infamouscow · · focus · HN ↗
      FYI, replying "Stupid. Will not read" is less effort.
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