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RIP, vector database

397 points · 116 comments · razin

  1. childintime · · focus · HN ↗
    Is it time to kill the database and replace it with a LLM optimized compiled version that simply implements the required API directly in (Rust) code, without any dynamic overhead? It probably will still be based of off a base design or a base file format.

    Ultimately this system will encompass the whole OS, of course, but the DB might be the best place to start.

    1. dymk · · focus · HN ↗
      Is it time to get rid of hammers and replace them with swiss army knives?
      1. childintime · · focus · HN ↗
        for the database it is actually the opposite, as it is a swiss army knife.

        look at the sibling comment, people are already doing this. with time only more people will.

        an era is ending. there is a time and a season for everything.

        1. dymk · · focus · HN ↗
          Databases, like filesystems, are one of those pieces of infrastructure you do not want to build yourself unless you have a really good reason. They're complex, and you will not catch all the bugs yourself.
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