The Hidden Costs of Self-Hosting Your Vector Database
Everyone benchmarks Qdrant vs Milvus vs pgvector on raw performance. Nobody benchmarks what happens six months in. Here's the real TCO of self-hosting a vector database.
Apr 22, 20268 min read
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You Don't Need a Vector Database
Most teams shopping for a vector database don't actually need one. They need search that works. There's a difference, and it matters more than you think.
Apr 12, 20268 min readWhat Is a Vector Database (And Do You Actually Need One)?
Vector databases power semantic search, recommendation engines, and RAG pipelines. Here's how they work under the hood—and when a simpler option might be the better choice.
Apr 12, 20268 min readVector Database Performance Compared: pgvector vs Pinecone vs Qdrant vs Weaviate
Real benchmark data from Supabase, Timescale, Qdrant, and ANN-Benchmarks. Query latency, recall accuracy, cost per million vectors, and how each one scales.
Apr 12, 20267 min readSearch Is the Most Neglected Feature in Every SaaS App
68% of users go straight to the search bar. 80% leave because the results are bad. Search is where your highest-intent users go, and most products completely fumble it.
Apr 12, 20264 min readKeyword Search vs Semantic Search: What's the Difference?
Keyword search matches exact words. Semantic search understands meaning. Here's how they work, when to use each, and why the gap between them matters more than you think.
Apr 12, 20266 min read