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Applied AI·Embeddings and retrieval

you were about to stand up a dedicated vector product and realised the database you already operate has an extension for it.

Vector database

Draft summary, pending review

A datastore optimised for storing embeddings and running ANN queries, with metadata filtering alongside. Dedicated products exist (Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, Milvus), but for most applications a vector extension inside the database you already run is the saner choice.