What is a vector database?

A vector database stores embeddings so you can search by meaning across a lot of documents, fast.

Navid Moazzezby Navid MoazzezUpdated Sept. 12, 20261 min read
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It is the filing cabinet behind retrieval. Your documents go in once, and questions find the right pieces without reading everything.

For a folder of markdown you do not need one. For thousands of pages you do.

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