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Vector Databases: The Rise, Fall and Future - by NotebookLM

Mar 2, 2025
19:52

https://www.vectorpodcast.com/

I had fun interacting with NotebookLM - mostly for self-educational purposes. I think this tool can help by bringing an additional perspective over a textual content. It ties to what RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) can do to content generation in another modality. In this case, text is used to augment the generation of a podcast episode.

This episode is based on my blog post: https://dmitry-kan.medium.com/the-rise-fall-and-future-of-vector-databases-how-to-pick-the-one-that-lasts-6b9fbb43bbbe

Time codes:

00:00 Intro to the topic

1:11 Dmitry's knowledge in the space

1:54 Unpacking the Rise & Fall idea

3:14 How attention got back to Vector DBs for a bit

4:18 Getting practical: Dmitry's guide for choosing the right Vector Database

4:39 FAISS

5:34 What if you need fine-grained keyword search? Look at Apache Lucene-based engines

6:41 Exception to the rule: Late-interaction models

8:30 Latency and QPS: GSI APU, Vespa, Hyperspace

9:28 Strategic approach

9:55 Cloud solutions: CosmosDB, Vertex AI, Pinecone, Weaviate Cloud

10:14 Community voice: pgvector

10:48 Picture of the fascinating future of the field

12:23 Question to the audience

12:44 Taking a step back: key points

13:45 Don't get caught up in trendy shiny new tech

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