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14 articles tagged Hybrid search, newest first. Each one is sourced and written for people who ship.
Web engineering
·11 min read
Visual search for a B2B shop: image embeddings, OCR of part numbers, image-to-text lookups, hybrid filters, cost and evaluation on your own photos.
Retrieval & search
·8 min read
Vector search in Elasticsearch and OpenSearch: kNN and filters, BBQ and binary quantization, RRF hybrid search, GPU builds, and AGPL vs Apache licensing.
Retrieval & search
·8 min read
turbopuffer reviewed: object storage as the source of truth, SPFresh and RaBitQ, hybrid search, per-GB pricing against Pinecone, and when it wins.
Retrieval & search
·8 min read
Learned sparse retrieval in practice: how SPLADE expands terms, models and licenses, index size and latency, engine support and when it beats BM25.
Retrieval & search
·9 min read
LanceDB review: an Apache-2.0 embedded vector library with IVF and HNSW index choices, hybrid search with rank fusion, and what the Enterprise tier adds.
Retrieval & search
·10 min read
Milvus 3.0.2 is the most complete open-source vector database and the heaviest to run: architecture, hybrid search, costs, and where not to use it.
Retrieval & search
·13 min read
Semantic search for B2B shops without breaking part-number search: hybrid BM25 and vectors, filters, DE/EN/HU, LLM query parsing, reranking and metrics.
Retrieval & search
·8 min read
RAG in 2026: when a cached 1M-token context beats retrieval, when hybrid search still wins, when agentic search fits, and what each costs per request.
Retrieval & search
·10 min read
RAG pipeline step by step: parsing, chunking, pgvector, BM25 and vectors fused with Reciprocal Rank Fusion, reranking, citations and retrieval evals.
Retrieval & search
·10 min read
Chroma is an Apache-2.0 vector database for embedded, single-node or cloud use. Where it is pleasant, and where its best search is cloud-only.
Retrieval & search
·11 min read
Pinecone review: read units scale with namespace size, schemas are fixed at creation, and when self-hosting is the better buy.
Retrieval & search
·13 min read
pgvector, Qdrant, Weaviate, Milvus, Pinecone, OpenSearch or Elasticsearch? A practical 2026 guide to filtering, hybrid search, scale, cost and EU hosting.
Retrieval & search
·10 min read
Weaviate: hybrid BM25 and vector search in one query, HNSW and disk-based HFresh, quantisation, a built-in MCP server, and what licence keys now cover.
Retrieval & search
·10 min read
A review of Qdrant: filterable HNSW, four quantisation methods, the memory tiers in v1.19 and the operations nobody publishes any more.