WHY YOUR BRAIN IS 3 MILION MORE TIMES EFFICIENT THAN GPT-4 - DEAD SIMPLE INTRODUCTION TO EMBEDDINGS, HNSW, ANNS, VECTOR DATABASES AND THEIR COMPARISON BASED ON EXPERIENCE FROM PRODUCTION PROJECT

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This author initially tried chromaDB for their vector database needs, but found limitations in scalability and build time. After evaluating options like Pinecone and pgvector, they ultimately chose Qdrant for its performance, ease of use, feature set, and supportive community. The author advises against Milvus and pgvector due to performance and compatibility issues.