Daily Dose of Data Science

Daily Dose of Data Science

Vector Databases

[Hands-on] Audio RAG with 200x Cheaper Vector DB Costs
...while also outperforming OpenAI and Cohere.
 • Avi Chawla
The Evolution of Retrieval Layer
Naive RAG → Retrieval layer → Agentic Layer
 • Avi Chawla
Relational DBs vs FalkorDB
...explained visually!
 • Avi Chawla
Your RAG System Has a Hidden UX Problem
...and an open-source solution to fix this.
 • Avi Chawla and Akshay Pachaar
Why Your Graph Database Is Slow
...and how linear algebra fixes it (explained with code)!
 • Avi Chawla
Build a Context Retrieval Layer Across Apps and Databases
...a popular interview question (explained visually).
 • Avi Chawla
Vector Index vs Vector Database
...explained visually!
 • Avi Chawla
Graph Databases Got a Massive Upgrade!
100% open-source.
 • Avi Chawla
[Hands-on] Audio RAG with 200x Cheaper Vector DB Costs
...while also outperforming OpenAI and Cohere.
 • Avi Chawla
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Contextualized Chunk Embedding Model
Cut vector DB costs by ~200x.
 • Avi Chawla
Make RAG systems 32x Memory Efficient!
...explained with step-by-step code!
 • Avi Chawla
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Faster Neighbor Search Using Inverted File Index
...actively used in vector DBs.
 • Avi Chawla
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