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Re:Vector database is not a separate database category by smitty1e on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @05:22AM (#37749591)
"No substance" seems a bit harsh.

They mostly seem a tarted up associative array, sure, but a key-value store is a thing.

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Re:Vector database is not a separate database category by mnky9800n on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @05:48AM (#37749743)
But don't you prefer your key value stores to be wearing red lipstick and a pushup bra?
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Re:Vector database is not a separate database category by threeseed on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @06:25AM (#37749984)
> but a key-value store is a thing

DynamoDB underpins much of AWS which in turn underpins a ridiculous number of web services.

So definitely more than just a thing.

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Re:Vector database is not a separate database category by rakoo on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @08:31AM (#37750985)
A naturally distributed key/value store. NoSQL wasn't a product, it was a radical rethinking of the balance between what we wanted and what we needed. Turns out some absolute necessities of using a RDBMS or even using SQL are not that important, and relaxing those actually-not-requirements allows massive scalability, something we desperately needed, or some evolved data structures and computation, like what redis provides.
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