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Re:Show HN: I made live co-op Minesweeper games on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @02:37PM (#43403092)
Cloudflare "Verifying you are human" delay is my cue to immediately leave the site xD
Re:Retro 2D Browser MMO on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @02:34PM (#43403059)
This is awesome :D

I am walking around now throwing bricks for some reason

Strong Tibia or Ultima vibes. I know it looks nothing like that, but just got hit with a nostalgia wave :D

Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Vector DB? on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @02:22PM (#43402865)
LlamaIndex VectorStoreIndex defaults to in-memory which allows you to get up and running very quickly - had pretty great experiences with their TS repo and even contributed a little to it.

fromDocuments -> VectorStoreIndex -> asQueryEngine it will be in-memory.

Easily add pgvector as other recommend here when/if you need to persist embedded data.

Re:Underwhelming MCP vs Hype on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @02:09PM (#43402686)
Yeah I get that there is a consumer side, I was mainly referring to the technical spec - the "protocol"

I invented something like this months ago to pull up a calculator, browser, etc. in the chat UI (try it chat.blacksand.cloud)

If you prompt what is "2 + 2" it will respond with "4" and render a calculator tool in the chat. It knows what tool to render based on this system.

I guess that is what they are formalizing.

I get it now, cool.

Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Vector DB? on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @02:02PM (#43402610)
Can I ask what the use case is?

Always fascinated to hear why people are using vector DBs, especially outside AI embeddings