Vector Databases Explained Simply
Nov. 26, 2024 by @anthonynsimon
To help users find what they're looking for, you've added a search bar. That way, users can type what they're interested in, and you'll suggest relevant products.
If you're using a relational database like Postgres or MySQL, you might run a query to match products containing the words the user searched for.
But here's the catch: if the user searches for "summer", the database will filter out products that don't explicitly contain that word - you'll miss products like "sunny vacation hat" or "beach umbrella".
That's correct, the "Summer dress" was found. But what about the "Sunny vacation hat" and "Beach umbrella"? They could be what the user is looking for, but they won't show up in the search results.
