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Introducing embeds.ai: an embedding playground to compare how embedding models work on a real world use case (retrieval augmented generation for Wikipedia articles + Elad Gil's High growth handbook) A few weeks ago, Shreyan and I were looking for an embedding model to use for RAG. We eventually came across the MTEB leaderboard, but we struggled to understand the benchmark scores. We wanted a tool to test various embedding models with example queries on real-world datasets. After unsuccessfully looking for such a “playground”, we decided to just build one ourselves! We embedded HuggingFace’s…
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2025 · blog.wilsonl.in
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Nov 2025 · myclone.is
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When your embedding provider is good, but could be better for your use-case.
2024 · zoplabs.com
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Not all improvements come from adding complexity — sometimes it's about removing it. PageIndex takes a different approach to RAG. Instead of relying on vector databases or artificial chunking, it builds a hierarchical tree structure from documents and uses reasoning-based tree search to locate the most relevant sections. This mirrors how humans approach reading: navigating through sections and context rather than matching embeddings. As a result, the retrieval feels transparent, structured, and explainable. It moves RAG away from approximate "semantic vibes" and toward explicit reasoning…
2025 · github.com
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2018 · wikipedia2vec.github.io
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Hey folks, Elias here. Excited to unveil my latest project. Why I Built This: Traditional keyword search isn't cutting it. I've used LLM-embeddings to provide more nuanced, relevant results. How It Works: LLM-embedding similarity on curated datasets for semantically similar results. No need to iterate over keywords any more. Current Datasets: - YC Companies - Show HN Posts, - Ask HN Posts - ProductHunt Startups - Github Top 200k Repos Use Cases: - Validate a product idea's existence - Check if someone already Asked HN something - Have fun - search random terms and see what pops up Want to…
2023 · payperrun.com
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Hi HN! As someone who reads tons of blogs, I've always gravitated toward posts that let me click something, be it a simple quiz or even a mini-game or a simulation. There have never been many of such blogs since developing custom elements requires coding knowledge. I believe that's no longer the case in the AI era. I'm building a tool that allows you to create any interactive embed you can imagine by simply chatting with AI: * A quiz of any format and outcome: https://embedex.io/blog-demo#quiz-ai * A working drum machine:…
Sep 2025 · embedex.io
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Hi, I'm Ben, the co-creator of Embedbase. Embedbase lets you use OpenAI Embeddings and Pinecone seamlessly. For example, you can add Embedbase to your app and pair it with GPT3 to allow people to search using natural language (e.g. How many workouts did I complete last week?), or simply expanding your current search experience beyond full-text search (e.g. looking for "similar" documents in Notion to find other related information) Managing embeddings is uncharted territory, we needed to discover the best practices ourselves. Now we're happy to share our learnings with Embedbase. Shoot if…
2023 · embedbase.xyz
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2016 · embedbox.io
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I've been presenting at local meetups about Context Engineering, RAG, Skills, etc.. I even have a vbrownbag coming up on LinkedIn about this topic so I figured I would make a basic example that uses bedrock so I can use it in my talks or vbrownbags. Hopefully it's useful.
Apr 2026 · github.com
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Everything that would be here is in the README. I hope this gets big, it has tons of potential.
2013 · github.com
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Hey HN! My brothers and I have worked on this for the last 2 weeks. We use OpenAI's `text-embedding-ada-002` model to embed queries and a vector database to search for similar verses / blocks of verses. We'd like to see what you think and appreciate any feedback!
2023 · siliconscripture.org
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We are a small group of undergrads interested in building human in the loop coding agents. We dream of a world where building complex agent workflows feels as simple and creative as playing with legos. When we were building stuff we needed a tool that made it easy to try out different code embedding models so that we could see which ones worked best in different scenarios and understand their strengths and weaknesses. So to speed that process up we made PurpleSearch an 'instant' search engine for your local codebases. This tool lets you quickly deploy any open source embedding model on…
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A scalable centralized embeddings platform for efficient embedding and retrieval to build RAG applications faster
2024 · github.com
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Embeddings, Semantic Search & RAG Explained
23d ago · khayyamshah2007.blogspot.com
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Hi HN, We’ve been building [memU](https://github.com/NevaMind-AI/memU), an open-source memory framework for AI agents that supports both classic RAG and LLM-based direct file reading. RAG has become the default in LLM systems, but many of its failures don’t come from the model — they come from the retrieval assumptions. Embedding-based retrieval is fundamentally an approximation over semantic similarity. It works well for fuzzy recall, but it often breaks when relevance ≠ correctness, which is common in real systems. From a retrieval perspective, RAG struggles with: -…
Jan 2026 · github.com
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