Turbopuffer with Simon Hørup Eskildsen

Turbopuffer with Simon Hørup Eskildsen

Author: Software Engineering Daily September 30, 2025 Duration: 48:30
Vector search has become a foundational technology for AI applications, enabling everything from semantic code search to contextual retrieval for large language models. However, a major challenge with vector databases has been the cost as data storage scales. Turbopuffer is a vector database that focuses on speed, cost and scalability. It was created by Simon

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Duration: 34:27
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