A Gentle Introduction to Using a Vector Database | Steve Kinney

Let’s talk about vector databases by using Pinecone and OpenAI embeddings to build a simple script that allows you to search a set of what we’ll generously call “recipes.” We’re going to explore how vector databases differ from the usual SQL-style tables you might know—and potentially love/hate, learn how to generate embeddings with OpenAI to capture the “meaning” of text, and then put it all together in a simple TypeScript project—because I can’t be bothered to learn how virtualenvs work in Python. By the end, you’ll be ready to store and semantically query unhinged recipes—or anything else you fancy—with ease, grace, and poise. .