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Multimodal Search in AI Apps With PostgreSQL pgvector

Jul 29, 2024 · 7 min read · Large language models (LLMs) have significantly evolved beyond generating text responses to text prompts. These models are now trained to possess advanced capabilities like interpreting images and providing detailed descriptions from visual inputs. T...

How to Improve Node.js Application Latency Using Different Distributed SQL Deployments

Jan 19, 2023 · 3 min read · Let’s improve Node.js application latency using different YugabyteDB distributed SQL database configurations. Application developers rely on different database configurations (and sometimes different databases altogether) to improve latency. The Larg...

Managing Your Distributed Node.js Application Environment and Configuration

Jan 18, 2023 · 4 min read · See how to effectively manage the environment and configuration of your distributed Node.js applications. Node.js applications rely on environment variables to differentiate between…environments! This means that applications running locally often beh...

Developing a Node.js Application in a Virtual Private Cloud

Oct 24, 2022 · 3 min read · Distributed applications rely on Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) to increase security and reduce latencies. Traffic is routed through the VPC, rather than the public internet, eliminating the need for any network hops along the way. In my continued de...

Deploying a Node.js application across multiple geographies with Terraform and Ansible

Oct 10, 2022 · 5 min read · A plan is in place, infrastructure is provisioned, now what? Well, I've decided to take a step back and review the distributed system holistically, before surging forward with application development. Which system level improvements can I make to in...