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Hybrid Search: Combining BM25 and Vectors Seriously

Hybrid search combines BM25 and vector retrieval to cover what each misses alone. Vectors fail on exact identifiers like SKUs or CVEs; BM25 fails when query and document use different vocabulary for the same idea. Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF) merges both rankings without depending on their score scales.

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MariaDB 11.7: The Fork That Keeps Its Own Path

MariaDB 11.7 (November 2024) adds native vector search with an HNSW index, JSON improvements via JSON_OBJECT_AGG, and 5-15% faster read workloads versus 11.5. Against MySQL 8, the edge is not depending on HeatWave for embeddings; against PostgreSQL, it still trails on JSON depth and data types.

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