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Memory Vault Now Runs With One Command
Milestone 3: PostgreSQL + pgvector + hybrid search + embeddings, all running with a single docker compose up. Here's what happens under the hood and the decisions I made.
How Hybrid Search Works — Building the Engine Behind Memory Vault
Pure vector search wasn't enough. Here's how combining semantic similarity, keyword matching, and Reciprocal Rank Fusion built the search engine behind Memory Vault.
I'm Building an Open-Source AI Memory System
Every conversation with an AI starts from zero. I got tired of that. So I built a solution, used it daily for months, and now I'm open-sourcing it.
Why I Built a Change Script Generator
Six tools. 75 days. While working full-time. This is the last one — the tool that completes the toolkit.
Why I Built a Schema Drift Detector
The DBA added a column on Tuesday. The developer deployed on Friday. The code didn't know. Nobody found out until a customer did.
Why I Built a Schema Documentation Generator
"Where are the database docs?" "Just... look at the tables in SSMS." Every team. Every project. Every time.
Why I Built an NHibernate XML to Fluent Converter
80 mapping files. All XML. The team decided to migrate to Fluent. Nobody volunteered. Here's the tool I wish I'd had.
Why I Built a SQL to C# POCO Generator
Quick — what's the C# type for UNIQUEIDENTIFIER? You know it. You still look it up. Every time.
Why I Built an NHibernate Code Generator
I've written the same three NHibernate files more times than I can count. Same structure, different names. So I automated it.