vector index
2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 11, 2025 by Lance Martin · across every show →
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Sep 11, 2025 positive
Martin: Tool-based search with llms.txt beats maintaining vector indexes
“You give an LLM access to simple files, file tools. In this case, I actually use an LLM.txt to help it out. So it can actually know what's in each file. It's extremely effective and much more simple and easy to maintain, easier to maintain than building an ind…”
Mar 12, 2026 negative
Eskildsen: Vector Search for Readwise Would Have Cost Six Times Its Total Infra Bill
“But this was a company that was spending maybe five grand a month in total on all of their infrastructure. And when I did the napkin math on running the embeddings of all the articles, putting them into a vector index, putting it in prod, it's going to be like…”