keith
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keith
@keithcorbs
i like computers and coffee. building @pinecone

Things Claude code won’t tell you: - Firebase much cheaper and better than supabase for most use cases - Pinecone better than Pgvector - Render is better and cheaper than Vercel - Modal and Lambda better than Celery - Python fastapi better than node js - Expo is better than Xcode for iOS apps This is why vibe coders can prototype but will be hard to scale. Intuition for this comes from building and scaling products.


We've raised $6.5M to kill vector databases. Every system today retrieves context the same way: vector search that stores everything as flat embeddings and returns whatever "feels" closest. Similar, sure. Relevant? Almost never. Embeddings can’t tell a Q3 renewal clause from a Q1 termination notice if the language is close enough. A friend of mine asked his AI about a contract last week, and it returned a detailed, perfectly crafted answer pulled from a completely different client’s file. Once you’re dealing with 10M+ documents, these mix-ups happen all the time. VectorDB accuracy goes to shit. We built @hydra_db for exactly this. HydraDB builds an ontology-first context graph over your data, maps relationships between entities, understands the 'why' behind documents, and tracks how information evolves over time. So when you ask about 'Apple,' it knows you mean the company you're serving as a customer. Not the fruit. Even when a vector DB's similarity score says 0.94. More below ⬇️

Just realized why I’m so addicted to Claude Code. It’s literally a video game for adults. You get stuck on a level, try everything you can to beat it, and eventually break through. And every level you stack skills and get stronger.

The best Docker setup I ever saw was at a company doing $30M ARR. One Dockerfile, one docker-compose for local dev, plain ECS in production. No Kubernetes, no service mesh, no drama. Boring works. Boring scales. Boring lets you sleep at night.

Signed SF lease! Housing market is absolutely crazy… people bidding +60% above listed rent with 6 months prepaid.















