VECMOD.VEC-08 · v1.0

Pipelines for
real workloads,
not demos.

8 micro-lessons · ~66 min · Real Docker images

EMBEDDING PIPELINE · LIVE
PIPE 5/5 · 1.2s tick
INDEXING
RAW TEXT
CHUNK
EMBED
INDEX
SEARCH
1,536-dim · pgvector · 47K rows · 8 ms p95
HNSW · cosine
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Vector DBs & embedding pipelines

From raw text to ANN search at scale, end-to-end.

WHY THIS MATTERS · DATABRICKS 2026 + IBM 2026
Vector DB use grew 377% YoY (Databricks). IBM's 2026 data guide includes vector databases as a core database topic.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
01Pipeline architecture
02Pgvector / Weaviate / Pinecone
03Index types compared
04Chunking + embedding co-design
05Versioning embeddings
06Cost at scale
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
Architect an embedding pipeline
Compare pgvector / Weaviate / Pinecone
Version embeddings without breaking search
SKILLS YOU'LL GAIN

Real skills, real career delta.

Skills you'll gain

08
  • Architect an embedding pipelineWorking

    Outcome from completing the course: architect an embedding pipeline.

  • Compare pgvector / Weaviate / PineconeWorking

    Outcome from completing the course: compare pgvector / weaviate / pinecone.

  • Version embeddings without breaking searchWorking

    Outcome from completing the course: version embeddings without breaking search.

  • Pipeline architectureWorking

    Covered in lesson sequence — drop-in ready.

  • Index types comparedWorking

    Covered in lesson sequence — drop-in ready.

  • Chunking + embedding co-designWorking

    Covered in lesson sequence — drop-in ready.

  • Versioning embeddingsWorking

    Covered in lesson sequence — drop-in ready.

  • Cost at scaleWorking

    Covered in lesson sequence — drop-in ready.

RUNNABLE ON YOUR MACHINE
$ docker pull snap/vector-embeddings:lesson-01
$ docker run --rm -it snap/vector-embeddings:lesson-01
snap/vector-embeddings:lesson-01
QUICK PREVIEW · 7 MIN
VERIFIED ENGINEER REVIEWS
Index-type comparison is the one I bookmark.
@vector_vexVERIFY ON GITHUB
Versioning embeddings: lesson nobody else teaches.
@kofi.infraVERIFY ON TWITTER
LESSONS8
HOURS~1.1
LEARNERS2,980
THIS WEEK+28%