purav

builder @ 20 • developing & contributing • sde intern

[purav @puravky]

Spent last 2 weeks going breadth-first through System Design fundamentals.

Biggest realization so far: System Design isn't about knowing the "right" architecture. It's about picking the tradeoff you can live with.

Reply if you've got any questions. Feel free to connect.

[purav @puravky]

Various methods are used to define the searching mechanism based on recall, latency and memory such as:
1. HNSW
2. IVF
3. PQ + IVF
4. Flat Index(Brute Force)

Next time don't say "uses AI to find similar things", as now you know the real magic is in the approximation algorithms.

[purav @puravky]

Learned Vector Databases and their internals today.

They solve the problem of semantic similarity by using Artificial Nearest Neighbor(ANN) algorithm under the hood.

Basically, we can understand these as some sort of index structures rather than calling them as separate DB.

[purav @puravky]

@pranvtwt is there anything that you love?

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@samirande_ 2nd hand iphone

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@shaurya_sqrd gate smashers🤣

[purav @puravky]

@HeyFaina thanks for the insights:)

[purav @puravky]

how do you guys brainstorm/ideate for building an app/SaaS/product?

[purav @puravky]

Does anyone here also think about doing DSA everyday but end up doing/learning something else? (like dev, AI, system design, etc.)

[purav @puravky]

@JustLingonberry I so want it

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@thEiconic0nee Can't be more real than that!

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@gauraavvii I am one of 'em

[purav @puravky]

It uses multiple hash functions + a bit-array under the hood for it's working.

It trades a little accuracy for speed + massive memory savings.

The best example I found: checking usernames availability with large datasets.

[purav @puravky]

Learned an interesting thing today: Bloom Filters.

It's a probabilistic data structure that let us check if an item is member of a set.

It may give results with false positives but always works for already existing items.

Can have many use-cases in real world systems.

[purav @puravky]

@navyabijoy claude pro, hands down

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@benbykovski let's fkin go man, gave you a follow

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@pnyk05 cool af

[purav @puravky]

I'm very excited to be a part of the Bharat Builds Tour by @WeMakeDevs x @awscloud to learn & grow with other fellow devs! https://t.co/BQPmtDM3Q2

[purav @puravky]

@Hiteshdotcom This is actually great! As it bridges the gap between a candidate's preparation and the type of interview rounds taken now simulating real world environments where people can use AI to come up with optimised approaches.

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https://t.co/qw81j7xlKF
Opportunities for builders

[purav @puravky]

@AdityaShips Great work man! Would love to connect.