When vector search alone stopped being enough: RAG hybrid query lessons
Chris__Codes · reddit · 2026-09-25
Similarity search fails at exact lookups like fetching customer record ID 48291, a trap many vector-only RAG setups hit. The community suggestion: combine vector, keyword, and metadata filtering in one query instead of running a vector store and relational store side by side, avoiding two calls, data drift, and extra latency inside agent loops. The author asks what pushed others past vector-only and where they landed.
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