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pgvector vs Pinecone vs Qdrant cover: recall@10 and latency for 100k OpenAI embeddings, pgvector 0.988 at 4.0 ms and Qdrant 0.985 at 2.6 ms

AI Engineering

pgvector vs Pinecone vs Qdrant: Benchmarked for RAG in 2026

I loaded 100,000 OpenAI embeddings into pgvector 0.8.7 on Postgres 18 and Qdrant 1.19 and measured recall, latency, index build and filtered search, then compared Pinecone's documented limits and pricing. When you need a vector database, and when Postgres is enough.

Waseem Anjum

October 17, 20269 min read2 views

React Compiler in Next.js cover: next.config.ts with reactCompiler true and turbopackRustReactCompiler, plus row re-renders falling from 20,000 to 0

Next.js & React

React Compiler in Next.js 16.4: Babel vs Rust, Benchmarked

I compiled a Next.js 16.4 app with no compiler, the Babel React Compiler and the new Rust React Compiler, then counted re-renders in Chrome: 20,000 row renders dropped to 0, build cost, bundle size, lint rules and the memo() gap.

Waseem Anjum

October 17, 202610 min read20 views

UUIDv7 in Postgres 18 cover: a psql panel with id uuid default uuidv7(), a decoded UUIDv7 timestamp and 10M-row load times of 84.2 s for uuidv4 and 37.3 s for uuidv7

DevOps & Self-Hosting

UUIDv7 in PostgreSQL 18: uuidv7() vs UUIDv4 vs bigint Primary Keys, Benchmarked

PostgreSQL 18 generates UUIDv7 natively. I loaded 10M rows keyed by bigint, uuidv4 and uuidv7: load time, WAL, index size and insert throughput, plus Prisma and Drizzle setup and the index trap in time-range queries.

Waseem Anjum

October 17, 20268 min read6 views

Drizzle vs Prisma cover: a bench.ts panel with deep-page timings for Prisma 7, Drizzle 0.45, Drizzle 1.0, Prisma 8 RC and keyset pagination on PostgreSQL 17

Next.js & React

Drizzle vs Prisma in 2026: Benchmarks, Drizzle 1.0, Prisma 8 and Which to Choose

Drizzle vs Prisma, benchmarked on PostgreSQL 17 across Drizzle 0.45, Drizzle 1.0 RC, Prisma 7 and Prisma 8 RC: query speed, the OFFSET trap, cold starts, install size, migrations and which to choose.

Waseem Anjum

October 17, 202610 min read14 views

React View Transitions cover: a small cyan card morphing into a large card-2 hero, with ViewTransition name and share=morph code and React 19.3 and Next.js 16.4 chips

Next.js & React

React View Transitions in Next.js 16.4: ViewTransition, addTransitionType and Tested Examples

React View Transitions are stable in React 19.3 and work in Next.js 16.4 with no config. Shared-element morphs, Suspense reveals, directional slides and addTransitionType, tested in Chrome, plus the back-button gap.

Waseem Anjum

October 17, 20267 min read7 views

TypeScript 7 upgrade guide cover: a terminal showing tsc 6 at 3.01 s and tsc 7.0.2 at 0.58 s, with TS5102 baseUrl, typescript-eslint and Next.js 16.3 status chips

Next.js & React

TypeScript 7 Upgrade Guide: What Breaks, ESLint, Next.js and Real Benchmarks

TypeScript 7 is the native Go compiler, latest on npm since July 2026. A tested upgrade guide: 5.2x faster builds on Hono, the removed tsconfig options, the typescript-eslint break, the TS 6 side-by-side setup and Next.js 16.4.

Waseem Anjum

October 17, 202610 min read31 views

Next.js use cache cover: a getProducts function with 'use cache', cacheLife('hours') and cacheTag('products') on a dark grid

Next.js & React

Next.js use cache Explained: Cache Components, cacheLife and cacheTag in Next.js 16.4

Next.js use cache explained with tested Next.js 16.4 code: how Cache Components work, cacheLife profiles, cacheTag, updateTag vs revalidateTag, use cache private and remote, self-hosting and migrating an existing app.

Waseem Anjum

October 17, 202611 min read3 views