Decoding Search: Understanding Keyword, Semantic, Vector and Hybrid Approaches - What it means for JavaScript Developers

In this talk we’ll break down keyword, semantic, vector and hybrid search approaches, exploring how each method works, their advantages and disadvantages, and practical use cases.

The talk will break down what can be overly complex concepts into practical takeaways for our everyday work as JavaScript developers. By the end of the session you’ll have a better understanding of when and how to use different search techniques to optimize your user experience. Most importantly you will also learn how as a JavaScript developer we use can use these search techniques using open source tooling and libraries including some powerful search engines written in TS/JS.