{"author":"GeorgeCurtis","children":[{"author":"alexpadula","children":[{"author":"GeorgeCurtis","children":[],"created_at":"2025-02-27T13:46:04.000Z","created_at_i":1740663964,"id":43194307,"options":[],"parent_id":43162762,"points":null,"story_id":43155338,"text":"Thanks Alex. Let us know what you think. :)","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null}],"created_at":"2025-02-24T18:06:45.000Z","created_at_i":1740420405,"id":43162762,"options":[],"parent_id":43155338,"points":null,"story_id":43155338,"text":"Good work!  Keep it up :)  Looks really good thus far, I will try it today!","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null},{"author":"apavlo","children":[{"author":"GeorgeCurtis","children":[],"created_at":"2025-02-27T18:06:29.000Z","created_at_i":1740679589,"id":43196808,"options":[],"parent_id":43166549,"points":null,"story_id":43155338,"text":"We felt like the barrier to entry for other systems (graph and vector DBs), is pretty high already. \nWe&#x27;ve tried to make something we feel is easier to use. Obviously this is subjective, but we did model HQL off these languages.<p>Just a fun side project overall. But, if we did turn it into a business our customers would be people entering the space, not us trying to convert them.","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null}],"created_at":"2025-02-25T00:15:02.000Z","created_at_i":1740442502,"id":43166549,"options":[],"parent_id":43155338,"points":null,"story_id":43155338,"text":"&gt; our new query language, HelixQL<p>But why? Why increase the barrier of entry for your system?<p>Is there an SVG version of your logo?","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null}],"created_at":"2025-02-24T02:44:03.000Z","created_at_i":1740365043,"id":43155338,"options":[],"parent_id":null,"points":4,"story_id":43155338,"text":"Hey HN!<p>A friend and I have been working on HelixDB, a graph-vector database, part-time at university.<p>We&#x27;re super excited to release the first version of our Graph Database! \nHelix is being built to incorporate both graph and vector types for building RAG and other AI applications.<p>This release introduces our graph DB, our new query language, HelixQL, and our CLI tool to help run Helix.<p>You can install helix locally by running `curl -sSL <a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;install.helix-db.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;install.helix-db.com</a> | bash`<p>We&#x27;d love you guys to play around with it and hear what you think.","title":"Show HN: HelixDB, Open-Source Hybrid Graph-Vector Database","type":"story","url":"https://github.com/HelixDB/helix-db"}