Category: Best Practices and Tutorials
Chat With Your Git History, Thanks to RAG and Couchbase Shell
Don’t you love reading other people’s commit messages? No? Well, I do and as I was reading a very insightful commit message, I realized all the untapped content living in various Git logs (assuming the dev you follow are writing...
A Guide to LLM Embeddings
LLM embeddings are numerical representations of words, sentences, or other data that capture semantic meaning, enabling efficient text processing, similarity search, and retrieval in AI applications. They are generated through neural network transformations, particularly using self-attention mechanisms in transformer models...
Data Normalization vs. Denormalization Comparison
What is data normalization? Data normalization is the process of structuring a database to enhance efficiency, maintain consistency, and eliminate redundant data. The idea is simple: break data into smaller, related tables to minimize repetition and simplify updates. By following...
What is Conversational Analytics? Plus Examples and Tools
What is conversational analytics? Conversational analytics refers to the process of analyzing spoken or written interactions between individuals and systems, such as customer service chats, voice assistants, or social media conversations. By leveraging natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning,...
AI-Ready Data: Automate Embeddings with Capella’s Vectorization Service
Couchbase Capella has launched a Private Preview for AI services! Check out this blog for an overview of how these services simplify the process of building cloud-native, scalable AI applications and AI agents. In our previous blog, we demonstrated how...
DeepSeek Models Now Available in Capella AI Services
Unlock advanced reasoning at a lower TCO for Enterprise AI Today, we’re excited to share that DeepSeek-R1 is now integrated into Capella AI Services, available in preview! This powerful distilled model, based on Llama 8B, enhances your ability to build...
Certifications That Matter: How Couchbase Academy Elevates Your Database Career
What are database certifications? Certifications are opportunities. They give YOU, a knowledgeable, adept, and forward-thinking Database professional, ammunition to kickstart YOUR personal brand. Earning certifications allows you to take what you know and share it with the rest of the...
A Tool to Ease Your Transition From Oracle PL/SQL to Couchbase JavaScript UDF
What is PL/SQL? PL/SQL is a procedural language designed specifically to embrace SQL statements within its syntax. It includes procedural language elements such as conditions and loops, and can handle exceptions (run-time errors). PL/SQL is native to Oracle databases, and...
Integrate Groq’s Fast LLM Inferencing With Couchbase Vector Search
With so many LLMs coming out, a lot of companies are focusing on enhancing the inference speeds for large language models with specialized hardware and optimizations to be able to scale the inference capabilities of these models. One such company...
Capella Model Service: Secure, Scalable, and OpenAI-Compatible
Couchbase Capella has launched a Private Preview for AI services! Check out this blog for an overview of how these services simplify the process of building cloud-native, scalable AI applications and AI agents. In this blog, we’ll explore the Model...
What is Semantic Search? The Definitive Guide
What is semantic search? Semantic search is an advanced technique that focuses on understanding the intent and contextual meaning of queries rather than just matching keywords. By using natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, and knowledge graphs, it interprets relationships...
Synthetic Data Generation with Capella DataStudio
If you’re a developer working with Couchbase or Capella, you’ll want to know about Capella DataStudio. It’s a free, community-supported tool with a slick, single-pane-of-glass UI for managing Capella Operational, Capella Columnar, and Couchbase Server Clusters. Not only does it...