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In 2022, production-grade vector databases were relying on in-memory storage at $2+ per GB, not counting the extra cost for durable disk storage. This is the most expensive way to store data. You can improve this by moving to disk, with triply replicated SSDs at 50% storage utilization which will run you $0.6 per GB. But we can do even better by leveraging object storage (like S3 or GCS) at around $0.02 per GB, with SSD caching at $0.1 per GB for frequently accessed data. That’s up to 100x cheaper than memory for cold storage, and 6-20x cheaper for warm storage!
Turbopuffer: Fast Search on Object Storage
turbopuffer.com
Stereo width is a big part of the *Glowed Up* mix, with the 808 and synth chords being ultra-wide in the mix, and other sounds like the outro melody being completely mono. Using a mix of mono and stereoized sounds helps create a rich sounding mix, with every track having a space in the stereo spectrum.
How Kaytranada Produced Glowed Up
Reverb Machine
In [The Umami Theory of Value](https://nemesis.global/memos/umami), we discussed how, in the absence of material improvement, various entities found new ways to manipulate meaning in order to create new forms of illusory value.
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