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Using Typesense as Key Value Store

TLDR Ricardo proposed using Typesense as a key value store and self-answered how it would work. Jason confirmed it's been done successfully in the past.

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Ricardo

04:13 PM

how much would you hate me if I use typesense as key value store as well for an mvp? Jason Kishore Nallan 😅

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Ricardo

04:39 PM

answering my own question should be pretty ok.

client.collections['companies'].documents['124'].retrieve()

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Jason

05:55 PM

Haha! I know a few folks who've done this (used Typesense as a kv store and search engine) in the past!

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