Seeing in 1,024 Dimensions: How UMAP Makes Embeddings Visible
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Embeddings live in a thousand dimensions; your screen has two. How UMAP flattens embedding space into a readable map — what it preserves, what it distorts, and how to read it honestly.
Embeddings live in a thousand dimensions; your screen has two. How UMAP flattens embedding space into a readable map — what it preserves, what it distorts, and how to read it honestly.
The post version of my PHP Tek talk: retrofitting meaning-aware search into a Laravel app with PostgreSQL and pgvector — architecture, code, and production lessons from DailyMedToday.
Embeddings turn language into coordinates, where distance equals meaning. This is the foundation everything else in this series builds on — explained without the math degree.
In May, I’ll present two talks at PHP Tek. The first focuses on streamlining production deployments. The second on AI-powered semantic search in Laravel. Connect with me at the conference!