Hey Cory, I want to clarify something. When I referred to it as a “basic feature,” I didn’t mean to imply that it’s simple – far from it. My point was that it’s a fundamental aspect that we expect any database to provide. One of the key reasons we consider a third-party solution is to offload some complexity to a company that can deliver a seamless experience, regardless of how complex achieving it may be. However, many of us are trapped in workarounds because we can’t simply retrieve a list of IDs. I considered Pinecone early this year, I experimented with a lot of other solutions, and I want to build with Pinecone, but I feel that those workarounds shouldn’t be there, and we as developers shouldn’t be constantly pointing this out. Unfortunately, since my first interaction with Pinecone, and almost a year later, the only path forward I can see to work with the vector database that I want is full of workarounds.
I’m glad to hear this is a priority, and I’m sure it will make many of us happy. I can’t wait for this! Ah, even though I don’t need it for now, it might be interesting to consider pagination when implementing the feature.
Thanks for your prompt reply. Now, let’s make Pinecone the world’s best vector database!