Optimizely Graph ships with semantic search built in. No vector database, no embedding pipeline, no second index to keep in sync – you add one argument to a GraphQL query and you get vector search over your CMS content.
That’s a genuinely big deal, and it’s why I didn’t reach for pgvector one of the demo project. So I built site /search page that understands what people mean, is 100% server-rendered, URL-driven, and ships zero client JavaScript.
The good news: it works, and it’s about four lines of GraphQL. The interesting news: my first three attempts at verifying it worked were all measuring the wrong thing, and the fix for the biggest problem isn’t in any documentation I could find.
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