Hybrid Search and Re-Ranking: The Cheapest Quality Win
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Hybrid search runs two retrieval methods in parallel, BM25 for exact keyword matching and vector search for semantic similarity, then fuses their results using reciprocal rank fusion. Adding a cross-encoder re-ranker on top rescues the final ordering. Together, these two techniques consistently del…
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- 2026-09-28 13:45 · DEV Community — AI
Hybrid Search and Re-Ranking: The Cheapest Quality Win