Terms of Use

Effective date: September 25, 2026

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of Hierarchical Navigable Small World at hierarchicalnavigablesmallworld.com (the “Site”), operated by Taptwice Media (“we,” “us,” or “our”). By using the Site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Site.

What this Site is

The Site publishes educational documentation, explanations, and reference material about Hierarchical Navigable Small World (HNSW) algorithms, related approximate nearest-neighbor techniques, and adjacent systems topics. Content is provided for learning and reference.

Not professional advice

Nothing on the Site is legal, financial, security, medical, or other professional advice. Implementation choices for production systems are your responsibility. Always validate algorithms, parameters, and operational practices against your own requirements, tests, and qualified advisors.

Acceptable use

You may use the Site for lawful purposes only. You agree not to:

  • Attempt unauthorized access to the Site, its servers, or related systems
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Site’s availability or security
  • Use automated means to scrape or harvest the Site at a rate that degrades service, except ordinary indexing by public search engines
  • Misrepresent your identity when contacting us
  • Use Site content to infringe others’ rights or violate applicable law

Intellectual property

Unless otherwise noted, text, structure, design, and branding on the Site are owned by Taptwice Media or used under license. You may read and link to public pages. You may quote short excerpts with attribution and a link back to the source page for non-commercial educational purposes. You may not republish substantial portions of the Site as a competing resource, sell Site content, or remove attribution, without prior written permission.

The Site may mention third-party products, libraries, papers, or companies (for example vector databases or open-source projects) for educational context. Those names and marks belong to their owners. Links to external sites are provided for convenience; we do not control and are not responsible for third-party content or practices.

Disclaimer of warranties

The Site and its content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, completeness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Technical documentation can contain errors or become outdated as research and software evolve.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Taptwice Media and its contributors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the Site or reliance on its content.

Privacy

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Changes

We may update these Terms of Use by posting a revised version on this page with a new effective date. Continued use of the Site after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

Contact

Questions about these terms: markshubh@gmail.com