neon.tech
neon.tech is a service that kindly provides free hosted Postgres instances; they are unaffiliated to this project and have their own terms of service. Here's how you set one up for Simon:
Create an account
Head on over to neon.tech to make an account.
Create a new project
They seem to make the link quite small:
Configure your new project
Pick what you want for name and region, but be sure to choose Postgres 15.
Install PGVector
Go to the SQL Editor and install the vector
extension:
, then
Grab Your Configuration
Go back to the Dashboard and grab the database info you'll need to set up the Simon context:
Yay!
Now you're ready to connect to the database