Article 1 Title: Why Solr Is No Longer Enough for Modern Commerce Search Introduction I had the opportunity to create a search engine using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with OpenAI and Supabase. To say that I was impressed is an understatement. I realized that every developer now has the power to build advanced search capabilities tailored to their organization’s needs without relying on legacy keyword search engines. For over a decade, Apache Solr has been the backbone of search functionality in SAP Commerce (Hybris). It excels at keyword indexing, faceted navigation, and performance at scale. But in the age of AI-driven …