KNKartik N V J Kinkartiknvjk.hashnode.dev·Sep 2 · 8 min readLlamaIndex makes RAG easy to build and hard to debug. Here is how I evaluate it.I built a RAG app on LlamaIndex in about four lines. Wire an index to a query engine, point it at my documents, ask a question, get an answer. The first hundred queries were great. I was impressed wit00
SCSarah Connollyinsarahbconnolly.hashnode.dev·Sep 1 · 5 min readLangChain vs. LlamaIndex: Which Should You Use for RAG?My PDF Q&A app was built entirely on LangChain, mostly because that's what the certificate I'm working through teaches. But LangChain isn't the only framework for this — LlamaIndex is the other major 00
TKTuhin Kumar Duttaintechtrail.tuhindutta.com·Aug 6 · 9 min readBuilding Scratchpad: Rethinking the Local AI WorkspaceMost conversations around local AI still revolve around the models themselves. Which model should I run? How much VRAM do I need? Should I use a larger reasoning model or a smaller, faster one? Those 00
PJPraise Jamesinactiandev.hashnode.dev·Jul 27 · 15 min readBuild a Local Document Intelligence Agent with LlamaIndex and VectorAI DBMost LlamaIndex vector store integrations assume an outbound connection. Pineone, Weaviate, Qdrant Cloud, and the rest of the officially supported list all require a network call to an external servic00
TWTang Weigangindoramagic.hashnode.dev·Jul 5 · 8 min readBefore Adopting LlamaIndex, Split Ingestion, Retrieval, Agents, and AuditLlamaIndex should not be judged by whether a five-line RAG demo returns a fluent answer. That only proves that one happy path can run. It does not prove that your data remains traceable, that retrieva00
SGSalome Githinjiingithinjisal-dev.hashnode.dev·Jun 18 · 8 min readAdvanced Retrievers in LlamaIndex: Beyond Basic Vector SearchIf you've been building RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) applications, you've probably started with vector search — embed your documents, embed your query, retrieve the top-k similar chunks. It wo10
PSPragnesh Shahinpragmatic-builder.hashnode.dev·May 31 · 8 min readI Built a RAG System That Actually Works — Hybrid Search, Reranking, and the Decisions That MatteredDisclaimer: The content presented here represents my own personal views and opinions. I built a RAG pipeline that retrieves the right answer from my personal knowledge base on the first try — with sou00
SJSourabh Joshiincwqc.hashnode.dev·Apr 26 · 2 min readFixing LangGraphLet me start with a confession: I spent 2 months building a LangGraph pipeline, only to realize I had been using it incorrectly. I had LangChain and LlamaIndex set up, but my model was still underperforming. This was frustrating, to say the least. ...00
JKJangwook Kimineffloow.hashnode.dev·Apr 5 · 22 min readBuild Your First RAG App with Python + LlamaIndex — Step-by-Step Tutorial (2026)Build Your First RAG App with Python + LlamaIndex — Step-by-Step Tutorial (2026) Large language models know a lot, but they do not know your data. Ask Claude or GPT about your company's internal docs, your research papers, or last quarter's reports a...00
MRMoon Robertinsynsun.hashnode.dev·Mar 9 · 8 min readLangChain vs LlamaIndex vs Haystack: What Two Weeks in Production Actually Taught MeMy team got handed a RAG project earlier this year — 40,000 documents, mix of PDFs and Confluence exports, users who would notice if answers were wrong. I'd used LangChain for smaller stuff before, but this was the first time I actually ran all three...00