ABAditya Biranjeinadityabiranje210.hashnode.dev·Jul 23 · 27 min readDesigning the Ingestion Layer of a Production RAG SystemMost RAG postmortems point at retrieval. Wrong chunks come back, the reranker doesn't help, the LLM hallucinates around a gap in context. Almost none of it is a retrieval bug. By the time a query hits12A
AGAvanish Garginavanish-garg.hashnode.dev·Jul 22 · 6 min readAI is an Illusion: Decoding the Greatest Magic Trick in TechThe most beautiful high-dimensional calculus ever mistaken for a mind, which apparently now runs the world! WELCOME TO THE CURIOSITY CRUNCH — EPISODE 04: A series where we take the technical phenome00
APAnkita Patilinblog.ankitapatil.dev·Jul 16 · 5 min readBuilding a Production-Style AI System: Designing VibeFit from Image Upload to Intelligent RecommendationsLive Demo → Experience the application. Architecture Walkthrough → Understand how the system works. Source Code → Explore the implementation. Project Deep Dive → Read the complete architecture and 00
MMaverickinjyanshu.hashnode.dev·Jul 13 · 13 min readVector EmbeddingsHow AI Learned to Understand the Meaning Behind Words Who is this for? You don't need to know any math, code, or machine learning. If you've ever used Google Search, gotten a Netflix recommendation,00
SSSameer Selokarinblogbysameer.hashnode.dev·Jul 12 · 10 min readRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Sometimes Fails?Most people think connecting an AI model to your documents magically makes it accurate. The reality is more nuanced. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) significantly improves an LLM's ability to ans11K
JCJim Chundevalelinaccidentalcomplexity.hashnode.dev·Jul 5 · 19 min readPart 3: Open WebUI, a One-Sided Load Balancer, and a Bug Hiding One Field DeepTwo Birds, One Qdrant With the core database built and my own homelab knowledge ingested, I had a second idea. Open WebUI, the chat front end I already run for my Hailo and Gemma models, has its own b00
AAanchalinaanchalfatwani.hashnode.dev·Jun 30 · 7 min readBeginner’s Guide to Embeddings: How AI Learns to Understand the WorldHave you ever wondered how Netflix recommends a movie you actually want to watch? Or how an AI chatbot understands the emotional weight behind a sentence like "I'm drowning here" without checking the 00
SSsatyam sahuinthebuildersnotebook.hashnode.dev·Jun 23 · 30 min readBuilding an Offline “Life Memorizer” with Gemini 2.0 & Qdrant EdgeOriginally published on Medium. Reposted here for the Hashnode community. Consider this. You are trying to find where you left an item, like your wallet or keys, inside your own house. You know you s20
LSLakhan Samaniinblog.authorizer.dev·Jun 16 · 11 min readYour AI assistant can leak files people aren't allowed to see — here's how to fix itTL;DR Vector search ignores your permission model: an engineer can ask your RAG assistant about board-level financials and get them, because semantically close = retrieved, and a restricted chunk in 106JZSRI
RTRaghavan T Minchangeofbasis.hashnode.dev·Jun 15 · 4 min readLLMs Don't Read Words. Here's What They Actually See.Your phone keyboard has been doing this for years. You type "Happy" and it suggests "birthday." You type "I'll be" and it suggests "there." You ignore it half the time, but it's always right enough to00