Retrieval that actually retrieves: a RAG checklist
Most retrieval-augmented generation failures are retrieval failures. Twelve checks to run before you blame the model.
Maya Okafor & Daniel Reyes3 min read
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LLM Engineering
Prompts, tools, structured outputs and the unglamorous plumbing around models.
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Structured outputs without tears
Getting reliable JSON out of a language model is a solved problem — if you combine schemas, validation and a sensible retry policy.
Maya Okafor2 min read
Prompt versioning is configuration management
Prompts are code that changes behaviour in production. Treat them with the same discipline as feature flags and config files.
Daniel Reyes2 min read