Designing RAG pipelines that survive production traffic
Retrieval quality degrades quietly. Here is how we evaluate chunking, reranking and freshness before users find the gaps.
8 min readSampleInsights
Notes from the build.
Engineering writing on AI, blockchain, cloud and product architecture. Entries below are sample content for the CMS.
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What auditors actually look for in a smart contract
Most findings trace back to a handful of design decisions made long before the audit was booked.
6 min readSampleCost is an architecture decision, not a billing problem
Where cloud spend is really determined, and which choices are expensive to reverse later.
7 min readSampleTyped boundaries: the cheapest reliability upgrade
Why we put the strictest contracts at system edges and keep the middle flexible.
5 min readSampleWhen a database is the correct answer
A short decision framework for teams deciding whether a problem genuinely needs a chain.
6 min readSampleAgent architectures that fail safely
Guardrails, budgets and human checkpoints — the parts of agent design that decide whether it ships.
9 min readSampleReady to scope it properly?
Bring the problem, the constraints and the deadline. We will come back with an architecture and an honest view of effort.