Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) remains essential for production AI systems despite claims that large context windows make it obsolete. The discussion covers why bigger context doesn't equal better retrieval, the importance of proper evaluation and observability in RAG pipelines, and practical strategies for embedding

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RAG Is Dead?! Long Live Real AI!Is RAG Dead?First Off: What Even Is “RAG”?Bigger Context ≠ Better RetrievalFine-tuning = Context Control?Most People’s RAG Pipelines Are… BadEmbeddings: Start Simple, Then SpecializeAgentic Retrieval Comes With a CostComplexity Spirals & Evaluated SophisticationFinal WordReferences

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