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Guides for building with AI

Plain-English explainers and practical walkthroughs on RAG, agents, evals, and the engineering judgment to ship real AI features.

AI Agents vs. Workflows: When to Use Which

Not every LLM feature needs an agent. A practical look at the difference between agents and workflows — and how to choose the right one for your task.

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What Is RAG? Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Explained

A plain-English guide to retrieval-augmented generation — what RAG is, why it beats fine-tuning for most use cases, and how the pieces fit together.

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