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When NOT to use RAG (lessons from building a Claude-powered support bot)

When NOT to use RAG (lessons from building a Claude-powered support bot)

Every tutorial about building AI chatbots reaches for the same starter pack: vector database,...

VitaliiVitalii·
I Stopped Paying for Subtitle Services After Running Whisper in a Browser Tab

I Stopped Paying for Subtitle Services After Running Whisper in a Browser Tab

Last Tuesday I needed subtitles for a 12-minute product demo. The video was in English, the audience...

Aral RocaAral Roca·
What Is Harness Engineering? A Builder's Guide

What Is Harness Engineering? A Builder's Guide

Key Takeaways Harness engineering is designing the environment, constraints, and feedback loops...

 Remy B. Remy B.·

Day 9: Building GoDavaii - From Healthcare Gaps to 22+ Language AI Trust

It's Day 9 of our public sprint with GoDavaii. At 27, I founded this company with a deep conviction:...

Pururva AgarwalPururva Agarwal·
Automation is a trade-off

Automation is a trade-off

A couple of years ago I wrote a post about abstractions. I’m revisiting it here with AI-assisted...

Sue SmithSue Smith·
Founder Patterns That Kill a Launch – And What AI Has To Do With It

Founder Patterns That Kill a Launch – And What AI Has To Do With It

I learned the hard way that partnering with people with no technical background, who want to build...

Sergei VornichesSergei Vorniches·

The SaaS Niches That Are Underserved Right Now (According to Data, Not Hype)

The SaaS Niches That Are Underserved Right Now (According to Data, Not Hype) Everyone has...

agenthustleragenthustler·

How we quantified SaaS Lock-In and LLM Costs

The "Contact Sales" button is a technical debt indicator. Every time a vendor hides their pricing...

Oleh KemOleh Kem·

I Built a Tool That Tells Founders to Kill Their Idea. That Might Be the Most Useful Thing I’ve Shipped.

Most founders do not fail because they cannot build. They fail because they build for too long...

Yogya GoyalYogya Goyal·
Day 22: Multi-Tenant SaaS Store - AI System Design in Seconds

Day 22: Multi-Tenant SaaS Store - AI System Design in Seconds

Multi-Tenant SaaS Architecture: Scaling E-Commerce Without Breaking...

Matt FrankMatt Frank·
From Aiven to Railway: Our Database Migration

From Aiven to Railway: Our Database Migration

I didn't plan a migration. I just noticed we were paying for two databases. This whole...

Ajisafe Victor OluwapelumiAjisafe Victor Oluwapelumi·
The AI-Augmented Developer: How AI Is Changing the Way We Write Code

The AI-Augmented Developer: How AI Is Changing the Way We Write Code

A few months ago, I found myself doing something I hadn’t done before. Not Googling. Not digging...

Gavin CettoloGavin Cettolo·