Building Enterprise AI: Hard-Won Lessons from 1200+ Hours of RAG Development

The following blog post is an opinionated result of hundreds of hours of intense research, implementation and evaluation while developing an enterprise AI chat system (source code can be found here). While I do not remember every source and arxiv paper, most will be linked directly in the text. Now please fasten your seatbelts and enjoy your deep dive into modern AI RAG architecture. AI Apps Are…