RAG without the hype — what actually works for small teams
Retrieval-augmented generation is the most over-pitched AI technique of the last two years. Here's what a minimal, useful RAG setup looks like for a non-enterprise team.
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Retrieval-augmented generation is the most over-pitched AI technique of the last two years. Here's what a minimal, useful RAG setup looks like for a non-enterprise team.
Most AI engagements fail on timeline, not on specs. Fixing the delivery window forces smaller, shippable scopes — and surfaces the real constraint earlier.
Fine-tuning is a fine tool. It's also the wrong one for almost every small-business use case. Here's the decision tree we actually run through.
A short list of engagements Binjaw says no to — so the scope is clear before the first call. No hidden terms, no bait-and-switch.
Most small businesses can't run their own model infrastructure — and shouldn't. Here's how we handle privacy when the model lives on someone else's GPU.
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