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RAG chunking — 5 strategies with runnable Python

Originally published on aiunplugged.in — cross-posting for the Dev.to community. Chunking is the step that most RAG tutorials gloss over — "just split your documents into 500-token chunks" — and most retrieval problems trace back to. The right chunk strategy depends on the shape of the source documents and the shape of the queries, not on a blog post's default. This article walks the five…

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Open Source Winter–Spring Project: Building Digital Boat

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  • 14-year-old Alperen from Turkey created XIVIZLEY, an open-source visual Docker architecture tool.
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Why a Successful Quickstart Doesn't Prove a Product Is Easy to Implement

Why a Successful Quickstart Doesn't Prove a Product Is Easy to Implement A developer follows a quickstart, runs the example, and gets the expected result. That is a good start.

  • Quickstart demonstrates basic functionality but not full implementation ease.
  • Developers face additional complexities beyond quickstart scenarios.
  • Product teams must evaluate real-world implementation readiness, not just quickstart success.

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