Learn LLM Path / pillar 3 of 10
build RAG that works in production. Biggest hidden gap - basic tutorials stop at "embed + top-k," real systems need hybrid search, reranking, evaluation
3a · Foundations
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Why RAG; embeddings; vector DB; cosine KEY
RAG from First Principles - Ankit Bansalunverified38m⚠ link unverified
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Build a real RAG app
Ed Donner - LLM Engineering, Wk5 (knowledge-worker) ↗repoUdemy
3b · Advanced retrieval (the gap)
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Hybrid search: BM25 + dense + RRF
Production RAG w/ LangChain & Vector DBs - freeCodeCamp ↗video7h38m
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Reranking (cross-encoders/ColBERT)
Advanced RAG techniques - Field Guide to AI ↗article9m read
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Query transforms (HyDE, multi-query)
Advanced RAG: hybrid, reranking, query expansion ↗articleread
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Chunking: parent-child, sentence-window
12 Advanced RAG Techniques (2026) - Atlan ↗articleread
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GraphRAG / RAPTOR / Contextual Retrieval
Same Atlan guide (techniques 8-12) ↗articleread
3c · RAG evaluation (RAGAS) [KEY]
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Metrics: faithfulness, context precision/recall
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RAGAS hands-on in Python
RAG Evaluation Metrics Tutorial - Analytics Vidhya ↗article6m