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Re:From zero to a RAG system: successes and failures by diarmuidc on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:16AM (#47530073)
>After several weeks, between 2 and 3, the indexing process finished without failures. ... we could finally shut down the virtual machine. The cost was 184 euros on Hetzner, not cheap.

184euro is loose change after spending 3 man weeks working on the process!

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Re:From zero to a RAG system: successes and failures by mrits on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:30AM (#47530240)
That's the budget I'd have for the coffee shop with the team to discuss budget
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Re:From zero to a RAG system: successes and failures by EGreg on Thursday March 26, 2026 @10:47AM (#47531137)
That's the budget to discuss and approve the above coffee shop budget
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Re:From zero to a RAG system: successes and failures by davidwritesbugs on Thursday March 26, 2026 @01:11PM (#47533018)
Pffft, that's the budget for the paperclips to hold the meeting notes together
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Re:From zero to a RAG system: successes and failures by natpalmer1776 on Thursday March 26, 2026 @03:46PM (#47534828)
You guys have budgets?
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Re:From zero to a RAG system: successes and failures by gattilorenz on Thursday March 26, 2026 @06:59PM (#47536934)
Wow, you still need to even ask questions.
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Re:From zero to a RAG system: successes and failures by nicbou on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:35PM (#47538098)
This one is, oddly enough, higher
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Re:From zero to a RAG system: successes and failures by closeparen on Thursday March 26, 2026 @07:55PM (#47537411)
184 Euro is about a day's wages for a software developer over there (40k EUR / 220 working days).
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