Re:RAG Is Simpler Than You Think
by j0selit0 on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @11:14AM
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author here. at most companies I've worked for recently (F500) RAG is still quite trendy. this was what frustrated me a bit and motivated to write this article - along with other experiences that definitely relate with some of the folks in the comments above
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what I implied is that in 2024 a lot was written about RAG, LLMs were trained on it, and that explains your gpt-4o-mini reference. the argument is that the article is ai slop, and that point is totally unrelated to name dropping fortune 500s references
Re:RAG Is Simpler Than You Think
by polynomial on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @02:32PM
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But it's "trendy"
sorry if it came across as name dropping - the point I wanted to make is actually that F500s are chasing RAG (as in pure semantic search without any care for chunking strategies, evals etc) instead of starting with the basics.
and for the record, my last employer was still using gpt-4o and gpt-4o mini last year. and they are an F500 (not that it means anything, just for context).
and for the record, my last employer was still using gpt-4o and gpt-4o mini last year. and they are an F500 (not that it means anything, just for context).
Re:RAG Is Simpler Than You Think
by jrochkind1 on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @03:10PM
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But you actually had an LLM write this article, no?
to be fully transparent, I used LLM to review my draft yes. and interestingly enough, this article had tens of thousands of more views and estimulated significantly more discussions than my other, non-LLM written articles. so there's that.
Re:RAG Is Simpler Than You Think
by jrochkind1 on Thursday August 27, 2026 @01:14PM
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So maybe it works! They are of course models distilling the best click-baity eyeball trapping engagement processes.
Re:RAG Is Simpler Than You Think
by literallyroy on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:01PM
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Why pretend? You mean your draft was the meat of the article and you had an LLM make it an article (sentences rather than bullet points?)
This is absolutely not a small draft review or edit.