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Practical thinking on production AI, compliance engineering, and building systems that scale — from engineers who build them daily.

RAG Systems

Why Most RAG Systems Fail in Production (And How to Build One That Does Not)

Most RAG implementations work in demos and collapse under real load. This article covers the architecture decisions that separate production RAG systems from proof of concepts — vector database selection, chunking strategy, retrieval accuracy, and latency at scale.

AWS BedrockLangChainPineconeProduction AI
8 min read
Healthcare AI

Building HIPAA-Compliant AI Pipelines on AWS

HIPAA compliance is not a checkbox — it is an architecture decision. This guide covers encryption, audit trails, access controls, and BAA requirements for AI systems handling protected health information.

HIPAAAWSHealthcare
6 min read
Document AI

AWS Textract in Production: What Nobody Tells You

Textract works well in demos. In production with complex layouts, multi-column PDFs, and handwritten sections, it needs careful configuration. Here is what we learned processing 500+ contracts monthly.

AWS TextractDocument AIPython
5 min read
Enterprise AI

Java vs Python for Production AI Systems: An Honest Comparison

Python dominates AI development. Java dominates enterprise production. Here is when to use each, how to combine them effectively, and why your Spring Boot backend and Python ML models can coexist cleanly.

JavaSpring BootPythonArchitecture
7 min read
Compliance

CJIS Compliance in Cloud Deployments: A Technical Guide

CJIS requirements create real constraints on cloud architecture — data residency, encryption standards, audit logging, and personnel screening. This guide covers what the policy actually requires technically.

CJISAWSComplianceSecurity
9 min read

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