Who is The RAG Cheatsheet for?

Engineers shipping RAG to production soon Tech leads reviewing RAG architectures Anyone whose RAG prototype works on slides but fails in staging

What will I learn from The RAG Cheatsheet?

Pick the right chunking strategy for your document type without trial-and-error Wire up hybrid retrieval and a reranker with a clear cost/benefit picture Set up an evaluation loop that catches regressions before users do Recognize and fix the failure modes every RAG system hits in production

Is The RAG Cheatsheet free to download?

Yes. The RAG Cheatsheet is available as a free PDF download after a quick email sign-up.

How is The RAG Cheatsheet different from a blog post on the same topic?

The RAG Cheatsheet is grounded in real repositories and real production patterns. Every chapter cites specific files, functions, or numbers you can verify, not generic advice.

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The RAG Cheatsheet

The reference card for production RAG. Chunking strategies with when to use each, hybrid retrieval wiring, reranking payoff curves, evaluation metrics that actually catch regressions, and the failure modes to watch for on day one.

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What you get

Pick the right chunking strategy for your document type without trial-and-error
Wire up hybrid retrieval and a reranker with a clear cost/benefit picture
Set up an evaluation loop that catches regressions before users do
Recognize and fix the failure modes every RAG system hits in production

Inside

Chunking by document shape (decision table + grounded example)
Hybrid retrieval with BM25 + vector + RRF fusion
Reranking: when it earns its cost
Evaluation loop with RAGAS + a golden set
The fourteen failure modes every RAG hits
Agentic routing for mixed-source retrieval
Ship checklist and cheatsheet recap

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