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Ideas18 Aug 2026How to use AI in a small businessPractical guide to using AI in a small business: ready-to-use prompts, a pilot framework, ROI math, and hire-vs-AI calls.

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    29 Oct 2026Text embeddings explained: how they work [+examples]This guide explains what text embeddings are, how they turn text into vectors that capture meaning, and how to choose, evaluate, and apply embedding models to search, RAG, and other real-world use cases.
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    28 Oct 2026Basic RAG Implementation: A Step-by-Step TutorialThis beginner-friendly tutorial explains how a basic RAG implementation works, covers best practices, and walks through building a working command-line RAG system with Python, ChromaDB, and Perplexity's embedding and language models.
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    27 Oct 2026How does an LLM gateway work? A practical guide for engineering teamsAn LLM gateway is a reverse proxy that routes, authenticates, caches and logs your model calls; this guide follows a request through one, covers the security and reliability risks to plan for, and compares building, self-hosting, managed and API-gateway options.
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    26 Oct 2026What Is RAG Architecture? A Full Definition With Detailed Practical ExamplesRAG architecture is the set of components that stores, retrieves, and feeds external information to an LLM; this guide breaks down 10 types, from basic and hybrid RAG to agentic RAG and GraphRAG, with two step-by-step examples.
  5. How to evaluate AI agents: test sets, graders, and regression checks
    22 Oct 2026How to evaluate AI agents: test sets, graders and regression checksA practical six-step guide to evaluating AI agents, from defining success and building test sets from real failures to choosing graders, running regression checks and monitoring in production.
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    21 Oct 2026How to track and control team token spendHow teams can see their token usage in dashboards and reports, which kinds of AI work use the most tokens, and how to use controls to reduce it.
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    20 Oct 2026What Is an AI Gateway? A Guide to Routing, Cost Control, and Governance for LLM and Agent TrafficAn AI gateway is a central proxy between your applications or AI agents and the models they call, handling routing, cost control, security, and observability in one place.
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    19 Oct 2026Harness engineering: what it is and how it worksA plain-language guide to what AI harnesses are and how harness engineering shapes what AI agents can do.
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    16 Oct 2026What is LLM security? How to mitigate the OWASP top 10 safety risksA guide to LLM security that walks through the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications 2026, with a real-world incident and practical defences for each risk.