Building Your First RAG System: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. Stop talking theory and start building — Create a working RAG system that can answer questions about your own documents Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has become one of the most practical applications of AI for working …
Vector Databases Performance Comparison: ChromaDB vs Pinecone vs FAISS — Real Benchmarks That Will Surprise You
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. Vector Databases Performance Comparison: ChromaDB vs Pinecone vs FAISS — Real Benchmarks That Will Surprise You This article accompanies my comprehensive YouTube video on vector database performance testing. You can watch the full tutorial here: …
Vector Databases Explained: The Engine Behind AI That Can Search Like Google
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. How specialized databases make large-scale AI applications possible — and why your next AI project probably needs one Imagine you’re Netflix, and you want to build an AI system to help users find movies. You …
Understanding Vector Embeddings: The Mathematical Heart of RAG Systems
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. Converting words into mathematical vectors to unlock the power of semantic search What if I told you that the key to making AI truly understand the meaning of text lies in converting words into mathematical …
🧠 “Attention Is All You Need” Explained (with PyTorch from Scratch)
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. Understand the Transformer Paper Deeply & Build It Yourself Step-by-Step In 2017, a single paper titled “Attention is All You Need” flipped the deep learning world on its head. From Research Paper Attention is All …
The Age of Autonomous Agents: How AI is Moving Beyond Chatbots to Do Your Bidding
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. The Age of Autonomous Agents: How AI is Moving Beyond Chatbots to Do Your Bidding Imagine an AI that doesn’t just answer your questions but proactively acts on your behalf. An AI that can book …
The Memory Revolution: How Model Context Protocol is Transforming AI Agent Intelligence
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. Why your AI assistant forgets everything between conversations — and how MCP is about to change that forever Picture this: You’re working with an AI assistant on a complex project. Over several days, you’ve taught …
RAG: The Revolutionary AI Technique That’s Changing Everything
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. Why Your AI Assistant Can’t Access Your Latest Documents (And How RAG Fixes This Picture this: You’re working late on a critical project and need to quickly find information from your company’s latest policy update. …
From Local to Production: The Ultimate Ollama to vLLM Migration Guide 🚀
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. A developer’s journey from bedroom coding to enterprise-scale AI deployment Picture this: You’ve built this amazing AI chatbot using Ollama on your laptop. It works like a charm for you and your small team. Then …
Why Popular AI Frameworks Are Actually Making Your Life Harder 😤
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. A Developer’s Journey from Framework Hell to Building Real AI Solutions Picture this: You’re excited to build your first AI application. You Google “best AI frameworks 2024” and everyone’s screaming about LangChain, CrewAI, and the …
Why GPT-5 Hits a Wall: The Real Story Behind AI’s Biggest Challenge 🤖💭
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. And how two groundbreaking research advances are trying to fix it You know that feeling when you’re trying to solve a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle, and you can find all the corner pieces and edges, but …
🧠 Turn Any Text into Beautiful Interactive Maps: The Magic of AI-Powered Knowledge Graphs ✨
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. 🤔 What Got Me Started Ever wished you could turn a boring research paper into a visual story? Here’s how I discovered the coolest AI tool that does exactly that! A visual map showing relationships …
Fine-Tuning LLMs: From Zero to Hero with Python & Ollama 🚀
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. Ever wondered how to make AI models actually useful for YOUR specific needs? Let me show you how I went from confused beginner to fine-tuning wizard in just one weekend! Picture this: You’re trying to …
From Local to Production: The Ultimate Ollama to vLLM Migration Guide 🚀
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. A developer’s journey from bedroom coding to enterprise-scale AI deployment Picture this: You’ve built this amazing AI chatbot using Ollama on your laptop. It works like a charm for you and your small team. Then …
Google NotebookLM Just Changed Everything: Your AI Research Assistant Got Superpowers 🚀
Author(s): MahendraMedapati Originally published on Towards AI. How Google’s latest update transforms the way we process information forever Picture this: You’re buried under mountains of research papers, PDFs scattered across your desktop, and your brain feels like it’s about to explode from …