Posted on Mon 05 October 2026 in AI / Machine Learning
HNSW (Hierarchical Navigable Small World) — is a graph-based algorithm used for fast approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) search. It is widely used in vector databases and AI applications to quickly find vectors that are most similar to a given query.
When an AI system stores thousands or millions …
Posted on Sat 29 August 2026 in AI
Retrieval-Augmented Generation — RAG — has quietly become the default way to make LLMs actually useful with real-world documents. You index a PDF, embed the chunks, retrieve the relevant ones at query time, and pass them to the model. It works. People ship it.
But there's …
Posted on Thu 09 July 2026 in AI Engineering
From thousands of documents, almost instantly — the exact right piece of information. Ever wondered how that actually works under the hood?
The answer often involves a tool called FAISS. It sounds technical, but …
Posted on Mon 29 June 2026 in AI Engineering
Not just any face — your face. In dim light. With glasses on. Three years after you set it up.
Behind that everyday magic sits a fascinating idea called ArcFace. Don't let the name fool …