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Scalable RAG Pipelines

Building a solid RAG setup is less about fancy architecture and more about getting the data pipeline right. In this note, I walk through how I structure and seed my Technical Ledger content into Upstash Vector using OpenAI embeddings, why formatting the embedding input matters more than most people think, and how this setup keeps my portfolio AI grounded in real, searchable context.

Architecture
2 min read
2026-02-15

Next.js 16 Proxy Patterns

Next.js 16 shifts request delegation from monolithic middleware to granular Proxy Patterns. This note explores how to resolve middleware conflicts and manage edge-compatible rewrites to eliminate "middleware tax" on your routes. We deep dive into secure API tunneling, demonstrating how to obfuscate internal microservices while injecting secrets safely at the Edge. Learn to implement high-performance forwarding with sub-10ms overhead and proper handling of hop-by-hop headers for scalable routing.

Frontend
3 min read
2026-02-16