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Edition #10: Testing AI is Hard (But You Have To Do It)

March 3, 2026

# Fine-Tuned Edition #10: Testing AI is Hard (But You Have To Do It)*Date: Tuesday, April 28th, 2026*Welcome back to **Fine-Tuned**. This week we are talking...

Edition #9: The Death of the 'Chat' UX (AI as a Background Process)

March 3, 2026

Welcome back to Fine-Tuned. This week, we are looking at the death of the chatbox.\n\n### 🔬 The Deep Dive: AI as a Background Process\n\nIn 2023, every SaaS...

Edition #8: Building Search That Doesn't Suck (Vector + Keyword)

March 3, 2026

Welcome back to Fine-Tuned. This week we are fixing your search bar.\n\n### 🔬 The Deep Dive: Hybrid Search is Mandatory\n\nIf you replaced your application’s...

Edition #7: Stop Re-Inventing the UI (Use Generative Interfaces)

March 2, 2026

Welcome back to Fine-Tuned. This week we are talking about UI/UX in the age of AI. 🔬 The Deep Dive: Generative Interfaces (v0 and Beyond) For the past...

Edition #7: Stop Re-Inventing the UI (Use Generative Interfaces)

March 2, 2026

Welcome back to Fine-Tuned. This week we are talking about UI/UX in the age of AI.\n\n### 🔬 The Deep Dive: Generative Interfaces (v0 and Beyond)\n\nFor the...

Edition #6: Fine-Tuning is Dead (Wait, Didn't I Just Say RAG Was Dead?)

March 2, 2026

Welcome back to Fine-Tuned. This week we are looking at the fine-tuning ecosystem.\n\n### 🔬 The Deep Dive: The Convergence of RAG and Fine-Tuning\n\nIf you...

Edition #6: The Convergence of RAG and Fine-Tuning (RAFT)

March 2, 2026

Welcome back to Fine-Tuned. This week we are looking at the fine-tuning ecosystem and why the war between RAG and Fine-Tuning is finally ending. 🔬 The Deep...

Edition #5: The Hidden Costs of API Wrappers

March 1, 2026

Welcome back to **Fine-Tuned**. This week, we're dissecting the "API Wrapper" business model, why so many of them are failing in 2026, and how to build a...

Edition #4: RAG is Dead (Long Live RAG 2.0)

March 1, 2026

Welcome back to Fine-Tuned. This week, we’re covering the evolution of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and why your vector database might be slowing you...

Edition #3: Prompt Engineering is Dead (Long Live System Prompting)

February 28, 2026

Welcome back to **Fine-Tuned**. This week, we are looking at the death of "Prompt Engineering" as a standalone job, and how it is evolving into something...

Edition #2: Building Reliable AI Agents (Multi-Agent Orchestration)

February 28, 2026

Welcome back to Fine-Tuned. Last week, we discussed why small models are eating the world. This week, we’re looking at how they are being used. We are moving...

The Shift from Massive Models to Specialized SLMs

February 27, 2026

Welcome to Issue #1 of Fine-Tuned. This week, we’re talking about the biggest shift in AI infrastructure: the move away from massive, generalized...