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Episode 139 - RAG is Expensive but is it really
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🧠 What RAG Actually Does
RAG enhances LLMs by retrieving relevant external information (e.g. from documents or databases) at query time, then feeding that into the prompt. This allows the LLM to answer with up-to-date or domain-specific knowledge without retraining.
💸 Is RAG Expensive?
Yes, it can be — especially if:
* You repeatedly reprocess large documents for every query.
* You use high…