Day 02/90: Chunking Strategies in RAG — Why Splitting Documents Matters

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<p><strong>You upload a document, ask a question, and get an incomplete answer.</strong></p> <p>You check the source. The information is there.</p> <p>So why did the RAG application miss it? </p> <p>Sometimes, the problem starts with how the document was split.</p> <p>For Day 2 of my AI challenge, let’s look at how chunking affects RAG retrieval, when different approaches help, and where they can fall short.</p> <h2> The answer is there, but part of it is missing </h2> <p>Imagine a company policy says:</p> <blockquote> <p>Employees may carry forward up to five unused annual leave days. This op

Problem

<p><strong>You upload a document, ask a question, and get an incomplete answer.</strong></p> <p>You check the source. The information is there.</p> <p>So why did the RAG application miss it? </p> <p>Sometimes, the problem starts with how the document was split.</p> <p>For Day 2 of my AI challenge, let’s look at how chunking affects RAG retrieval, when different approaches help, and where they can fall short.</p> <h2> The answer is there, but part of it is missing </h2> <p>Imagine a company policy says:</p> <blockquote> <p>Employees may carry forward up to five unused annual leave days. This op

Outcome

<p><strong>You upload a document, ask a question, and get an incomplete answer.</strong></p> <p>You check the source. The information is there.</p> <p>So why did the RAG application miss it? </p> <p>Sometimes, the problem starts with how the document was split.</p> <p>For Day 2 of my AI challenge, let’s look at how chunking affects RAG retrieval, when different approaches help, and where they can fall short.</p> <h2> The answer is there, but part of it is missing </h2> <p>Imagine a company policy says:</p> <blockquote> <p>Employees may carry forward up to five unused annual leave days. This op

Evidence

Day 02/90: Chunking Strategies in RAG — Why Splitting Documents Matters

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