AI

When Switching Embeddings Doubles Recall: bge-m3 vs nomic on a Local RAG

2026-07-06 by [Mathias WOLFF]

ai rag embedding bge‑m3 nomic ollama chromadb methodology wazo

On a 100% private local RAG, replacing nomic-embed-text with bge-m3 and dropping runtime FR→EN translation took recall from 0.45 to 0.95 and cut latency by twelve. Measured, not guessed.

Pi, Coding Agents, and Context Engineering: A Synthesis of Practices

2026-07-03 by [Mathias WOLFF]

ai agents pi workflow context mcp

A synthesis of Mario Zechner's ideas on coding agents. Why the minimalism of the Pi agent, coupled with strict context engineering and CLI tools, often beats heavy frameworks.