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Integrating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) With Agentic AI: Harnessing Elasticsearch Vector Databases for Enterprise AI Systems

A practical overview of using retrieval-augmented generation and agentic AI with Elasticsearch to build reliable, enterprise-ready LLM systems.

January 14, 2026

by Devdas Gupta

· 2,484 Views · 2 Likes

Revisiting the 7 Rs of Cloud Migration with Real-World Examples

An in-depth analysis of cloud migration strategies, examining how different approaches apply to individual scenarios using real-world enterprise examples.

January 13, 2026

by Atish Kumar Dash

· 1,601 Views · 1 Like

Architecting a Production-Ready GenAI Service Desk

Building a GenAI chatbot for IT support is easy. Building one that actually solves tickets is hard. Here is a blueprint to boost resolution rates using GenAI.

January 13, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 1,533 Views

Your Next Customer Is a Bot

E-commerce brands lose billions annually to cart abandonment, with over 70% of checkouts left unfinished. A new technology, Agentic AI, is here to solve this.

January 13, 2026

by Akash Lomas

· 1,394 Views · 1 Like

Optimizing Financial Data Pipelines: Accelerating OneStream-to-Snowflake Exports by 85%

A case study on optimizing financial data pipelines by refactoring legacy SQL batch inserts into a "Stage and Copy" architecture.

January 13, 2026

by Sridhar Mannava

· 915 Views · 3 Likes

MCP Servers Are Everywhere, but Most Are Collecting Dust: Key Lessons We Learned to Avoid That

Teams rushing to build MCP servers are discovering that enthusiasm doesn’t translate into usefulness. This article unpacks why and how to make your MCP server valuable.

January 13, 2026

by Thomas Johnson

CORE

· 2,549 Views · 4 Likes

AI as a Co-Creator, Not Just an Assistant: The Rise of Collaborative Intelligence in Software Development

AI is evolving from a passive coding assistant into an active engineering collaborator. Modern intelligent agents can now design architectures, generate tests, and even deploy full applications—moving far beyond autocomplete and syntax checks.

January 13, 2026

by Pankaj Gupta

· 1,129 Views

Supercharge AI Workflows on Azure: Remote MCP Tool Triggers + Your First TypeScript MCP Server

Remote MCP in Azure Functions exposes serverless tools for AI assistants, enabling scalable, cloud-native workflows with Azure services and bindings.

January 13, 2026

by Swapnil Nagar

· 2,064 Views · 1 Like

UX Research in Agile Product Development: Making AI Workflows Work for People

UX research in agile product development helps teams build AI workflows grounded in real user needs, reducing guesswork and improving ROI.

January 12, 2026

by Priyanka Kuvalekar

· 1,828 Views

Apache Spark 4.0: What’s New for Data Engineers and ML Developers

Spark 4.0 brings Spark Connect, enhanced SQL (PIPE, VARIANT), richer Python APIs, and advanced streaming — modernizing Spark for faster, more flexible 2025 workloads.

January 12, 2026

by harshraj bhoite

· 2,030 Views

The Night We Split the Brain: A Telling of Control & Data Planes for Cloud Microservices

Split control and data planes with versioned snapshots and four contracts — routing, policy, limits, release — for safer rollouts and reliably boring systems.

January 12, 2026

by Bharath Kumar Reddy Janumpally

· 3,165 Views · 2 Likes

Leveraging AI-Based Authentication Factors in Modern Identity and Access Management Solutions

Discover how AI is revolutionizing identity management by making authentication smarter, faster, more adaptive, and highly secure against evolving cyber threats.

January 12, 2026

by Atish Kumar Dash

· 1,370 Views · 1 Like

Why PostgreSQL Vacuum Matters More Than You Think

Learn how dead tuples slow queries, when to use autovacuum or manual Vacuum, and how tuning improves large or high traffic tables.

January 12, 2026

by arvind toorpu

CORE

· 2,432 Views · 3 Likes

Pragmatic Paths to On-Device AI on Android with ML Kit

Use ML Kit to add on-device AI (Text/Barcode/OCR, Object & Pose, Translation) with simple Kotlin APIs-fast, offline, private.

January 12, 2026

by Mohan Sankaran

· 1,829 Views · 6 Likes

Serverless Spark Isn't Always the Answer: A Case Study

Processing 500M+ records with 100 concurrent users under a 5-minute SLA demands smart architecture. We evaluate seven compute models and why hybrid approaches often win.

January 12, 2026

by Janani Annur Thiruvengadam

CORE

· 1,504 Views · 1 Like

Why Encryption Alone Is Not Enough in Cloud Security

Practical Lessons from Real-World Scenarios That Clearly Demonstrate Why Relying on Encryption Alone Cannot Fully Protect Cloud Workloads

January 9, 2026

by Atish Kumar Dash

· 5,675 Views · 1 Like

The Rise of Diskless Kafka: Rethinking Brokers, Storage, and the Kafka Protocol

Diskless Kafka stores all event data in object storage without using brokers for scalable and cost-efficient data streaming architectures.

January 9, 2026

by Kai Wähner

CORE

· 1,722 Views · 2 Likes

Mastering Fluent Bit: Developer Guide to Telemetry Pipeline Routing (Part 12)

This intro to mastering Fluent Bit covers telemetry pipeline routing mechanisms, tag-based, conditional, and label-based, with hands-on examples for developers.

January 9, 2026

by Eric D. Schabell

CORE

· 1,518 Views · 2 Likes

How to Build and Deploy an AI Agent on Kubernetes With AWS Bedrock, FastAPI and Helm

Learn how to build, containerize, and deploy a lightweight, cloud-native AI agent on Amazon EKS using FastAPI, AWS Bedrock, Docker, and Helm.

January 9, 2026

by Chandrasekhar Rao Katru

· 3,434 Views · 6 Likes

Essential Techniques for Production Vector Search Systems Part 2 - Binary Quantization

Proven techniques for production vector search including when to use each one, how to combine them effectively, trade offs to understand before deployment.

January 9, 2026

by Pavan Vemuri

CORE

· 1,906 Views · 3 Likes

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