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Bayesian Search Cuts RAG Latency 40% in Production Pipeline
A team rebuilt their RAG retrieval layer, moving from fixed 512-token chunks to recursive chunking that respects document structure. They implemented Bayesian search to tune chunk size, overlap, and top-k parameters, achieving 95% recall@10. The optimized pipeline reduced end-to-end latency by 40%.
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The piece offers practical, reproducible techniques for production RAG, but the 40% latency claim depends on baseline assumptions that may not generalize.
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Optimizing RAG at Scale: Chunking, Retrieval, and the Bayesian Search That Cut Latency 40% →
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