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Coffee With Developers • Jun 17, 2026

RAG's Not Dead, You're Just Using It Wrong! - Phil Nash

Phil Nash

Phil Nash proves RAG isn't dead—you are just relying on rigid wrappers. Discover how custom, agentic workflows finally conquer unstructured enterprise data like legacy PDFs.

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#1 about 2 min

The state of retrieving augmented generation

Why retrieval-augmented generation remains a crucial and unsolved challenge for operating on custom domain knowledge.

#2 about 1 min

Introducing OpenRAG for custom data pipelines

How OpenRAG provides a baseline architecture for building highly customized generative agents tailored to unstructured data.

#3 about 2 min

The challenge of extracting data from print formats

Why legacy print formats present unique positional obstacles for modern data ingestion pipelines.

#4 about 2 min

Open source technology stack for workflow orchestration

How integrating specialized extraction tools alongside native search and drag-and-drop orchestrators establishes a robust data ingestion layer.

#5 about 5 min

Agentic search and mitigating data exposure risks

How autonomous agents dynamically query contextual databases to leverage proprietary enterprise data without exposing it to public training datasets.

#6 about 3 min

Exploring internal enterprise coding agents for legacy syntax

Deploying internal coding assistants specifically optimized to update large legacy code bases while managing context window usage costs.

#7 about 5 min

Strategies for curating reliable technology news

Practical advice for developers managing information overload by selecting verified tech newsletters instead of high-noise social comment sequences.

#8 about 4 min

Integrating knowledge bases with telephonic voice agents

Connecting vector databases to voice streams by leveraging real-time socket connections to handle transcription and response orchestration.

#9 about 2 min

Balancing open source access with enterprise monetization

How open source projects successfully balance full community access with intentional feature limitations for corporate and compliance environments.

#10 about 6 min

Evaluating generated code syntax and maintaining quality control

Why experienced developer oversight remains critical for debugging, optimizing, and approving automated code abstractions to prevent systemic architectural drift.

Matching moments

1:50 min

Simplifying generative AI deployments using the RagStack opinionated framework

David Leconte David Leconte +1 · WWC 2024

1:01 min

Customizing enterprise intelligence via automated RAG and secure APIs

Hissan Usmani Hissan Usmani · WWC 2025

1:44 min

Understanding basic retrieval-augmented generation architectures in chatbots

Stan Girard Stan Girard · WWC 2024

2:37 min

Deploying the augmented chatbot on OpenShift AI platforms

Cedric Clyburn Cedric Clyburn · WWC 2024

4:14 min

Adapting operational workflows and infrastructure for RAG systems

Joy Joy · WWC 2024

2:52 min

Scaling generative AI use cases across large enterprises

Mike Butcher Mike Butcher +3 · WWC 2024

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