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The laptop return that broke a RAG pipeline

April 6, 2026 4:40 Episode 0 Season 1
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**Episode Description:** What happens when a single, seemingly innocent IT event quietly brings an entire AI-powered knowledge system to its knees? In this episode, we unpack a real-world debugging nightmare where a laptop return triggered a cascade of failures inside a RAG pipeline — and nobody saw it coming. If you've ever trusted a system a little too much, this one will make you think twice about what's lurking in your infrastructure.
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