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RAG in Python: Zero to Production

By the end of this post you'll have a command-line tool that answers questions about your own documents — built from four functions you wrote yourself. No LangChain, no LlamaIndex, no vector database. You'll build a RAG system in Python from scratch, so you understand every line

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Sukhveer Kaur
Updated Jun 30, 2026
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Build a RAG System in Python From Scratch (Part 1)
By the end of this post you'll have a command-line tool that answers questions about your own documents — built from four functions you wrote yourself. No LangChain, no LlamaIndex, no vector database. You'll build a RAG system in Python from scratch, so you understand every line
8 min
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