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Ideas fromthe buildfloor.

Practical writing on AI, RAG, ERP, mobile and the craft of shipping reliable software.

AI & RAG

2 min read

What is RAG — and when does your business actually need it?

Retrieval-augmented generation lets AI answer from your own documents instead of guessing. Here is how it works, where it shines, and the signs you are ready for it.

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Owner dashboard: sales, margin, receivables ageing and what needs youERP & Operations

6 min read

From WhatsApp photos to a live order book: an ERP and offline field app for distributors

AIVCJ ERP replaces the Tally + Excel + WhatsApp loop: a field app that takes orders without signal and never syncs twice, credit holds decided in code, FEFO picking with GST invoices, and plain-English questions answered by a read-only query you can see. Measured with a two-phone sync test and a blind NL-to-SQL set.

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Applies leave within the rules — you confirmERP & Operations

5 min read

From chatbot to co-worker: building an HR assistant that takes actions safely

AIVCJ HR doesn't just answer leave questions — it applies leave, routes approvals and drafts HR letters. Here is how we let an AI act without letting it make the rules: a policy engine in code, a confirmation card before every action, role permissions and an audit log. Measured on a scripted and a blind test set.

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Answers that cite the exact passageAI & RAG

4 min read

Why most company chatbots hallucinate — and how we built one that cites its sources

A behind-the-scenes look at AIVCJ Knowledge: hybrid retrieval, query planning, a grounding check on every answer, and two public test sets — including a blind one written the way real people type. Try it live on sample HR, product and GST documents, or your own PDF.

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ERP & Operations

1 min read

Choosing an ERP for credit-based distribution businesses

In distribution, profit is made in purchasing and lost in receivables. What to demand from an ERP when most of your sales happen on credit.

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Engineering

1 min read

Self-hosting an AI interviewer with LiveKit: the architecture

Real-time voice AI is a latency game. A look at how we combine self-hosted LiveKit, streaming speech and an LLM to run natural interviews on your own servers.

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