Building a Local RAG System: My Journey and How You Can Too
My Story: Why I Built a Local RAG System A few months ago, I found myself frustrated with the limitations and privacy concerns of cloud-based AI tools. I wanted to experiment with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) on my own terms—locally, with full control over my data and the ability to tinker under the hood. As a developer who loves open source, C#, and learning by doing, I decided to build my own local RAG system from scratch. ...