Ep54: Spring AI Integrations + Real-World RAG Challenges Breaktime Tech Talks podcast

Ep54: Spring AI Integrations + Real-World RAG Challenges

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Hear my latest hands-on experiences and lessons learned from the world of AI, graph databases, and developer tooling.

What’s Inside:

The difference between sparse and dense vectors, and how Neo4j handles them in real-world scenarios.
First impressions and practical tips on integrating Spring AI MCP with Neo4j’s MCP servers—including what worked, what didn’t, and how to piece together documentation from multiple sources.
Working with Pinecone and Neo4j for vector RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and graph RAG, plus the challenges of mapping results back to Java entities.
Reflections on the limitations of keyword search versus the power of contextual, conversational AI queries—using a book recommendation system demo.
Highlights from the article “Your RAG Pipeline is Lying with Confidence—Here’s How I Gave It a Brain with Neo4j”, including strategies for smarter chunking, avoiding semantic drift, and improving retrieval accuracy.

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Hear my latest hands-on experiences and lessons learned from the world of AI, graph databases, and developer tooling.

What’s Inside:

The difference between sparse and dense vectors, and how Neo4j handles them in real-world scenarios.
First impressions and practical tips on integrating Spring AI MCP with Neo4j’s MCP servers—including what worked, what didn’t, and how to piece together documentation from multiple sources.
Working with Pinecone and Neo4j for vector RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and graph RAG, plus the challenges of mapping results back to Java entities.
Reflections on the limitations of keyword search versus the power of contextual, conversational AI queries—using a book recommendation system demo.
Highlights from the article “Your RAG Pipeline is Lying with Confidence—Here’s How I Gave It a Brain with Neo4j”, including strategies for smarter chunking, avoiding semantic drift, and improving retrieval accuracy.

Links & Resources:

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share, and leave a review. Happy coding!

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