Alex ChernyshAlex ChernyshAgentic behaviorist · Tel Aviv
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Notes

Notes on AI systems, retrieval, and the work that starts after the demo.

Notes on retrieval, evals, observability, and the engineering that starts once the demo is the easy part.

2 posts
Feb 24, 2026
6 min read

Which Query Transformation Techniques Actually Help RAG?

Query rewrite, decomposition, step-back prompting, HyDE, fusion, and when each one is worth the extra latency.

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Jan 29, 2026
4 min read

Prompt Engineering: From Phrasing to Policy

Prompt design now means response formats, examples, tools, and eval loops, not incantations.

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