Welcome to episode 095 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency.

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Today’s episode dives into an October 2024 video from technical writing rock star Manny Silva, Head of Docs at Skyflow, codifier of Docs as Tests, and creator of Doc Detective.

Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of this insightful video from Silva, including a clear definition of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and its future direction. They include an examination of the benefits and challenges experienced by Silva and the software developers and technical writers at Skyflow.

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