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FINE-TUNING-VS-RAG4 MIN READ

Hybrid pushback deck

Recall the operating conditions that make hybrid RAG plus fine-tuning worth the complexity.

battlecard comparison Pushback Hybrid doubles the failure surface. A reviewer is worried about operational complexity. Your line It can. We should only approve hybrid if retrieval and fine-tuning each control a distinct material risk, with owners, evals, rollback, and cost review for both. Defending hybrid because it sounds more complete. It concedes the complexity and sets a high bar for operational accountability. Approve or defer When is hybrid ready? An ADR should record why the rejected simpler option was insufficient. What does the ADR need for hybrid? Context, decision, rejected simpler options, consequences, owners, eval gates, rollback plan, and cost-review…

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