https://beardbench.isogen.io/authors/kn0x/ Recent content in Kn0x on BeardBench Hugo en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:16:02 +1000 https://beardbench.isogen.io/posts/rags-to-riches/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:16:02 +1000 https://beardbench.isogen.io/posts/rags-to-riches/ <h1 id="building-private-ai-rag-systems-with-local-llms-and-vector-databases"> Building Private Ai RAG Systems with Local LLMs and Vector Databases <a class="heading-link" href="#building-private-ai-rag-systems-with-local-llms-and-vector-databases"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h1> <figure class="center"><img src="https://beardbench.isogen.io/rag_man.png" alt="RagMan"> </figure> <p>Have you ever wanted to chat with your own documents without sending sensitive data to the cloud? That&rsquo;s exactly why I put together <strong>Rags to Riches</strong>, a fully localised, containerised Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) prototype.</p> <p>This solution allows you to chat with your own documents (<code>.md</code>, <code>.txt</code>, <code>.pdf</code>, <code>.docx</code>) completely offline using local LLMs, vector databases, and a beautiful chat interface.</p>