Free masterclass: Ship your RAG Application

Ship Your RAG Application – Free Hands-On Masterclass # When & Where * **Date/Time:** Saturday, 1 November · 11:00 AM–12:30 PM GST * **Format:** Live online (link sent after RSVP) # Who It’s For Product builders, data scientists, ML engineers, founders, and students who want to move from tutorials to a working Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) app. # What You’ll Learn (Outcomes) * Build a minimal RAG pipeline (ingest → embed → retrieve → generate) * Evaluate quality with simple metrics (accuracy/faithfulness using RAGAS-style checks) * Package a demo UI (Gradio) and **deploy to Hugging Face Spaces** * Templates and a checklist so you can replicate after the session # Agenda (90 minutes) 1. **Concept & Architecture (10 min):** RAG vs. fine-tuning, where RAG wins 2. **Build (35 min):** 3. Load docs → chunk → embed (OpenAI/HF) * Vector store (FAISS/Chroma) + retrieval * Generation with an LLM (OpenAI/HF Inference) 4. **Evaluate (15 min):** quick metrics and failure modes 5. **Ship (20 min):** Gradio UI + Space setup (repo, `app.py`, `requirements.txt`) 6. **Q&A + Next Steps (10 min)** # Tech Stack (demo) Python, Gradio, FAISS/Chroma, OpenAI or HF models, RAGAS-style evaluation, Hugging Face Spaces. # Prerequisites * Basic Python * **Accounts:** GitHub and Hugging Face * Laptop with a browser; optional OpenAI API key (or use HF Inference) # You’ll Receive * Starter repo with **code templates** * Deployment checklist * Slides + notes (recording not provided) # Speaker **Mohammad Arshad** — Founder, Decoding Data Science; Principal Data Scientist; mentor to builders across MENA and beyond. # Registration Reserve your seat here: **[Add your registration link]** Limited spots to keep it interactive.