DEV Community: Elanthirayan

Ever trained multiple ML models and later wondered, "Which one was actually the best?"

Elanthirayan — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:34:04 +0000

That's the everyday problem MLflow solves. I broke it down with a simple cake recipe analogy that anyone can follow.

https://medium.com/@elanthirayan/what-is-mlflow-the-tool-that-saves-you-from-machine-learning-chaos-b788e06ef1c7?sharedUserId=elanthirayan

Do we really need a vector database for every AI documentation chatbot?

Elanthirayan — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:26:10 +0000

Been seeing a lot of discussions around RAG, embeddings, and vector databases lately.
That made me wonder, do we really need a vector database for every AI documentation chatbot?

So I explored Google's Open Knowledge Format (OKF) and built Ask-Your-Markdown to better understand where this approach fits. I also wrote a blog sharing what I learned. Both the article and the GitHub repository are mentioned below.

If you've been curious about OKF, I hope this helps.

imelanthirayan / Ask-Your-Markdown

Ask questions about a folder of Markdown files using AI or offline search. Built on Google's Open Knowledge Format (OKF).

📚 Ask Your Markdown

Ask questions about a folder of markdown files - and get answers grounded in your documents.

No database. No embeddings. No vendor lock-in. Just your Markdown files, organized with OKF and ready to browse - with or without an LLM.

Built on the Open Knowledge Format (OKF) - an open, vendor-neutral standard from Google Cloud.

Works with OpenAI · Azure AI Foundry · or fully offline.

🧭 Table of contents

💡 Why this exists

Imagine a drawer full of notes -…

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Encoder vs Decoder: Before AI Can Write, It Has to Read

Elanthirayan — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:58:25 +0000

Before an AI can generate text, it first needs to understand it. I put together a beginner-friendly blog on Encoder vs Decoder and also added an interactive section to my AI Concept Playground to make the concept easier to visualize.

https://elanthirayan.medium.com/encoder-vs-decoder-before-ai-can-write-it-has-to-read-d8a461b452aa

Interactive playgroud link is in the comments.

Already an AI expert? Ignore this.

Elanthirayan — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:58:26 +0000

If you're still trying to understand embeddings, RAG, vector search, or AI agents, this is for you. I built AI Playground to make AI concepts easier to learn through interactive experiments instead of long explanations.

AI Playground

Here's a quick walkthrough.

milvuslite-kit configuration over code for vector search and rag workflows

Elanthirayan — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:43:00 +0000

Built a small framework called MilvusLite Kit to make vector search and RAG workflows more configuration-driven and less code-heavy.

Instead of writing boilerplate for embeddings, vector stores, and retrieval setup, you can define everything through configuration and focus on building your application.

In this post, I walk through the idea, architecture, and how it simplifies local development with Milvus Lite.

https://elanthirayan.medium.com/milvuslite-kit-configuration-over-code-for-vector-search-and-rag-workflows-5e23f111f317

Feedback and contributions are welcome.