GenAI Fri 20 March 2026

Chunk Overlap Explained

Introduction: The Boundary Problem When a document is split into chunks for embedding and retrieval, a subtle but serious problem emerges at the boundaries. A sentence at the end of one chunk might depend on a sentence at the beginning of the next. A definition in chunk one might be …

GenAI Thu 19 March 2026

Choosing the Right Chunk Size

Introduction: The Chunking Dilemma In a Retrieval-Augmented Generation system, documents must be divided into pieces before they can be embedded and stored. This division, called chunking, is one of the most consequential design decisions in the entire pipeline. Choose chunks...