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There's a version of this post where I start with the cost savings and you click away satisfied. But the more interesting story is the series of architectural decisions — some deliberate, some forced — that got me from "let's build this properly" to a production RAG system running for about $1 a month. This is that story.

In the Tech Lead role, architected, developed, and deployed new applications, new features, and enhancements to the company's e-commerce web applications built to scale with AWS CloudFront using Lambda@Edge Amplify triggered off of Github actions. Oversaw outsourced team varied from 8-12 engineers. Mentored engineers on & off shore.

MediaRecall by Deluxe is a digital asset management system for video, audio, image and generic document content. Search on metadata to find content. Current client list includes the estate of Johnny Carson, Martha Stewart, Ralph Lauren, Getty, Austin City Limits, Mayor Bloomberg, Oprah. Stabilized the previously unscalable platform for existing customers and the backend tools...