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Building This Blog: A Production AI Platform

A behind-the-scenes series on architecting and shipping a production-grade AI blog platform from scratch. Covers FastAPI + Next.js 16 monorepo design, RAG chat systems, gamification engines, interactive code workspaces, GEO optimization, and self-hosted infrastructure — all without a third-party CMS. Written by the builder, for engineers who build.

#AI #Architecture #FastAPI #Next.js #Production #RAG

3 Lessons

53 min total

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Step 1

Why I Built Yet Another Blog — But Not Really

Every developer has a blog in 2026. So why did I spend six months building my own? Because I wanted to teach things that Medium, Dev.to, and WordPress cannot support — interactive code, RAG chat, gamification, and a learning engine that rewards understanding, not scrolling. This is the architecture story.

15 minMay 11, 2026

Step 2

The Monorepo That Runs 29 Services

One codebase, two runtimes, 29 API routers, 21 database models, and a background scheduler. Here's how the monorepo is structured, why every directory exists, and how the pieces fit together without a third-party CMS.

18 minMay 11, 2026

Step 3

Building a RAG Chat System From Zero

How the Ask AI page works — embeddings, pgvector HNSW index, hybrid search with tsvector + vector scoring, relevance thresholds, and source-grounded answers. Full pipeline from query to response.

20 minMay 11, 2026