Evaluating Your RAG App End-to-End: From Vibe Checks to a 61-Case Score in 5 Steps
Al_Grigor · x · 2026-10-21
Paul Iusztin published a new article, based on an interview with Alexey Grigorev of DataTalks Club, on evaluating RAG apps end-to-end.
- Core pain point: hesitating before editing a working system prompt because you can't know what else might break
- The article lays out a 5-step pipeline covering data collection and labeling, building evaluators, and using them to optimize the AI app — turning "vibe checks" into a shippable 61-case score
- A video format of the interview is also available
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