A complete beginner-friendly breakdown of RAG systems, why they need a completely different testing approach, and what's coming in this series — from scratch to a fully automated RAG test framework.
RAG-Based Testing Series — Part 1: What Is RAG & Why Your Old Testing Playbook Won't Work Here
"We test what we understand. And most of us don't understand RAG yet."
I've spent 7.5 years in QA automation. API testing, performance testing, UI automation, database validation — you name it, I've tested it.
But nothing prepared me for the moment I had to test an AI system for the first time.
Not because it was complicated.
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