Practical Guides
Comparisons, how-tos, cost ranges, and case studies for AI development and cloud migration in India.
GuideRAG vs Fine-Tuning for Startups
First-hand comparison from Agentic Academy Labs: when RAG beats fine-tuning for changing docs, what week 1 looks like, and the failure modes we see in Indian startups.
GuideNext.js AI App Architecture
How Agentic Academy Labs structures Next.js AI apps in Sikar: App Router, Bun APIs, Postgres, RAG, Flutter clients, and what we build in week 1.
GuideCustom AI MVP Cost and Timeline in India
How Agentic Academy Labs scopes discovery vs production in India: timelines, cost drivers, and why model spend is a separate line from the build.
Cloud Migration Checklist for Startups
The assess, plan, migrate, optimize checklist Agentic Academy Labs uses with Indian startups: week 1 work, rollback, and the bills that surprise people after cutover.
GuideCase Study: RAG Assistant for a Bangalore Fintech
How Agentic Academy Labs shipped a document-grounded RAG assistant, Next.js admin, Slack bot, and eval set in six weeks for a Series A fintech, and what broke along the way.
LangChain vs Custom RAG Pipeline
When Agentic Academy Labs keeps LangChain for a prototype and when we extract a custom RAG path for Next.js, Bun, and Postgres production.
OpenAI vs Anthropic for Production Apps in India
How Agentic Academy Labs chooses OpenAI vs Anthropic for production apps used from India: latency, cost per task, evals, and failover, without brand dogma.
Build vs Buy an AI Chatbot for SMBs
How Agentic Academy Labs helps SMBs decide buy vs build: when a SaaS bot is enough, when custom RAG on Next.js and Postgres pays off, and a week-1 checklist.
Agentic Workflow vs Chatbot
When Agentic Academy Labs ships a RAG chatbot versus a tool-calling workflow: week 1 gates, failure modes, and why agents fail louder.
Migrate a Monolith to Next.js and PostgreSQL
How Agentic Academy Labs strangler-migrates monoliths to Next.js, Bun, and PostgreSQL: week 1 inventory, data cutover, Flutter clients, and the risks that stall rewrites.