Practical Guides
Comparisons, how-tos, cost ranges, and case studies for AI development and cloud migration in India.
RAG 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.
Updated 2026-08-14
Next.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.
Updated 2026-08-14
Custom 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.
Updated 2026-08-14
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.
Updated 2026-08-14
Case 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.
Updated 2026-08-14
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.
Updated 2026-08-14
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.
Updated 2026-08-14
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.
Updated 2026-08-14
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.
Updated 2026-08-14
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.
Updated 2026-08-14