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Why Tables Are the #1 Silent Failure in Production RAG (and How I Fixed Mine)
Tables break RAG because flattening them destroys row/column relationships; keep them as HTML and attach headers to every row to fix it.
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Tables break RAG because flattening them destroys row/column relationships; keep them as HTML and attach headers to every row to fix it.
Start at 512 tokens with light overlap, then tune by query type. A practical, benchmark-backed guide to chunk size for retrieval.
Use structure-defined chunks first; when you must set a size, 256-512 tokens with 10-20% overlap is a sane default, then tune.