https://ibhavyabansal.com/writing/ Essays on applied AI, production systems, and engineering. en-in https://ibhavyabansal.com/writing/mcp-as-the-bridge-to-private-apis/ https://ibhavyabansal.com/writing/mcp-as-the-bridge-to-private-apis/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0000 Model Context Protocol is useful when it turns internal systems into safe, typed tools for agents — not when it becomes another abstraction layer. https://ibhavyabansal.com/writing/what-production-rag-actually-needs/ https://ibhavyabansal.com/writing/what-production-rag-actually-needs/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0000 Retrieval quality, eval gates, and operational harnesses matter more than swapping the model.