https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog Exploring the Semantic Operator Engine through the duck pool metaphor en-us https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/five-hundred-dimensions Five Hundred Dimensions The pond in your head has two dimensions. Length and width. The ducks float on a flat surface. The real pond has five hundred. What You Can Picture When we talk about semantic... 2026-03-28 https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/five-hundred-dimensions https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/the-duck-that-fetches The Duck That Fetches You don't want to jump in the pond yourself. You want to send a duck. Training a Retriever Imagine you've trained a duck. Not to swim — all ducks do that — but to retrieve. You c... 2026-03-28 https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/the-duck-that-fetches https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/building-the-manifold Building the Manifold Visualiser I kept explaining semantic search to people and watching their eyes glaze over. Not because they weren't interested. Because there was nothing to point at. The Problem... 2026-03-28 https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/building-the-manifold https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/two-rags Two RAGs I built FSS-RAG first. It does a lot. Then I built FSS Mini RAG. It does less — deliberately. The second one taught me more about the first than building the first did. What Full RAG Looks Li... 2026-03-28 https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/two-rags https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/introduction-semantic-operator-engine Introduction to the Semantic Operator Engine What if understanding complex systems was as simple as watching ducks in a pool? The Real Work I'm building the Semantic Operator Engine—a framework for co... 2025-12-05 https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/introduction-semantic-operator-engine https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/shadows-beneath Shadows Beneath Every duck you see floating has a shadow beneath it. Looking Down The pond is clear enough that when you look down, you can see the bottom. It's only a meter deep, maybe two in the cen... 2025-12-05 https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/shadows-beneath https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/describing-ducks Describing Ducks I ask you to get me a duck. You jump in the pond. Every duck scatters. Two Ways to Get a Duck You're standing by the pond. I'm standing next to you. I want a specific duck. Option 1:... 2025-12-05 https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/describing-ducks https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/crowded-corners Crowded Corners Some parts of the pond are packed with ducks. Other parts are nearly empty. The Distribution Stand by any pond long enough and you'll notice the ducks aren't evenly spread out. They cl... 2025-12-05 https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/crowded-corners https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/pointing-problem The Pointing Problem You point at a duck. I look where you're pointing. We're both looking at different ducks. The Setup Imagine we're standing by a pond. It's a calm day, the water is still, and ther... 2025-12-05 https://foxsoftwaresolutions.com.au/blog/pointing-problem