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Notes from the field

Things we've picked up while processing millions of real documents across Fortune 100s, Banks, Insurance, Healthcare, Law firms and AI Startups. What works, what breaks, and what we do differently.

[ Engineering ]
Claude Code + Codex as One Pipeline
Engineering

Claude Code + Codex as One Pipeline

Benchmarks, context-window behavior, token economics, and the MCP wiring for running Claude Code and OpenAI Codex as a single coding pipeline.

Unsiloed AIJune 17, 2026
Confidence Score Reliability: The Missing Metric in Document Extraction
Engineering

Confidence Score Reliability: The Missing Metric in Document Extraction

Most document extraction vendors sell you on accuracy. But the metric that determines whether you automate or just re-key is one they rarely talk about: confide…

Aman MishraAman MishraApril 28, 2026
Why multi-page tables still break every extraction pipeline
Engineering

Why multi-page tables still break every extraction pipeline

Open a schedule of investments from any mid-sized fund's annual report. The table starts on page 12 and ends on page 17. It has 400+ rows, multi-level column h…

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 24, 2026
How to Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to Accept Malformed JSON (March 2026 Guide)
Engineering

How to Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to Accept Malformed JSON (March 2026 Guide)

If you've ever deployed code that works locally but explodes in production with use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON, you know the frustrati…

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 21, 2026
Why Section References in Contracts Fail After Chunking
Engineering

Why Section References in Contracts Fail After Chunking

A credit agreement clause reads: "The Borrower shall maintain a Debt Service Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.25:1.00, calculated in accordance with Section 1.…

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 5, 2026
[ Guides ]
Handwriting OCR: How Recognition Technology Converts Handwritten Text to Digital Data (July 2026)
Guides

Handwriting OCR: How Recognition Technology Converts Handwritten Text to Digital Data (July 2026)

You need to digitize patient intake forms, loan applications, or handwritten audit notes at scale. But the OCR tool you already use for typed documents falls ap…

Aman MishraAman MishraJuly 10, 2026
RAG Pipeline Output: Markdown vs JSON (July 2026)
Pipelines & RAG

RAG Pipeline Output: Markdown vs JSON (July 2026)

You've extracted the text from your PDFs, scans, and bank statements, and now it goes into a RAG pipeline. Before it does, there's a decision that quietly sets …

Aman MishraAman MishraJuly 9, 2026
PDF Classification and Routing Guide (July 2026)
Pipelines & RAG

PDF Classification and Routing Guide (July 2026)

When a batch of heterogeneous PDFs (invoices, contracts, and scanned forms) arrives at your pipeline for processing, and you run the same schema extraction on a…

Aman MishraAman MishraJuly 8, 2026
Financial PDF Table Extraction Guide (June 2026)
Guides

Financial PDF Table Extraction Guide (June 2026)

You extract a financial table from a scanned PDF, and the parser hands back clean-looking rows and columns. But the numbers are wrong: the OCR collapsed three s…

Aman MishraAman MishraJune 29, 2026
Bank Statements, Invoices, SEC Filings: Auditable Extraction (June 2026)
Guides

Bank Statements, Invoices, SEC Filings: Auditable Extraction (June 2026)

A single misread figure rarely stays contained. An extraction tool reads a scanned financial document, returns $5,900 where the page said $9,500, and nothing er…

Aman MishraAman MishraJune 29, 2026
What Is Intelligent Character Recognition? (June 2026)
Guides

What Is Intelligent Character Recognition? (June 2026)

Traditional OCR reads a printed invoice flawlessly, then falls apart on a handwritten note. The problem isn't image quality, it's architecture. OCR matches pixe…

Aman MishraAman MishraJune 26, 2026
How to Extract Data From PDF Files: A Technical Guide (June 2026)
Guides

How to Extract Data From PDF Files: A Technical Guide (June 2026)

Free PDF extraction tools work fine on a clean one-page table, then fall apart the moment a document is scanned, laid out in multiple columns, or built from tab…

Aman MishraAman MishraJune 23, 2026
PDF Parsing in Node.js: A Complete Technical Guide (June 2026)
Guides

PDF Parsing in Node.js: A Complete Technical Guide (June 2026)

You install pdf-parse npm, follow the pdf-parse documentation, and extract text from a clean PDF in about ten lines of code. Then you try it on a real document …

Aman MishraAman MishraJune 15, 2026
Chunking Strategy for RAG Systems: A Technical Implementation Guide (May 2026)
Pipelines & RAG

Chunking Strategy for RAG Systems: A Technical Implementation Guide (May 2026)

You built a RAG system and the retrieval quality is all over the place. Some queries return perfect context, others pull in irrelevant paragraphs or cut off rig…

Aman MishraAman MishraMay 15, 2026
What Is Automated Processing? A Complete Guide for March 2026
Guides

What Is Automated Processing? A Complete Guide for March 2026

Most automated claims processing and invoice workflows look impressive in controlled demos but quietly fail in production when documents arrive with inconsisten…

Aman MishraAman MishraApril 26, 2026
Document Parsing API for RAG: A Technical Guide to PDF Extraction in March 2026
Pipelines & RAG

Document Parsing API for RAG: A Technical Guide to PDF Extraction in March 2026

You've tuned embeddings, adjusted chunk sizes, and rewritten prompts, but your RAG system still hallucinates on basic document questions. The real problem is hi…

Aman MishraAman MishraApril 7, 2026
Document Parsing: A Technical Guide for Engineers in 2026
Guides

Document Parsing: A Technical Guide for Engineers in 2026

If you're extracting structured data from PDFs, parser accuracy depends heavily on document type. A document parsing tool that scores 92% on academic papers mig…

Aman MishraAman MishraApril 7, 2026
Document Data Extraction: A Technical Guide for Modern Applications (April 2026)
Guides

Document Data Extraction: A Technical Guide for Modern Applications (April 2026)

Every time you feed a complex document into your document data extraction ai, you're gambling on whether the output will preserve table structures, maintain rea…

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 26, 2026
Data Extraction Automation: Complete Guide to Tools and Best Practices (March 2026)
Guides

Data Extraction Automation: Complete Guide to Tools and Best Practices (March 2026)

You process thousands of PDFs monthly, but your extraction system only works reliably on one vendor's format. Change the template slightly and accuracy drops, a…

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 10, 2026
Understanding AI Document Extraction: A Technical Guide for May 2026
Guides

Understanding AI Document Extraction: A Technical Guide for May 2026

You upload a contract, run your OCR tool, and watch as tables turn into gibberish and headers merge with body text. AI document extraction software solves this …

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 1, 2026
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Charts, Plots, and Figures: Getting Visual Data APIs Skip (July 2026)

Charts, Plots, and Figures: Getting Visual Data APIs Skip (July 2026)

Your parser can return clean text, neat chunks, and complete metadata while still missing the most important value on the page: the number inside a chart. That…

Aman MishraAman MishraJuly 15, 2026
How to Make Any Scanned PDF Searchable (July 2026)

How to Make Any Scanned PDF Searchable (July 2026)

If your PDF came from a scanner, there's a good chance it's just an image wrapped in a PDF container: no searchable text, no selectable words, and no way to Ctr…

Aman MishraAman MishraJuly 14, 2026
Unsiloed AI vs Docsumo: Which Is Better in July 2026?
Comparisons

Unsiloed AI vs Docsumo: Which Is Better in July 2026?

Docsumo and Unsiloed both turn documents into structured data, but we ran the same five documents through both and scored them with the same scripts. Two of fiv…

Lewis DwyerJuly 8, 2026
Pulse Alternatives, Pricing, and Reviews (July 2026)
Comparisons

Pulse Alternatives, Pricing, and Reviews (July 2026)

Pulse turns complex documents into structured data ready for large language models (LLMs), and it does that job well. But document extraction is rarely a single…

Aman MishraAman MishraJuly 7, 2026
LlamaIndex Alternatives, Pricing, and Reviews (July 2026)
Comparisons

LlamaIndex Alternatives, Pricing, and Reviews (July 2026)

LlamaIndex is a strong framework for prototyping retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, but production pipelines tend to surface the same three limits: p…

Aman MishraAman MishraJuly 3, 2026
Unsiloed AI vs Unstructured: Which is Better in June 2026?
Comparisons

Unsiloed AI vs Unstructured: Which is Better in June 2026?

← Back to Blog The Unsiloed AI vs Unstructured comparison matters most when your documents stop being simple. Clean PDFs with single-column text work fine in m…

Aman MishraAman MishraJune 3, 2026
Unsiloed AI vs Pulse: Which is Better in June 2026?
Comparisons

Unsiloed AI vs Pulse: Which is Better in June 2026?

If you're comparing Unsiloed AI and Pulse, you're looking at two document extraction platforms that solve the same core problem: turning complex, unstructured d…

Aman MishraAman MishraJune 3, 2026
Unsiloed AI vs LlamaIndex: Which RAG Platform Should You Pick in June 2026?
Comparisons

Unsiloed AI vs LlamaIndex: Which RAG Platform Should You Pick in June 2026?

If you're comparing Unsiloed AI and LlamaIndex for document-heavy AI work, the question that should drive the decision is whether you can trust every value your…

Aman MishraAman MishraJune 3, 2026
Document Data Extraction Software: A Technical Comparison for May 2026
Round-ups

Document Data Extraction Software: A Technical Comparison for May 2026

When your extraction pipeline returns JSON that looks valid but semantically wrong, the problem usually traces back to layout understanding. A parser might pull…

Aman MishraAman MishraMay 15, 2026
Document Parsing Software: Technical Review and Comparison Guide for May 2026
Round-ups

Document Parsing Software: Technical Review and Comparison Guide for May 2026

You need document parsing software that converts messy PDFs and scanned forms into structured data your code can actually use. The challenge isn't finding a too…

Aman MishraAman MishraMay 15, 2026
Document Processing Platform: A Technical Comparison (May 2026)
Round-ups

Document Processing Platform: A Technical Comparison (May 2026)

You need an intelligent document processing solution that handles invoices, contracts, medical records, and financial statements without breaking on nested tabl…

Aman MishraAman MishraApril 16, 2026
What Are the Best APIs for Converting PDFs to Structured JSON? (April 2026)
Round-ups

What Are the Best APIs for Converting PDFs to Structured JSON? (April 2026)

You need JSON from a 40-page financial filing, but your current tool either strips all structure or takes 20 minutes to process. Your extraction pipeline works …

Aman MishraAman MishraApril 14, 2026
Best Document Intelligence APIs for Financial Services (April 2026)
Round-ups

Best Document Intelligence APIs for Financial Services (April 2026)

Every financial services AI vendor claims their document processing is production-ready until you send them a scanned mortgage packet or a 150-page prospectus w…

Aman MishraAman MishraApril 9, 2026
Top Healthcare Document Processing APIs with HIPAA Compliance (April 2026)
Round-ups

Top Healthcare Document Processing APIs with HIPAA Compliance (April 2026)

You need a healthcare document API that handles real clinical documents, beyond the clean samples vendors show in demos. The challenge is that handwritten notes…

Aman MishraAman MishraApril 9, 2026
What's the Best PDF Parser for RAG Pipelines? We Tested the Top Options in April 2026
Round-ups

What's the Best PDF Parser for RAG Pipelines? We Tested the Top Options in April 2026

Your vector database is full of semantically broken chunks because the parser you're using treats every PDF like a wall of plain text. Tables lose their structu…

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 23, 2026
Best Layout-Aware OCR Solutions for Complex Documents (April 2026 Update)
Round-ups

Best Layout-Aware OCR Solutions for Complex Documents (April 2026 Update)

If your table extraction API struggles with nested tables or multi-column layouts, you're not alone. Most OCR solutions handle straightforward documents well bu…

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 22, 2026
Data Extraction Software: Technical Evaluation Guide for May 2026
Round-ups

Data Extraction Software: Technical Evaluation Guide for May 2026

Everyone claims their PDF data extraction software works great until you feed it the scanned contracts and financial reports you actually need to process. Vendo…

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 14, 2026
Top Multimodal Data Extraction Tools for Enterprise AI Agents (April 2026)
Round-ups

Top Multimodal Data Extraction Tools for Enterprise AI Agents (April 2026)

Building AI agents means feeding them structured data, but structured data APIs for documents rarely deliver on complex layouts. Your parser sees a multi-column…

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 12, 2026
Document Parser Tools: A Technical Comparison for Developers in May 2026
Round-ups

Document Parser Tools: A Technical Comparison for Developers in May 2026

Your document parser choice determines whether your RAG pipeline retrieves coherent context or fragmented nonsense. A parser that flattens a multi-column invoic…

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 7, 2026
Best AI for Data Integration in Tech Industry: April 2026 Review
Round-ups

Best AI for Data Integration in Tech Industry: April 2026 Review

If you're comparing AI iPaaS solutions or Talend for master data management, you're probably asking the same question we hear from enterprise teams: what happen…

Aman MishraAman MishraMarch 3, 2026