How Retrieval Works in Modern Ranking Systems(shaped.ai)
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How Retrieval Works in Modern Ranking Systems
https://www.shaped.ai/blog/anatomy-of-modern-ranking-architectures-part-2
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Retrieval is the stage where a ranking system narrows billions of items down to a few hundred candidates, fast enough for real-time use. It’s the least visible but most constrained layer: latency budgets, freshness, and recall all collide here.