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Thinking in Graphs: Modelling the 2026 World Cup as a Property Graph
Learn how to model the 2026 World Cup as a Neo4j property graph, from first principles to a production ready schema.
Introducing the New GraphAcademy
Our first full redesign since 2024 — with teams, a revamped Neo4j Fundamentals course, editable data models, and a new onboarding assistant.
RAG vs GraphRAG - Two Retrievers, One Question
Same movie question, two retrievers, two answers. See how GraphRAG beats plain vector RAG on Neo4j's recommendations dataset, then learn to build it.
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RAG vs GraphRAG - Two Retrievers, One Question
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Thinking in Graphs: Modelling the 2026 World Cup as a Property Graph
Learn how to model the 2026 World Cup as a Neo4j property graph, from first principles to a production ready schema.
Replacing your APOC Periodic Iterate with CALL {} IN TRANSACTIONS
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How Cypher Graph Types Kept Our AI-Generated Queries Honest During a Migration
We rebuilt GraphAcademy against the same Neo4j database. Graph types made sure AI-generated Cypher could not drift from the data model.
A Real Neo4j Instance for Every Learner
How GraphAcademy gives every learner their own running Neo4j database.
Introducing the New GraphAcademy
Our first full redesign since 2024 — with teams, a revamped Neo4j Fundamentals course, editable data models, and a new onboarding assistant.