Beyond Chatbots: What is Generative UI? — Part 1

Prerequisite: Familiarity with the concepts introduced in Executive Summary. Review it first if the terminology in this part is unfamiliar. Answer-first: Generative UI (GenUI) is a frontend architectural pattern where Large Language Models dynamically generate structured UI components (such as interactive forms, charts, and data tables) rather than plain streaming Markdown text. By coupling LLM tool-calling output with a validated client-side React component registry and Server-Driven UI (SDUI) protocols, GenUI delivers personalized, deterministic visual interfaces in real time while maintaining strict accessibility, security, and rendering performance. ...

March 18, 2026 · 7 min · Lê Tuấn Anh

Active RAG & Strict Tool Calling With Real-time APIs

Prerequisite: Familiarity with the concepts introduced in Part 3 — Qdrant Hybrid Search. Review it first if the terminology in this part is unfamiliar. In Part 3: Qdrant Hybrid Search - Solving Semantic and Hard Filters, we successfully built a powerful Hybrid search engine combining Dense Semantic and Sparse Lexical Search. However, a practical e-commerce search system goes far beyond merely retrieving static documents from a vector database. For example, a user asks: “I want to buy a 400L Samsung Inverter refrigerator available at the District 1 branch that has an active promotion.” If we rely solely on a Vector Database, we face two critical errors: ...

May 22, 2026 · 8 min · Lê Tuấn Anh

Generative UI Migration Playbook: Legacy to AI Frontend

Prerequisite: Familiarity with the concepts introduced in Part 6 — E2E Testing Edge. Review it first if the terminology in this part is unfamiliar. Part 7 — Migration Playbook to Generative UI: Legacy to AI-Native Frontend Answer-first: Migrating a legacy React codebase to a Generative UI architecture does not require a complete application rewrite. By following a structured 4-Phase Strangler Fig Migration Playbook—Auditing UI Components (Phase 1), Extracting Component Registry Schemas (Phase 2), Deploying Edge SSE Stream Routers (Phase 3), and Incrementally Rolling Out Generative Views (Phase 4)—engineering teams migrate legacy applications safely without downtime. ...

June 2, 2026 · 7 min · Lê Tuấn Anh

Generative UI with MCP: Architecting AI-Native Frontends

Generative UI with MCP: Architecting AI-Native Frontends Generative UI with Model Context Protocol (MCP) moves frontends from text-only chat interfaces to dynamic, interactive UI components. Using React Server Components, Zod runtime schema validation, dynamic component registries, and iframe sandboxing, AI agents can safely trigger rich native UI components directly from structured tool call outputs. This post covers six pieces of that architecture: moving beyond plain-text chat, reconciling agent reasoning state with live DOM state, managing a versioned component registry, securing and making components accessible, human-in-the-loop confirmation for high-risk actions, and testing/deploying at the edge. ...

June 1, 2026 · 6 min · Lê Tuấn Anh

Generative UI Architecture & Stream Rendering Guide

Executive Summary — The Dawn of Generative UI & Dynamic Component Rendering Answer-first: Generative UI replaces static text-only chatbot responses with dynamic, interactive React components rendered directly on the client. By streaming JSON Schema payloads from AI backends to a type-safe Component Registry, Generative UI delivers rich UI elements (charts, forms, dashboards) at sub-100ms render speeds. Key Takeaways: Sub-100ms UI Stream Rendering: Streaming structured JSON component props over Server-Sent Events (SSE) eliminates full page refreshes. Type-Safe Component Registry: Maps LLM tool calls directly to whitelisted React/Next.js UI components. XSS & Injection Protection: Strict JSON Schema sanitization prevents arbitrary code execution inside client-side renderers. The first era of conversational AI user interfaces (2022–2024) relied heavily on basic Markdown text chat windows. When a user asked an assistant to analyze stock portfolios or book a hotel, the LLM generated long paragraphs of un-formatted plain text. ...

May 30, 2026 · 6 min · Lê Tuấn Anh

From Passive RAG to Autonomous Agents: ReAct Guide

Prerequisite: Familiarity with the concepts introduced in Part 5 — Enterprise Security Data Poisoning. Review it first if the terminology in this part is unfamiliar. Part 6 — From Passive RAG to Autonomous Agents: ReAct, Router & Tool Use Answer-first: Passive RAG systems are constrained to single-shot document retrieval, leaving complex multi-step reasoning unaddressed. Autonomous AI Agents leverage the Reasoning + Acting (ReAct) paradigm, dynamic query routers, and schema-validated tool invocation to decompose complex enterprise goals into iterative execution loops with 89% task completion accuracy. ...

May 20, 2026 · 6 min · Lê Tuấn Anh