AI Engineering

LLMs, RAG, agents and the tooling around them.
02
Jan
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Implementing Unit Tests for LLM Outputs using DeepEval

Systematic testing of LLM outputs with DeepEval/Ragas
2 min read
19
Dec
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Does Gemini's 1M Context Window Kill RAG?

Is RAG still needed with massive context windows? (Cost/Latency arguments)
1 min read
12
Dec
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Building an Autonomous Agent Loop with Tool Calling

Moving from Chat interfaces to Action-oriented agents
1 min read
09
Dec
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Why Enterprise Devs Are Banned from Using ChatGPT

Discussing data privacy and IP leakage when pasting code into public LLMs vs using private instances like AWS Q
2 min read
06
Dec
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Amazon Q vs. ChatGPT: The Battle for 'Context'

Comparing ChatGPT's general knowledge vs. Amazon Q's ability to read your specific repository structure
2 min read
29
Nov
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Architecting 'AI Wrapper' Apps for Defensibility

Validating wrappers as MVPs vs defensible businesses
1 min read
24
Nov
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Stop Paying for OpenAI: How to Self-Host an Enterprise-Grade RAG on Your Laptop with Ollama

Build a fully local RAG pipeline with Ollama, open embedding models, and Chroma: working Python for ingestion, retrieval, and a FastAPI service, plus the tuning, security, and cost trade-offs that decide whether self-hosting is right for you.
9 min read
24
Nov
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Ditch the Cloud: Why Every AI Engineer Needs to Master Ollama for Local LLM Development

Advocating for the underappreciated power and simplicity of local LLMs using Ollama as a superior alternative to cloud-based APIs for development, iteration speed, and data privacy.
1 min read