Category Archives: AI

RAG In Detail

In my previous post I walked through a RAG example but glossed over the details. In this post I’ll back up and provide the details. The key steps in RAG are

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RAG – A Quick Example

In the previous blog post, we imported a few Python modules and configured our AI key, using Colab. In this blog post we’ll use Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to extend an LLM that we’ll get from OpenAI. I’ll use a number … Continue reading

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Creating Our Python AI Project

As noted in a previous blog post, we’ll be building our project on two platforms: Python and .NET (C#). For Python, we’ll build on Colab. For now, you can use a free account. The first step is to get an … Continue reading

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Get on the bus, or get run over by it

On March 28 I’m presenting on Fundamentals of AI to the Boston Code Camp. While I will cover what you need to know about the various aspects of using and creating various AI components, the key message is it is … Continue reading

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HyperVideo Features

In a previous post, I laid out the basic idea of an AI demonstration project I call HyperVideo. In this short post, I’d like to review some of the features I imagine for this project. Some will be implemented in … Continue reading

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CoPilot Gets Us Started

In yesterday’s post I described the project I want to build: HyperVideo. This morning I created a new Blazor application and the first thing I did was to open CoPilot and give it a prompt. Specifically, I asked it to … Continue reading

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An AI Project

As part of my work of rapidly coming up to speed with creating AI applications, I’ve decided to start an ambitious project, and to bring you with me. I call it HyperVideo.

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Learning AI

Very excited to say that I have purchased 3-4 books in preparation for the Azure AI 900 certification from Microsoft. I will be creating another series here, distilling down what I learn, even while we keep the API series going. … Continue reading

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Azure Functions & Durable Functions

Creating the Project with CoPilot As part of the API tutorials we decided we needed a Database with two tables: Book and Author. Books will join Author and there can be as many authors as we want. Rather than writing … Continue reading

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James Montemagno on Vibe Coding

James is welcomed back to Yet Another Podcast, this time to talk about Vibe Coding with Microsoft’s AI tools. Video https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/complete-beginners-guide-to-vibe-coding-an-app-in-5-minutes https://jamesmontemagno.github.io/podstats https://www.vscodepodcast.com https://www.vscodepodcast.com/6

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Claude

There’s a new AI kid on the block (https://claude.ai) and he is very powerful for programming and many other things. At the risk of being obnoxious, here is what he said about me:Jesse Liberty is a well-known software developer, author, … Continue reading

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