I enjoyed a lot of sunshine with the family this weekend, while also getting some productive work done. This is a short week for me given some time off, so I’m doing the “five days of work in three days” approach. Never a good idea. Don’t be like me.
[article] The Shift from Models to Compound AI Systems. The one matters if you’re a developer, architect, or ops person. A compound AI system uses multiple components, and is becoming increasingly common. There are a lot of implications of a system like this.
[article] How to Make Small Talk with Anyone from Anywhere. I’m not really using my degree from college, but the thing I learned most during those four years was how to small talk with strangers. This article is helpful if you find yourself stuck.
[blog] The life of an Ollama prompt. This tool has gotten fairly popular as a means for trying out LLMs locally. It’s not a terrible idea to become more familiar with it!
[blog] Intelligent Document Discovery with Vertex AI Search. Create a more personalized, Google-quality search experience for your website? Interesting stuff that you can use today.
[article] Accenture to buy Udacity, pledges $1B more in AI skills push. Interesting! I can understand a professional services firm absorbing a training platform.
[blog] Gen AI Grounding with Vertex AI LLM. “Grounding” an LLM to reduce hallucinations and increase trustworthiness sounds complicated. This walkthrough shows that it’s easier than you might think.
[book] Eloquent JavaScript, 4th Edition. Do yourself a favor, and at least skim through this. It’s an excellent book, and it’s free online or as a download.
[blog] Memorystore for Redis vector search and LangChain integrations for gen AI. You don’t always need to introduce specialty services to embrace a new trend. Need a vector database? Redis works. As does your existing Cloud Spanner database.
[article] How generative AI will change low-code development. Can AI just produce the same code a low-code platform does? It’s probably not that simple, but classic low-code feels less desirable nowadays.
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