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Coding got easy with AI but the engineering remains. You have to know what to build, recognize when the machine is wrong, and design systems that work at scale. Here I share lessons from using AI in production.

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12 articles from 2023 · show all

October 2023

I tried generative AI on lots of data and we're not quite there yet

Lessons learned from running GPT-4 on lots of data using the same task.

AI Engineer Summit report

AI is the easy part of the equation. The real game changers in #AIEngineering are mastering data engineering, handling non-deterministic outputs, and nailing product development.

September 2023

Similarity search with pgvector and Supabase

Explore the power of pgvector and Supabase for efficient similarity search in this comprehensive guide. Keep vector data next to your business data for efficient queries and less overhead.

August 2023

Finding modules in a Big Ball of Mud with ChatGPT

Detangling a Big Ball of Mud is hard. You have to find domain boundaries where none exist. Looks like AI can help 🤩

Programming in Markdown

What if you could focus on the fun _engineering_ part of your job, not on coding? You can!

May 2023

How I turned 15 years of writing into a chatbot

What do you do with 15 years of your writing history when LLMs hit the scene? A chatbot!

Eight things to know about LLMs

eightthings.pdf is the best paper I've read on what's going on in AI right now and why everyone is excited. Here's my summary.

April 2023

I went to "AI Woodstock" and wow

"AI Woodstock" was a HuggingFace meetup showcasing groundbreaking AI projects and innovations. Here are some of my favs.

March 2023

The programming tutorial SEO industry is dead

20 years ago greybeards laughed at us for Googling. Now they laugh when we ask ChatGPT. But the leverage is 🚀

Build semantic search in an afternoon? Yep 🤯

Learn how to build a powerful semantic search engine in just 2 hours with the OpenAI API.

February 2023

Building browser extensions with NextJS

NextJS can be used to build browser extensions. This is a novel way of building extensions that allows developers to use familiar tools and technologies. Here's how

January 2023

Building apps with OpenAI and ChatGPT

Generative AI has made big strides in recent years. Diffusion models make decent art and modern large language models can out-write even the best college student on a deadline. Over the holidays I tried it out by building an app.