Large Language Models (LLMs) are impressive on their own, but they become truly powerful when equipped with external tools and capabilities. This concept, known as LLM agents, allows AI models […]
RAG: When Your AI Needs a Cheat Sheet
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) has become one of the most practical techniques in generative AI, and I like to call it ‘cheating to win.’ Think of it as an open-book […]
Fine-Tuning GPT: Creating a Real AI Version of Star Trek’s Lt. Cdr. Data
Last year, OpenAI released a fine-tuning API that allows developers to customize the latest GPT models, including GPT-4. To explore its capabilities, I embarked on an interesting experiment: creating a […]
Two New AWS Certification Courses! AI Practitioner and Machine Learning Engineer Associate
AWS has announced not one, but two new certifications that have released simultaneously! Both the AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) and AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate (MLA-C01) exams […]
Infrastructure Improvements
We’ve had a few outages these past few days, so just wanted to say (1) I’m sorry if you were affected by them, and more importantly, (2) I’ve addressed the […]
Surviving a Layoff in Tech
Sometimes it seems like the tech industry lives in an alternate universe. Despite headlines about how great the economy is doing and how many jobs are being added to it, […]
New Course: AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate 2023 – Hands On!
The AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate Exam is one of the most challenging associate-level certification exams you can take from Amazon, and even among the most challenging overall. Passing it […]
The Importance of Communication Skills in the Tech Industry
By Frank Kane This article is an excerpt from our “Breaking into Technology with a Non-Traditional Background” course. For this section, we will take a deeper dive into the importance of communication […]
3 Tips to Ace Your Next Tech Interview
By Frank Kane This article is an excerpt from our “Mastering the System Design Interview” course. For this section, we will take a deeper dive into how to prepare for […]
3 Tips to Ace Your Next Tech Interview
3 Tips to Ace Your Next Tech Interview By Frank Kane This article is an excerpt from our “Mastering the System Design Interview” course. For this section, we will dive into a […]