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Michael Ruminer

Michael Ruminer

Agents Craft Hackathon and Inspiration Block

When you want to do a hackathon but am missing the perfect idea.

Nov 4

An AI generated image of a brain with a redexclamation mark above the brain and a big red x over the brain as to represent no entry.

Nov 4

Michael Ruminer

VSCode and Debugging Python in Virtual Environments

This post is really for me more than anyone else. I will be able to come back here and find it. If it helps you as well, then great.

Nov 1

A black and white AI generated photo style image of a beetle

Nov 1

Michael Ruminer

CrewAI, Simple Enough but It Once Made 100 API Calls Instead of 1

I continued my experimentation with CrewAI this weekend. To see the code, take a look at the following repo and path: Starter CrewAI Series…

Oct 28

AI generated image of a crew of rowers. Note that some folks are backwards from what they should be. They are rowing on a still lake or river lined with green trees. The boat is bright green with the rowers in blue bibs and white undershirts. The oars are blue. The reflection of the trees is clear in the still water.

Oct 28

Michael Ruminer

In the day or two after I wrote this, LM Studio released a new version that is headless (don't need…

Oct 23

Oct 23

Michael Ruminer

Using LM Studio and CrewAI with Llama

I was recently experimenting with CrewAI, but in one experiment I wanted to use a local LLM hosted by LM Studio. Why LMStudio? Well……

Oct 21

Black and white AI generated image of a llama with fields and hills as a backdrop

Oct 21

Michael Ruminer

AI “its got legs”

This last week I spoke with two folks on AI intersection within their work and how their work intersects with one another. One was a CPO…

Oct 13

A line drawing of intersecting gears with some of those having legs that are running.

Oct 13

Michael Ruminer

Sometimes It’s All About The Chunking

As I continue my study and experimentation with coding up AI solutions, and especially, at the moment, with Retrieval-Augmented Generation…

Oct 8

An AI generated picture of gold colored chunks of rock or gold in a small pile on a table

Oct 8

Michael Ruminer

Google’s NotebookLM, RAG and Then Some

I played around just a little bit with Google’s NotebookLM. It’s a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) tool. One thing it does is convert…

Oct 1

An image of an audio player widget for a 9-minute audio. It says in the bottom left NotebookLLM, experimental. In the upper left it reads “SSI Paper Podcast”

Oct 1

Michael Ruminer

Anthropic’s Contextual Retrieval

Anthropic’s Claude Contextual Retrieval for RAG may be just what I was looking for and it might be what you are looking for too.

Sep 22

A line drawing of a bucket with a document inside the bucket. The bucket has water dripping out of it on the side

Sep 22

Michael Ruminer

A Great AI RAG Resource

I came across a great AI Retrieval Augmented Generation resource. It is a Github repo: Advanced RAG Techniques: Elevating Your…

Sep 19

Two wood blocks side-by-side on the left side of the image with the letters A and I on them. An arrow point from those blocks point to a wooden open top box that has the letters “LLM” on it. In the open top box is the representation of a document.

Sep 19

Michael Ruminer

Michael Ruminer

My most recent posts are on AI, especially from the perspective of a, currently, non-AI tech worker. did:web:manicprogrammer.github.io

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