Once you've setup the langchainrb_rails gem and configured you PosgreSQL database to use the vector extension you will be able to fully unleash an assistant into your application. **Overview** In order to implement an assistant, we will implement a background job, modular front-end, and an assistant controller The assistant will functi...

This latest post provides insight into how you can utilize the Lainchain.rb Rails gem in your Rails application. Langchain Ruby on Rails Install 1.) If you don't already have a PostgreSQL install that has vector available you can enable using the following command, you will have to be a superuser to perform this step. CREATE EXTENSION ...

I imagine myself as the largest of ships with the tiniest of rudders. At the helm of that ship is a captain I cannot directly control. That captain is my employee and in my charge. I say this because as any employee the captain is not perfect, and may steer you off course. If you have ever managed employees you known how difficult it c...

I've thought a lot about values lately, and how they shape us. It all started when I tried explaining how machine learning works through a series of weights applied to inputs that adjust over time in an attempt to optimize to a particular scenario. My explanation led me to think of the teenage driver. Without any prior experience the t...

If you're like me, you tend to focus on the *big* things. This means that my focus goes just to that one thing, leaving a wasteland of things undone. In a way, I've turned that knob up to 11, and everything else, down to zero. I have the tendency to behave as a 1-knobber. Or someone that's so focused on that one thing that nothing else...

I wanted to reflect on where I am in this moment and reflect what I have accomplished this year. I set off in the spring of 2021 to build a SAAS business while being both a full-time student and employee. As of this spring I've completed school for the time being and have been able to focus on working on my new project. It's exciting b...

That's the question that keeps going through my mind. Is it still possible? The year is 2021, can a single person create a successful SaaS? Or has that era long gone? I want to believe that it is possible, and I'm going to try. Good luck to the dreamers.