AI - We Got Rats

We Got Rats

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A collection of 3 posts

LangChain4j with Native Builds

Let's build a simple Java application using LangChain4j and then use GraalVM to produce a native executable. This will be a bit of a journey because I want to showcase the rakes I stepped on, so others know what to look for. Getting Started First, bootstrap a new

Order from Chaos — LLMs, Java and the Power of Annotations

Order from Chaos — LLMs, Java and the Power of Annotations

In the book Applied AI for Enterprise Java Development, I came across this really awesome paradigm for extracting data from unstructured-sources using LLMs. The concept is obviously nothing new but I love the way LangChain4j is exposing it. You simply annotate POJOs and allow the model to fill in the

Cursor - My First Dance with Vibe Coding

Cursor - My First Dance with Vibe Coding

As a Senior Software Engineer with years of hands-on experience, I wasn’t impressed by the first round of LLM-enabled development tools. But there’s been increasing buzz around the new agentic systems like Cursor, and their approach actually resonates with me. Curiosity got the better of me, so I