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  1. Developing a voice AI app in Rails for drive-through ordering

    In this post we will explore the code for an AI assistant in our application.

    Jose Blanco
    May 6, 2025
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Rails
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  2. AI in Focus: Connecting DeepSeek to Rails

    Experimenting with a locally running version of the DeepSeek R1 LLM model in a real Rails app using Ollama and ruby-openai.

    Chad Pytel and Kate Young
    April 24, 2025
    • AI
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  3. Comparing development AI tools

    Cursor, GitHub Copilot and Windsurf. Are all of them the same?

    Jose Blanco
    April 18, 2025
    • Development
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  4. Going beyond AI prototyping: Lessons from SXSW

    Learn how to turn AI prototypes into real product value. Insights from SXSW 2025 on managing AI tools, solving the last-mile problem, and building scalable AI features.

    Lindsey Christensen
    April 8, 2025
    • AI
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  5. Designing better organizations enabled by AI: Lessons from SXSW

    SXSW 2025 was all about real-world AI implementations. Here are some examples and insights around team collaboration, feedback systems, and open source governance.

    Lindsey Christensen
    April 6, 2025
    • AI
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  6. How to use ngrok and Ollama to access a local LLM remotely

    Use ngrok to securely expose your local Ollama instance to the internet, making it accessible from anywhere.

    Jose Blanco
    March 11, 2025
    • Artificial Intelligence
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