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PII filtering for RubyLLM with Top Secret

Automatically filter sensitive information from your RubyLLM conversations before it reaches third-party providers.
Steve Polito
April 17, 2026
Introducing Top Secret

Automatically filter sensitive information before sending it to external services or APIs, such as chatbots and LLMs.
Steve Polito
August 22, 2025
Tools for AI assisted Software development

Reduce friction interacting with AI during software development. These plugins can become your essential tools.
Rakesh Arunachalam
August 4, 2025
When AI doesn't help!

ChatGPT ran out of ideas when its suggestion didn’t work. How do you solve a problem when AI can’t?
Rakesh Arunachalam
June 23, 2025
Building a Rails Feature with AI and Active Job

Exploring how structured function calls to an LLM can replace a dedicated CRM enrichment service in thoughtbot’s internal Rails app.
Chad Pytel and Kate Young
June 9, 2025
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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
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How AI can streamline code reviews

Discover how seeking help from AI can save time while performing code reviews. See real-world examples of AI-driven efficiency in action.
Rakesh Arunachalam
March 17, 2025
Understanding open source LLMs

Do you think you can run any Large Language Model (LLM) on your machine?
Rakesh Arunachalam
June 17, 2024
How to use an open source LLM model locally and remotely

Use Ollama to run an open source large language model on your local machine and on a Digital Ocean remote virtual machine.
Jose Blanco and Kate Young
February 8, 2024
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