Learn by doing alongside thoughtbot founder, CEO, and developer - Chad Pytel. His live coding sessions will teach you how to integrate AI features into your Rails app.

Chad is joined by different guests every week to walk through foundational AI technical concepts that can get you executing on real AI projects.

These sessions are ideal for experienced web developers and technical product folks.

Session 1: Connecting Deepseek to your Rails app

• February 6
• 12 - 1:30 PM EST | 5 - 6:30 PM UTC

Curious about Deepseek, the latest open source LLM making waves? On February 6, Chad will walk through how to run both Deepseek and a Rails app locally and connect them. He’ll cover setting up the model on your machine, integrating it with your app, making requests, and handling responses, all without relying on external AI services.