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End Meeting Madness And Reclaim Productivity

Escape the meeting treadmill and regain control of your time

Simple wonders of RAG using Ollama, Langchain and ChromaDB

Harness the powers of RAG to turbocharge your LLM experience

The unsexy (but important) role played by middle management

What having killer managers can help you accomplish

A dozen (or so) learnings from 15 years of software incident management

How to get great at solving problems you never want to encounter

Snacking: Navigating the Temptations of Instant Gratification

Move the needle by focusing on the big tasks

Unlocking Creativity Through Collaborative Conversations

How to have effective generative discussions

Cracking the Code: Discovering Technical Skills for Commercial SaaS positions

Hiring for a commercial role with technical skills

Highlights from Stripe's annual 2023 letter

Learnings from the world's largest financial payment processor

Using Ollama: Getting hands-on with local LLMs and building a chatbot

Build a ChatGPT clone in less than 50 lines of code

What are LLMs, Local LLMs and RAG?

Learning the foundations of Large Language Models (LLMs)

From a snowball to an avalanche: The power of small changes

How to build momentum in bite-sized increments

Why Action Beats Words: Embracing 'Show, Don't Tell'

Driving impact and influence through demonstrative communication