TechLife Columbus

In this presentation, we'll dive into the exciting world of Spring AI, a powerful framework that simplifies the integration of AI models into your Java applications. We'll explore how Spring AI enables developers to implement common use cases, such as "Q&A over your documentation" or "Chat with your documentation," with ease.

Throughout the session, we'll experiment with various AI model providers and types supported by Spring AI, discuss the framework's portability and advantages, and demonstrate how to get started with a simple project. We'll also delve into more advanced topics, such as storing conversation history for better context understanding and using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with vector databases to add context to conversations.

By the end of the presentation, you'll have a solid understanding of Spring AI's features, APIs, and how to leverage them to create AI-powered applications more efficiently and effectively. To help you get hands-on experience, we'll provide an open-source example project and a companion blog post, allowing you to explore and play around with Spring AI on your own.

Get ready for another fantastic COJUG meetup, and prepare to embark on an exciting journey into the world of AI-powered Java applications with Spring AI!

An Evening of Kibitzing and Coding.

Columbus Code Jam is a casual meetup to pair on cool projects, to get one-on-one guidance from experienced developers & sys admins, to network, learn, and eat pizza.

Twitter: @CodeJamCMH

Some topics we've discussed while hacking:

Git Workflows for moving from single-developers to small teams.

Modelling tree structures in RDBMS tables and the SQL to query them.

Computing in the bad-old-days of dial-up.

What are the IT needs of a small not-for-profit foundation looking to create an informational web site for foundation members/subscribers?

How often does one need to collect data samples to monitor the performance of an application.

Demonstrating the difference between 'programming' and 'coding' by deriving an algorithm to sort a list of numbers.

Where can an entrepreneur go in Columbus to find technical resources and/or investors.

What additional tools and skills are needed to go from an HTML/CSS/JS prototype to a full-featured application.

How to refactor large methods into several smaller methods in a Rails Model.

What kinds of web site analytics are available for word press sites?

What are some good online resources for a single-founder software startup dealing with marketing and launching software products?

Come and add your voice and language to the conversation.

Please RSVP so that we can ensure that there are enough refreshments for everybody.

Refreshments for Columbus Code Jam are provided by Len Jaffe. Are you interested in sponsoring Code Jam? Contact Len Jaffe for details.

Columbus Code Jam is brought to you by: Ohio Roller Derby (http://www.ohiorollerderby.com/), Columbus Perl Underground (http://columbus.pm.org/), and a nice hot cup of coffee.

Join other experienced and aspiring agile coaches and professionals to:

• develop and practice your coaching skills in a peer-to-peer environment

• share current successes and challenges in your work environment and get support from each other

• learn from each other, build better relationships and experiment with new ideas