Ryan is a current student at Parsity who build an app for his employer, Smoothie King, to suggest drinks in a chat interface using a powerful and lesser-known AI technology: RAG. RAG stands for retrieval augmented generation. Basically, providing information (like smoothie recipes) to an AI model so it can return a highly specific response. Ryan breaks down how he finds the time to build side projects like this and how he built this app. Want to build your own AI-powered app? Check out this p...
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Ryan is a current student at Parsity who build an app for his employer, Smoothie King, to suggest drinks in a chat interface using a powerful and lesser-known AI technology: RAG. RAG stands for retrieval augmented generation. Basically, providing information (like smoothie recipes) to an AI model so it can return a highly specific response. Ryan breaks down how he finds the time to build side projects like this and how he built this app. Want to build your own AI-powered app? Check out this p...
#285 - Listen to This Before You Learn to Code with AI
Develop Yourself
13 minutes
2 weeks ago
#285 - Listen to This Before You Learn to Code with AI
Thinking about learning to code with ChatGPT, Cursor, or Copilot? Hit pause for ten minutes. In this episode, I break down why AI isn’t replacing developers but it is making it harder to learn. You’ll learn the right time to start using AI as a beginner, how to avoid outsourcing the struggle that builds real skill, and the “teach-back” method that can boost your learning retention by up to 90%. Referenced study: https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/evaluating-impact-ai-labor-market-curre...
Develop Yourself
Ryan is a current student at Parsity who build an app for his employer, Smoothie King, to suggest drinks in a chat interface using a powerful and lesser-known AI technology: RAG. RAG stands for retrieval augmented generation. Basically, providing information (like smoothie recipes) to an AI model so it can return a highly specific response. Ryan breaks down how he finds the time to build side projects like this and how he built this app. Want to build your own AI-powered app? Check out this p...
