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Consider this your map and compass. A handpicked list of resources, datasets, and
foundational reads to guide your exploration into Artificial Intelligence.
Model Context Protocol: The Simple "Recipe" That's Finally Making AI Useful
Tired of AI that just talks instead of does? This is your guide to the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the breakthrough standard that acts as a universal translator between AI and any app. We break down exactly what it is, why it's not just another API, and how it's creating a future where AI can finally get things
Blog
Oct 29, 2025
AI Can Design? Think Again. The Brutal Reality Behind the Hype
AI design tools promise speed but deliver generic, uninspired layouts. This article dives into the reality behind the hype, exploring why human taste, intuition, and creativity remain essential for making a product that truly stands out.
Blog
Oct 23, 2025
n8n MCP Server Explained: How to Build MCP Clients and Servers (Without Losing Your Mind)
A practical, slightly chaotic guide to building and running your own MCP Server and Client using n8n - with customization tricks, production tips, and lessons from our own CRM journey.
Guide
Oct 22, 2025
Closure Tables in SQL: Master Hierarchical Data with Easy Subtree Queries
This post explains Closure Tables in SQL to model hierarchical data with a simple, scalable schema. Learn how to query all ancestors and descendants, manage depth, and safely move subtrees with practical examples.
Guide
Oct 15, 2025
Reverse Proxy for Beginners: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One
A reverse proxy is one of the most powerful yet least understood components of modern web infrastructure. Acting as an intermediary between users and backend servers, it handles incoming traffic, improves performance, and strengthens security. This in-depth beginner’s guide breaks down the concept of reverse proxies in simple terms - explaining how they route requests, balance server loads, manage SSL certificates, and protect sensitive backend systems from public exposure.
Blog
Oct 15, 2025
AI Automation: Transforming Business Workflows and Cutting Operational Costs
Dive into how AI powered automation is revolutionising B2B operations. Discover strategies to enhance efficiency, reduce expenses, and stay ahead in today's fast changing business landscape.
Newsletter
Oct 14, 2025
A Practical Guide to AI Evals: How to Test Your Conversational AI
Don't just launch your conversational AI and hope for the best. Learn how top teams evaluate their models to ensure they're sharp, reliable, and ready for real users. This guide breaks down everything from automated evals like "LLM-as-a-Judge" to the gold standard: human-in-the-loop testing.
Blog
Oct 9, 2025
OpenAI’s New GPT-OSS Models: Why Everyone’s Buzzing
OpenAI has shaken up the AI world by releasing GPT-OSS, its first open-weight models since 2019. This is a massive gift to developers and enthusiasts, offering a powerful, state-of-the-art AI brain that you can run on your own laptop, completely free and open for commercial use under the Apache 2.0 license.
Newsletter
Oct 7, 2025
LLM Tokens: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide
Why do some AI prompts cost pennies while others cost dollars? The answer is tokens, the hidden building blocks of LLMs. Master them, and you master both your AI's performance and your budget. This guide breaks it all down, simply.
Blog
Oct 3, 2025
RAG Chunking Strategies for Enterprise: Boost Accuracy
A practical guide to RAG chunking strategies for enterprise deployments. Learn how to choose, test, and scale chunking to improve RAG accuracy and reduce hallucinations.
Guide
Sep 22, 2025
Self Host Flowise AI in 30 Minutes: Build Your Private AI Agent Platform
Learn how to Self Host Flowise AI in about 30 minutes and run a private AI agent platform locally or on a budget VPS. This beginner-friendly guide walks you through step-by-step setup, model connections, and RAG workflows so you can ship real apps privately.
Guide
Sep 16, 2025
Fine-Tuning LLM Agents: Memory-Based Optimization Without Retraining
Explore how to fine-tune LLM agents without retraining weights, using memory, retrieval, and tools. Learn to finetune agents with a practical 90-minute workflow inspired by Memento, boosting performance on new tasks.
Newsletter
Sep 12, 2025
Why Do LLMs Hallucinate? A Beginner’s Guide to Safer AI
This beginner-friendly guide explains why LLMs hallucination happens and how to curb it with grounding, careful prompts, and RAG. Learn to spot errors and keep your AI outputs accurate.
Blog
Sep 11, 2025
GraphQL vs REST: Choosing the Right API for Your Project (Beginner-Friendly Guide)
This beginner-friendly guide on GraphQL vs REST explains how to choose between graphql and rest and when each is the better fit. It covers over-fetching vs under-fetching, performance tips, and practical examples to answer whether GraphQL is faster than REST. Use this quick intro to pick the right API for your project.
Blog
Sep 9, 2025
n8n workers and queue mode: A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Scaling
This beginner-friendly guide explains n8n workers and queue mode, showing how Redis and PostgreSQL enable scalable, distributed workflows. Learn the core pieces, a copy-paste setup, and practical troubleshooting to grow without becoming a DevOps expert.
Guide
Sep 9, 2025
EmbeddingGemma for Beginners: Private On-Device Search & RAG
This beginner-friendly guide shows how EmbeddingGemma enables private, on-device search and offline RAG. Even with a 308M Parameter model, index your documents and run fast, offline queries on a laptop or phone.
Newsletter
Sep 7, 2025
Redis for Caching: The Beginner’s Guide in 5 Simple Steps
Beginner-friendly, step-by-step guide to using Redis for caching. Learn cache-aside patterns, TTLs, and practical copy-paste examples to speed up your app today.
Blog
Sep 6, 2025
DNS Records Explained for Beginners: A 2025 Guide to Domains, Nameservers, and Email Routing
DNS Records Explained for Beginners walks you through A, MX, CNAME, DMARC and more in plain English. This guide uses simple analogies and practical steps to help you manage domains, nameservers, and email routing with confidence.
Blog
Sep 4, 2025
Git Rebase vs Git Merge: A Beginner's Guide to the Right Workflow
This beginner's guide explains git rebase vs git merge in plain English, with practical examples and practice. Learn when to rebase, when to merge, and how to resolve conflicts for a clean, linear history.
Blog
Aug 31, 2025
Beyond the Hype: Vector Search Limitations and What To Do Instead
This beginner-friendly guide explains Vector Search Limitations, where it shines and where it breaks. It offers practical, ready-to-use strategies—hybrid search, reranking, and smarter embeddings—to avoid slow vector search and inaccurate RAG results.
Blog
Aug 31, 2025
GPT Realtime and the OpenAI Realtime API: Voice Agents That Feel Human
GPT Realtime (gpt-realtime) is OpenAI's voice-first model that delivers low-latency, human-sounding voice agents. This post explains how the Realtime API works, its multimodal capabilities (including image input and tool calls), and how to start a quick pilot with your stack.
Newsletter
Aug 29, 2025
Mastering LLM Temperature: Control Creativity Without Losing the Plot (2025)
Learn how LLM Temperature shapes temperature creativity and coherence. This guide explains how to use temperature, top-p, and sampling to balance precision and imagination, with practical presets for precise, balanced, and creative writing.
Blog
Aug 28, 2025
Nano Banana Hype: AI Image Editing That Feels Like a Conversation
Explore the nano banana hype and how this AI-driven tool handles text-to-image and text-to-edit tasks in seconds. Often associated with Gemini 2.5 image flash, it emphasizes identity preservation and conversational edits for image editing with ai.
Blog
Aug 27, 2025
JSON Prompting for Beginners: A Practical 2025 Guide to Improve LLM Accuracy
Discover JSON Prompting for beginners with practical, copy-paste templates you can use today. Learn how to write JSON prompts, why you should use JSON prompts, and how to keep LLM consistency while reducing hallucinations.
Guide
Aug 26, 2025
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