Adam Codes in the 716

Learning for work, learning for fun.... eventually the two shall meet. Site created 4/5/2020 with new content being added regularly
January 3,2026 | Geeky Stuff, Training
Databricks – Master Azure Databricks for Data Engineers

I have a lot of experience with Fabric but not as much with its cousin Databricks. There is a ton of overlap between the two (Spark), but I wanted to focus on the differences. My notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rbXq_2Gt1yd_B16Jf1CJ-t44pCUyXFLLtpHnRbvRqCE/edit?usp=sharing

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November 6,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
Fast Agent + MCP

I am all-in with MCP, so I want to stay on top of the most recent trends when it comes to using this approach.  I recently became aware of the Fast python package and the benefits that come with it - it made sense to take a deeper dive. My notes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I0WHyXutimOxlmM3HaD10zamN-AMED8NO6nIAyyjY2k/edit?usp=sharing

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October 24,2025 | Demo, Geeky Stuff, Project
DEMO: Using MCP with Copilot and other Chatbots / Apps

I had previously demonstrated the power of Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools.  In this video, I take MCP to Azure.   One of the MCP servers is running in as an Azure Container app, and the other is running in my home (on prem, if you will). https://youtu.be/owWaMxJWoFs  

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October 4,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
The Complete Agentic AI Engineering Course

I wanted to spend more time on the "big picture" instead of the micro.   After all, I've been building a ton of tools - it was time to spend some time with some of the lesser-known orchestration platforms.  The instructor is well known in the industry. Udemy course:  https://netrix.udemy.com/course/flowise-essentials My notes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rkfiESxLjYgykKpD88jG4yqbmM6FMOkNyWp1NpTYDTM/edit?usp=sharing Update:  While the...

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October 2,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
AI Agents With Flowise

I spent some time with flowise a year or two ago, and I (maybe unfairly) discounted it because it did not have the ability to run custom code.  N8N has that option, so when I needed something in the low-code space, I used that platform.   However, n8n has different uses cases, and AI Agents aren't...

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September 26,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
Getting Started with DSPy

In the day job, I have seen a surprising uptick in the number of OCR-type projects that are coming to us.   I had been using document intelligence to mine the label that I want, and overall that works well after you do some fine-tuning.  I came across DSPy (Declarative Self-improving Python.) - it is a...

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September 13,2025 | Demo, Geeky Stuff, Project
DEMO: MLOps using MLFlow

I made this demo earlier in the year while I was making an MLOps pipeline for a client.   I thought it would be fun to automate my movie review recommender model, so I stood up a way-too-fancy pipeline for the job.

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September 12,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
Course: The AI Agents, Automation and Agentic Workflows Guide Part 1

I've been using agents and tools for a while now, but I really haven't gotten into advanced scenarios that would require a workflow. Course: https://netrix.udemy.com/course/ai-agents-part-1/learn/lecture/51336861#overview Course Repo: My notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pv2xTE9eEXLA_YVA-1A4kX44ttvzZ_Hn9EcGa1-GuO4/edit?usp=sharing

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