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
July 10,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
MCP Server – Local (also, FastMCP)

I originally started with a FastMCP course, but that seemed a bit much.  The MCP part of it is actually pretty easy, so I thought I would do that quickly and then move to the harder stuff (deploying to the cloud and securing it).  I'll get back to FastMCP later. I loosely followed this course: ...

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June 8,2025 | Demo, Geeky Stuff, Project
LIVE DEMO: Movie Recommender System

As you may know, watching (and reviewing!) movies is one of my favorite things to do.  A while back I had made a local movie recommender script that I had been using every now and then when I wanted to find a new movie to watch.  There is a writeup of that script in my...

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June 4,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
MCP Crash Course

I have been eagerly looking forward to adding this to my toolbox. Udemy course: https://netrix.udemy.com/course/model-context-protocol My notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1awACmckTk4gm7Ei65pHUg6dTXUwEw9tt7rtGLpodmMo/edit?usp=sharing

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June 1,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
Supercharge AI with Knowledge Graphs: RAG System Mastery

The vast, vast majority of my RAG work has been with unstructured data.  I wanted to mix in some structured data so I took this course. Udemy course:  https://www.udemy.com/course/knowledge-graphs-rag My notes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H09vOeLs8wYiJcSFAuZC8XxMKBXKLHxQtJYMbP8wCdc/edit?usp=sharing The course was a good refresher - I remembered more than I thought I did.  I did learn of a neat tool for...

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May 22,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
Sales Forecasting with Visualization

It occurred to me that I sometimes fall into the trap that many data scientists fall into:  I love data and making models, but at the end of the day, we (often) make things for users.  It was time to get back to that and level up my UI game. Udemy course #1:  https://netrix.udemy.com/course/ai-sales-forecasting-market-analysis/ My...

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March 30,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
Master Vector Database with Python for AI & LLM Use Cases

The world of vectorization has changed a lot in the last 12 months so I wanted a refresher.  Udemy course:  https://udemy.com/course/vector-db/learn/lecture/39280376#overview My notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EGY4LhKSwXBXrE2cTFz4dZ5KTiZ7d8LlyvM14NFMoqQ/edit?usp=sharing      

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March 26,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
2025 Bootcamp: Generative AI, LLM Apps, AI Agents, Cursor AI

Part of the reason that I love to take these courses (even if the content is review) is to see the different ways to accomplish a task.  Udemy course:  https://udemy.com/course/bootcamp-generative-artificial-intelligence-and-llm-app-development My notes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mei_2-EVtKvsDL4i27bPGt7_54EfSXk8iLvq-wradtQ/edit?usp=sharing      

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March 25,2025 | Geeky Stuff, Training
All of AI: ChatGPT, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and App Dev

Part of the reason that I love to take these courses (even if the content is review) is to see the different ways to accomplish a task.  Udemy course:  https://udemy.com/course/all-of-ai-chatgpt-midjourney-stable-diffusion-app-dev/ My notes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/15cA8-8qgi6N7RUIBbCB5ZohPaw1T0vN6MaZHxOSOYgw/edit?usp=sharing EDIT:  The course was a nice refresher in prompt engineering, and I did learn a few really cool techniques.  There was a...

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