How (and Why) to Build an AI Agent from Scratch in Python
In this article, you will learn what an AI agent is and how to build one from scratch in plain Python using the Anthropic API,…
Adding Temporal Reasoning to Graph-RAG: Tracking Fact Freshness and Staleness
In this article, you will learn how to add a lightweight temporal reasoning layer to a Graph-RAG system so that it can distinguish fresh facts…
AI Agent Observability: Logging, Tracing, and Debugging Explained
Chain Visualization: Reading the Trace Waterfall The spans from the last section don’t mean much as a raw list.
Automating Knowledge Graph Population: Extracting Entities and Triples from Unstructured Text with an LLM
In this article, you will learn how to automatically extract structured knowledge from raw text and populate a knowledge graph with SPOC quads using a…
Local Agentic AI Workflows with Hermes + Ollama
In this article, you will learn how to build a fully local, zero-cost agentic AI workflow using Hermes Agent and Ollama, so that your files,…
Tool Calling vs. Code Execution for AI Agents: Choosing the Right Action Primitive
Theory is easier to trust once it’s running against a real API, so both examples in this article use the same tool — a get_weather function backed by
Agent or Workflow? A Practical Test for Knowing When You Actually Need an AI Agent
In this article, you will learn the key differences between AI workflows and agents, and how to decide which approach is right for your use…
RAG vs. Fine-Tuning for Domain Adaptation: When to Use Which
In this article, you will learn the mechanical difference between retrieval-augmented generation and fine-tuning, when each technique is the right tool, and how to decide…
Monitoring Embedding Drift in Production Scikit-LLM Pipelines
In this article, you will learn what embedding drift is, why it matters for production large language models, and how to implement two practical techniques…
The Roadmap to Mastering LLM Inference Optimization
In this article, you will learn how LLM inference optimization works and which techniques to apply to make language models faster, cheaper, and more reliable…