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AI & LLMs Intermediate
The AI Application Roadmap — From PoC to Production

The architecture, evals, monitoring, and process disciplines that take an AI feature from "works in a demo" to "survives real users at scale."

14 min · 7
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AI & LLMs Intermediate
Cost Optimization for AI-Powered Django Applications

Token economics, model tier selection, prompt caching at scale, and the monitoring you need before AI features eat your budget.

10 min · 4
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AI & LLMs Advanced
Streaming AI Responses with Django and Server-Sent Events

Streaming makes AI features feel responsive instead of frozen. Here's the full pipeline — async views, SSE, JavaScript client, and the nginx tweaks that matter.

12 min · 4
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AI & LLMs Intermediate
Prompt Engineering Patterns for Production Django Apps

System prompts that scale, structured output, few-shot examples, guardrails, and the patterns that hold up when real users push your AI features.

11 min · 5
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AI & LLMs Intermediate
Choosing a Vector Database — pgvector vs Pinecone vs Weaviate vs Qdrant

When your existing Postgres is enough, when to graduate to a dedicated vector DB, and how the major options compare for Django apps.

8 min · 3
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AI & LLMs Advanced
Building a RAG System in Django with PostgreSQL and pgvector

Embed documents, store vectors in Postgres, and let an LLM answer questions about your own data — without hallucinating its sources.

15 min · 3
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AI & LLMs Intermediate
Calling the Claude API from Django — Setup, Streaming, Error Handling

From pip install to a streaming chat view in production. Authentication, error handling, prompt caching, and cost-aware patterns for Django + Claude.

12 min · 10
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AI & LLMs Intermediate
Reasoning in LLMs — Chain of Thought, Extended Thinking, and When to Use Them

Reasoning models think before answering. Here's how chain-of-thought prompting works, what Anthropic's extended thinking does differently, and when the extra cost is worth it.

9 min · 3
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AI & LLMs Beginner
How Large Language Models Actually Work (Without the Math)

Tokens, transformers, context windows, why LLMs hallucinate, and how to choose between Claude, GPT, and open-source models — explained in plain English.

10 min · 3
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AI & LLMs Beginner
Understanding AI for Django Developers — A Practical Primer

What AI, machine learning, and LLMs actually are, when to use them in your Django app, and a decision framework for picking the right tool.

8 min · 9
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