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How to Make an LLM: A Practical Guide for Developers

October 31, 2026 by Giulio Bramante

A pipeline showing raw text becoming tokens, flowing into a transformer neural network, and producing an assistant-style language model

From tokenization to alignment, learn the full pipeline for building a language model, with realistic code, compute tradeoffs, and when fine-tuning beats training.

How to Create a RAG Application: A Practical Step-by-Step Tutorial

November 1, 2026October 30, 2026 by Giulio Bramante

Diagram of a RAG pipeline where documents are chunked, embedded, stored in a vector database, and retrieved to ground an LLM answer

Learn to build a retrieval-augmented generation app in Python: chunk documents, create embeddings, store them in a vector database, and wire retrieval into an LLM call.

How to Use LangChain in Java: A Practical Guide for Developers

October 31, 2026October 29, 2026 by Giulio Bramante

Illustration of a Java developer building LLM applications, with code connecting to a language model, documents, and an agent through a chain motif.

Learn how to build LLM-powered applications on the JVM with LangChain4j: chains, RAG pipelines, tool-using agents, and production tips for Java developers.

How to Run LangGraph: A Practical Setup Guide for Developers

October 31, 2026October 28, 2026 by Giulio Bramante

Illustration of a LangGraph state graph with connected nodes running in a developer environment alongside a Python terminal

Install LangGraph, build and run your first state graph, add loops and tools, then deploy with checkpointing and production-ready serving options.

OpenAI API Tutorial: Build Your First AI-Powered Application

October 31, 2026October 27, 2026 by Giulio Bramante

A developer laptop connected to a cloud AI service, illustrating a backend integration with an API key and streaming responses.

Learn how to integrate the OpenAI API step by step: set up your key, make your first chat completion call, stream responses, and build a production-ready endpoint.

How to Use an AI API: A Practical Guide for Web Developers

October 31, 2026October 23, 2026 by Giulio Bramante

Diagram-style illustration of a browser sending a request through a backend server to a cloud AI service, with a streamed response returning to the user.

Learn how to integrate an AI API into a web app: secure key handling, your first request, streaming responses, cost control, retries, and choosing providers.

API Testing Tutorials Using AI: A Practical Guide for Developers

October 31, 2026October 22, 2026 by Giulio Bramante

AI assisting developers in generating and refining API test code from specifications.

Learn how to integrate AI into your API testing workflow. This guide shows developers how LLMs can generate test cases, draft payloads, and accelerate debugging.

Building a Programming Language LLMs Can’t Use

October 31, 2026October 21, 2026 by Giulio Bramante

A human reading code while a robotic hand hesitates among dissolving syntax symbols, illustrating a programming language that resists AI comprehension.

A serious design thought experiment: what structural properties make a language hard for AI assistants, why obscurity fails, and what it teaches about language design.

TypeScript Compiler Ported to Rust by LLM: What Actually Happened and What It Means for Developers

October 17, 2026October 17, 2026 by Giulio Bramante

Illustration of a large TypeScript codebase being migrated along two paths, one smooth and one blocked, with an AI assistant observing the process.

The viral headline got it wrong: the native TypeScript compiler targets Go, not Rust. Learn why, what role AI actually plays in migrations, and how to try the preview.

How to Self-Host Firecrawl: A Practical Setup Guide

October 15, 2026October 15, 2026 by Giulio Bramante

Illustration of a self-hosted Firecrawl deployment with API, worker, Redis, and browser containers turning web pages into Markdown

Learn how to deploy Firecrawl on your own infrastructure with Docker Compose, from configuring Redis and Playwright to understanding what differs from the hosted API.