Julia GenAI Jam

Jan Siml

Welcome to Julia GenAI Jam, your laid-back hangout at the crossroads of Julia programming and generative AI. We're all about real talk with real developers. In each episode, we sit down with Julia enthusiasts and AI tinkerers to explore their projects, pick their brains, and share in their "aha!" moments. Tune in, geek out, and be part of the conversation. Julia GenAI Jam: Expanding your toolkit, one chat at a time.

Episodes

  1. 09/19/2024

    Pere Giménez Febrer: From Assembly to AI Discord Bots

    In this episode, we talk with Pere Gimenez Febrer, a data scientist and developer advocate at Genie, about his journey from studying electrical engineering to working with Julia programming and Generative AI.  Pere shares insights on how AI tools transform his coding workflow, and his personal experiences with various AI applications, including practical tips for tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Midjourney. We also muse about the future of programming and what that could look like. Chapters [05:00] About Genie.jl and his role [09:00] Favourite Julia package [13:10] First GenAI use cases [16:35] Some thoughts on GPT o1 [20:55] Experience with image generation [24:30] Fun GenAI ideas when travelling [27:50] About Genie Discount bot [32:50] Programming’s future? Links Pere’s book recommendation: The Lies of Locke Lamora (series is not finished yet)   Pere’s favourite package: MLJ.jl - swiss-army knife for data science  Genie Framework: https://genieframework.com/ - a great choice for quickly building web apps from your Julia scripts Youtube: Genie Builder Low-code editor Join the Genie Discord to talk with the developers behind Genie Sam Aaron’s keynote talk about Sonic Pi at JuliaCon 2024 Pere’s hobby project for making deployments easier: Carryall.io - the logo was developed with Midjourney Interested to join the community? Join the ⁠Julia Slack⁠ and channel #generative-ai To stay informed about the various GenAI projects, check out the ⁠Awesome Julia GenAI List⁠ If you have any feedback for me or the podcast in general, please share it via DM on Julia Slack (@svilup / Jan Siml) or in the ⁠Discourse announcement post⁠ Thank you for listening!

    47 min
  2. 09/12/2024

    Cameron Pfeiffer: From Alpaca Ranching to Structured Text Generation

    In this episode, we talk with Cameron Pfeiffer, a (recent) ultra-marathoner and GenAI enthusiast, who shares his unique journey from alpaca ranching and theater arts to obtaining a PhD in financial economics and working in a generative AI startup.  Cameron dives into the strengths of Julia, benefits of structured text generation, the evolution of his programming skills, his favourite GenAI use cases and what he thinks the future of coding might look like. Chapters [03:35] Cameron’s background [07:00] Path to programming [11:50] Path to Julia language [18:10] First GenAI use cases [23:00] On JuliaGenAI and the benefits of Julia [33:10] Daily GenAI use cases [39:05] Use cases for students [41:40] On structured text generation Links TV show recommendations: Game Changer from College Humour, Make some noise Outlines package and Cookbook with structured generation use cases Blog on some of the advantages of structured generation:  Coalescence: making LLM inference 5x faster Dottxt and Sign up form for dotjson Cameron’s favourite package: Turing.jl On Julia’s esthetic beauty: BeautifulAlgorithms.jl Project Euler for computational problems JuliaGenAI org and the Awesome Julia GenAI List⁠ V0 for playing with Generative UI Book: Singularity by sky Interested to join the community? Join the ⁠Julia Slack⁠ and channel #generative-ai To stay informed about the various GenAI projects, check out the ⁠Awesome Julia GenAI List⁠ If you have any feedback for me or the podcast in general, please share it via DM on Julia Slack (@svilup / Jan Siml) or in the ⁠Discourse announcement post⁠ Thank you for listening!

    1 hr

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Welcome to Julia GenAI Jam, your laid-back hangout at the crossroads of Julia programming and generative AI. We're all about real talk with real developers. In each episode, we sit down with Julia enthusiasts and AI tinkerers to explore their projects, pick their brains, and share in their "aha!" moments. Tune in, geek out, and be part of the conversation. Julia GenAI Jam: Expanding your toolkit, one chat at a time.