by 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.
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September 19, 2024
<p>In this episode, we talk with Pere Gimenez Febrer, a data scientist and developer advocate at <a href="https://genieframework.com/">Genie</a>, about his journey from studying electrical engineering to working with Julia programming and Generative AI. </p> <p>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.<br></p> <p><strong>Chapters</strong></p> <p>[05:00] About Genie.jl and his role</p> <p>[09:00] Favourite Julia package</p> <p>[13:10] First GenAI use cases</p> <p>[16:35] Some thoughts on GPT o1</p> <p>[20:55] Experience with image generation</p> <p>[24:30] Fun GenAI ideas when travelling</p> <p>[27:50] About Genie Discount bot</p> <p>[32:50] Programming’s future?</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>Pere’s book recommendation: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29588376-the-lies-of-locke-lamora">The Lies of Locke Lamora</a> (series is not finished yet) </p> </li> <li><p>Pere’s favourite package: <a href="https://github.com/JuliaAI/MLJ.jl">MLJ.jl</a> - swiss-army knife for data science </p> </li> <li><p>Genie Framework: <a href="https://genieframework.com/">https://genieframework.com/</a> - a great choice for quickly building web apps from your Julia scripts</p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xHE3WqshZo">Youtube: Genie Builder Low-code editor</a></p> </li> <li><p>Join the <a href="https://discord.com/invite/9zyZbD6J7H">Genie Discord</a> to talk with the developers behind Genie</p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCZaqKTwtvQ">Sam Aaron’s keynote talk about Sonic Pi at JuliaCon 2024</a></p> </li> <li><p>Pere’s hobby project for making deployments easier: <a href="https://carryall.io/">Carryall.io</a> - the logo was developed with Midjourney</p> </li> </ul> <p>Interested to join the community? Join the<a href="https://julialang.org/slack/"> Julia Slack</a> and channel <strong>#generative-ai</strong></p> <p>To stay informed about the various GenAI projects, check out the<a href="https://github.com/svilupp/awesome-generative-ai-meets-julia-language"> Awesome Julia GenAI List</a></p> <p>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<a href="https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-julia-podcast/118570/6"> Discourse announcement post</a></p> <p>Thank you for listening!</p>
September 12, 2024
<p>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. </p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Chapters</strong></p> <p>[03:35] Cameron’s background</p> <p>[07:00] Path to programming</p> <p>[11:50] Path to Julia language</p> <p>[18:10] First GenAI use cases</p> <p>[23:00] On JuliaGenAI and the benefits of Julia</p> <p>[33:10] Daily GenAI use cases</p> <p>[39:05] Use cases for students</p> <p>[41:40] On structured text generation</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>TV show recommendations: <a href="https://youtu.be/vT-zZsjwZKk">Game Changer from College Humour</a>, <a href="https://www.dropout.tv/make-some-noise">Make some noise</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://outlines-dev.github.io/outlines/">Outlines package</a> and <a href="https://outlines-dev.github.io/outlines/cookbook/">Cookbook with structured generation use cases</a></p> </li> <li><p>Blog on some of the advantages of structured generation: <a href="https://blog.dottxt.co/coalescence.html">Coalescence: making LLM inference 5x faster</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://dottxt.co/">Dottxt</a> and <a href="https://h1xbpbfsf0w.typeform.com/to/ZgBCvJHF?typeform-source=dottxt.co">Sign up form for dotjson</a></p> </li> <li><p>Cameron’s favourite package: <a href="https://turinglang.org/">Turing.jl</a></p> </li> <li><p>On Julia’s esthetic beauty: <a href="https://github.com/mossr/BeautifulAlgorithms.jl">BeautifulAlgorithms.jl</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://projecteuler.net/">Project Euler</a> for computational problems</p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://juliagenai.org/">JuliaGenAI org</a> and the <a href="https://github.com/svilupp/awesome-generative-ai-meets-julia-language">Awesome Julia GenAI List</a></p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><p><a href="https://v0.dev/chat">V0 for playing with Generative UI</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Sky">Book: Singularity by sky</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Interested to join the community? Join the<a href="https://julialang.org/slack/"> Julia Slack</a> and channel <strong>#generative-ai</strong></p> <p>To stay informed about the various GenAI projects, check out the<a href="https://github.com/svilupp/awesome-generative-ai-meets-julia-language"> Awesome Julia GenAI List</a></p> <p>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<a href="https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-julia-podcast/118570/6"> Discourse announcement post</a></p> <p>Thank you for listening!</p>
September 5, 2024
<p>In this episode, we talk with Marcel and Thomas Havlik, identical twins from Budapest who are passionate about Julia programming and Generative AI. </p> <p>Join us to learn about their journey from gaming hacks to developing advanced AI tools like AISH.jl and EasyContext.jl (to be used together like twins), which aim to automate and revolutionize coding and beyond. Tune in to hear their insights on the advantages of Julia, practical tips and challenges they faced, and some insights on how AI might reshape our work and lives.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Chapters:</p> <p>- GenAI conversation starts at 0:27:05</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <ul> <li><p><a href="https://diabtrend.com/">Diabtrend - Smart diabetes app</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://github.com/Sixzero/EasyContext.jl">EasyContext.jl</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://github.com/Cvikli/AISH.jl">AISH.jl</a></p> </li> <li><p>Youtube: <a href="https://youtu.be/a4R6D86oBjw">Example of AISH in action</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://github.com/timholy/Revise.jl">Revise.jl</a> Revise.jl is a MUST-HAVE for anyone using Julia, it allows you to modify code and use the changes without restarting Julia.</p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><p><a href="https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode/pull/1664">Julia VSCode PR on re-running the last cell</a></p> </li> </ul> <ul> <br></ul> <p>Interested to join the community? Join the<a href="https://julialang.org/slack/"> Julia Slack</a> and channel <strong>#generative-ai</strong></p> <p>To stay informed about the various GenAI projects, check out the<a href="https://github.com/svilupp/awesome-generative-ai-meets-julia-language"> Awesome Julia GenAI List</a></p> <p>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<a href="https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-julia-podcast/118570/6"> Discourse announcement post</a></p> <p>Thank you for listening!</p> <p><br></p>
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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.
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