Exploring Qdrant Cloud and Vector Database
I recently came across Qdrant when doing some research in the RAG space, and decided to give it a try. Cloud trials, or docker images […]
Digital Assistant
Beyond Basic RAG: Advanced Retrieval Techniques for a Star Trek Knowledge Base
In a previous post, I built a basic Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline using the Star Trek Memory Alpha wiki as a knowledge base. The […]
Family Calendar with Raspberry-Pi 4 and a E-Reader Display (Part 1)
In 2020 I got a Raspberry Pi 3 and after several months of experiencing with it I found a permanent project — taking daily pictures […]
TechTrantor reaches 200k views! 🥳 🥳
What started as a little experiment on Blogspot turned into something far more meaningful in just a few weeks. Today, TechTrantor.com celebrates a significant milestone—200,000 […]
Prompt Engineering in a Nutshell
Prompt Engineering is a very recent concept, widely used to optimize interactions with large language models (LLMs) When ChatGPT was first introduced, my initial approach […]
The Day-to-Day Challenges of a Conversation Designer
A conversation designer creates the flow and the structure of the interactions between users and AI systems, like chatbots, to ensure smooth, natural communication. They […]
Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant
The last year was a busy one* as we have been collectively working towards a innovative assistant for healthcare productivity. Below is a first glimpse […]
🎉🎉 Happy New Year 2024 🎉🎉
I wish everyone visiting this page a happy new year 2024!! There were visitors from pretty much every corner of the world 🙂
Python Script to Retrieve Running Services in OCI
To fetch running resources from different Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services like instances, databases, analytics, integration, and Oracle Digital Assistant services, you can modify the […]
Zoom Integration with the Oracle Digital Assistant
You now (since 23.10) have the capability to customize a digital assistant to seamlessly integrate with Zoom Meetings video conferences. This integration is facilitated through […]
ODA What’s New – 23.10
The upcoming Oracle Digital Assistant release 23.10 brings us plenty of cool new features, paving the way for even more amazing stuff. LLM Blocks: You can […]
ODA Handy FreeMarker Expressions
This will be one of those posts I will use for easy access whenever looking for some Apache FreeMarker Expressions. This is all documented in […]
SQL Dialog and Generative AI – Have you talked to your database lately?
Earlier this year I wrote a series of articles on ODA’s SQL Dialog capabilities. Oracle Digital Assistant release 22.12 brings us a ground-breaking new capability […]
New with ODA 23.06: Editable forms – Yes, you can easily add forms to your dialog!
You can use the new Create Input Form template in the Visual Flow Designer to build editable forms with text and numeric fields, date/time pickers, […]
Enhance your Answer Intents with Prelude and Feedback!
Answer intents are the best approach for frequently asked questions – they are easy to implement, use the same NLP engine that powers regular intents, […]