Dev J. Shah 🥑

SWE @TribalScale, GenAI Evangelist (Blogger, Speaker) || 3x Multi-Cloud Certified || Software Engineering, AI Engineering || Linux, Cloud, DevOps

Toronto, ON Joined on Jan 31, 2023 dev-jshah@outlook.com https://shahtech.info

Education

Computer Programming and Analysis @Seneca Polytechnic

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he/him

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SWE @TribalScale

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Jul 29 '25

Exploring RAG: Math behind Embeddings & Cosine Similarity

#vectordatabase #rag #ai

10 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

May 31 '25

Linear Regression Model using Math!

#ai #machinelearning

6 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Feb 22

Chunking for context: 6 Strategies Every AI Engineer Should Know

#ai #rag

6 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Jan 31

Model Adaptation: Prompt-Based Techniques vs Fine-Tuning

#llm #promptengineering #ai #beginners

3 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Oct 16 '25

Why Am I a SWE?

#career #devjournal #motivation

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Aug 26 '25

How Retrieval Algorithms Shape Better LLM Responses?

#ai #llm #rag

3 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Aug 4 '25

AI-900 Guide: From Prep to Pass

#azure #ai #machinelearning #certification

5 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Aug 4 '25

Career Reflection: No More Survival Jobs

3 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

May 21 '25

Machine Learning 101

#machinelearning #ai

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Apr 19 '25

Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) and Generalized Reinforcement Learning with Proximal Optimizer (GRPO)

#reinforcementlearning #machinelearning #ai

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Mar 22 '25

Exploring RAG: Hypothetical Document Embeddings (HyDE)

#rag #vectordatabase #llm

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Mar 14 '25

Model Context Protocol (MCP): Bridging LLM applications with external data sources and tools

#llm #mcp #ai

3 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Feb 22 '25

Isolate projects using Docker and Dev Containers by VS Code

#docker #vscode #containers

5 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Feb 5 '25

Decoding DeepSeek R1's Research Abstract

#deepseek #ai

3 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Jan 25 '25

Configure self-hosted runner for GitHub Actions

#githubactions #github #devops #cicd

3 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Dec 31 '24

Dev Wrap 2024

#beginners #productivity #learning

9 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Dec 21 '24

How to integrate pgvector's Docker image with Langchain?

#langchain #docker #postgres #vectordatabase

7 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Dec 14 '24

Get Started with LangChain: A Step-by-Step Tutorial for Beginners

#langchain #openai #rag #beginners

4 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Dec 8 '24

Ollama 0.5 Is Here: Generate Structured Outputs

#ollama #genai #ai #tutorial

3 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Nov 23 '24

Exploring RAG: Benefits and Challenges Explained

#rag #llm #genai

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Nov 16 '24

Exploring RAG: Perfect LLM Training Method, Fine-Tuning vs RAG?

#finetuning #rag

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Nov 9 '24

Exploring RAG: Discover How LangChain and LlamaIndex Transform LLMs?

#langchain #llamaindex #prompttemplate #rag

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Nov 2 '24

Exploring RAG: How Indexing and Vector Databases Revolutionize Search?

#rag #indexing #vectordatabase #llm

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Oct 27 '24

Secret to Long-Term Career Success: Passion, Purpose, and a Lesson from 'Start With Why'

#beginners #career #productivity #learning

3 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Oct 26 '24

Exploring RAG: How Vector Embeddings Revolutionize Language Understanding?

#rag #llm #vectordatabase

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Oct 20 '24

Unlock the Power of LLM Chatbots with These Essential Prompt Engineering Strategies

#promptengineering #ai #chatgpt

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Oct 19 '24

Exploring RAG: How Data Ingestion Powers Cutting-Edge AI?

#rag #llm #genai

3 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Oct 14 '24

Exploring Deno 2.0: A Secure, Simpler Alternative to Node.js?

#deno #node #beginners #javascript

3 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Oct 9 '24

Unlock Your Potential: Hobbies to Supercharge Your Developer Career

#productivity #career #beginners

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Oct 8 '24

Dockerize Your Development: Build Reusable Features, Faster

#docker #containerapps

2 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Oct 2 '24

Why I started WFO?

#productivity #workplace #wfo

3 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Oct 1 '24

Exploring RAG: Why Retrieval-Augmented Generation is the Future?

#rag #langchain #llm #vectordatabase

2 min read

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Dev J. Shah 🥑

Sep 24 '24

Ollama Unveiled: Run LLMs Locally

#ollama #rag #langchain #llm

2 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Aug 9 '24

From Web Dev to Flutter: Key Concepts and Best Practices from a Real Project

#beginners #flutter #webdev #javascript

5 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Aug 6 '24

Understanding Flutter for Web Developers: Key Concepts Explained

#flutter #mobile #programming #fullstack

3 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Jul 25 '24

Unlocking the Power of Solidity: A Beginner's Guide to Smart Contracts

5 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

May 18 '24

IaaS, PaaS, SaaS Simplified: Practical Examples You Can Relate To

2 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Mar 24 '24

Stop Wasting Time! Bash Scripts to Rule Your Development Workflow

#bash #productivity #automation

3 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Feb 23 '24

How to Create Consistent and Impressive README.md Files?

#beginners #github #javascript #documentation

3 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Feb 21 '24

Understanding NPM Dependencies: Production, Development, Peer, and Optional

#node #npm #javascript #beginners

1 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Feb 18 '24

Save Time with Git Aliases: Speed Up Your Workflow with Custom Commands

#git #productivity #beginners

3 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Feb 4 '24

Unlocking the Power of NPM Scripts: Simplify Your Workflow with Pre and Post Keywords

#npm #node #javascript #beginners

2 min read

Dev J. Shah 🥑

Jan 18 '24

Vital not-to-have for Fresher in CS/IT

2 min read

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