Shannon Lal articles - 35 total
Overview of Voice Cloning
Over the last week, I've been experimenting with ElevenLabs' voice cloning service, and I'm genuinely...
Behind the Curtain: How Modern Text-to-Speech AI Works
I would like to apologize for being a bit disconnected from everyone on Dev.to for the last couple of...
Unlocking Code Insights with Repomix and Google's Flash 2.0 for Efficient Repository Analysis
Over the last week I have been delving into Cline (https://github.com/cline/cline) to get a better...
Speeding up your GitHub workflow with Cline 3.0 and MCP
Since Cline 3.0's release in December 2024 with MCP (Model Context Protocol) support, I've been...
Improving LLM Code Generation with Prompt Engineering
Yesterday I shared some notes on working with LLM-assisted coding, and how I achieved around 70% code...
Speeding Up Development with AI and Cline
Over the past year at Designstripe, we've been extensively using AI tools, including Cursor, Copilot,...
Enhancing Hybrid Search in MongoDB: Combining RRF, Thresholds, and Weights
In my previous blogs, I explored implementing basic hybrid search in MongoDB, combining vector and...
Serverless GPU Computing: A Technical Deep Dive into CloudRun
At DevFest Montreal 2024, I presented a talk on scaling GPU workloads using Google Kubernetes Engine...
InstaMesh: Transforming Still Images into Dynamic Videos
Last week, I dove into exploring ways to automate the creation of promotional videos from a single...
Optimizing MongoDB Hybrid Search with Reciprocal Rank Fusion
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been exploring ways to improve search relevancy using MongoDB's...
Understanding Search Scores in MongoDB Hybrid Search
Over the past few weeks, I've been diving deep into MongoDB's hybrid search capabilities,...
MongoDB Atlas Search Scoring: Using Constant and Function Modifiers
Recently, I've been continuing my exploration of MongoDB Atlas Search with a goal of understanding...
Understanding MongoDB Atlas Search Scoring for Better Search Results
Recently, while implementing hybrid search functionality in our application, I encountered a...
Implementing Complex Semantic Search with MongoDB
Recently, I've been developing a feature to enable semantic search on user-uploaded images. Our...
Google Log-Based Metrics
As an engineering leader at a growing startup, I've recently found myself in the thick of some...
Revolutionizing Code Testing with Claude Dev: A Journey into AI-Assisted Unit Test Generation
In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-powered development tools, Claude Dev...
AI Development with Claude Dev
In the last year, we've seen an explosion of AI-powered tools designed to assist with various tasks....
Debugging large code bases with ChromaDB and Langchain
Over the last week, I've been diving back into Langchain for an upcoming project. While working...
Google PubSub: Number of Unread Messages
This week, I explored different techniques for handling long-running tasks, such as calls to Language...
Is your fine-tuned LLM any good?
Over the past few weeks, I've been diving deep into fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs) for...
Running multiple LLMs on a single GPU
In recent weeks, I have been working on projects that utilize GPUs, and I have been exploring ways to...
Unit Testing LLMs with DeepEval
For the last year I have been working with different LLMs (OpenAI, Claude, Palm, Gemini, etc) and I...
Exploring Prompt Compression with LLMLingua: Balancing Efficiency and Quality
For the last year I have working on integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into different...
Unleashing the Power of LLMLingua: Prompt Compression Performance Testing
Prompt compression has emerged as a powerful technique in the realm of large language models (LLMs)...
Mastering Prompt Compression with LLM Lingua: A Deep Dive into Context Optimization
LLMLingua is a powerful tool that revolutionizes prompt compression for large language models (LLMs)....
How Prompt Compression Enhances RAG Models
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), Retrieval-Augmented Generation...
Creating Thumbnails for a Video in Python with FFMPEG
The following blog will be a continuation of my previous blog which provided an initial introduction...
Mastering Video Previews: A Guide to Compressed Videos and Thumbnails
Last week, I shared insights about OpenAI's revolutionary text-to-video tool, Sora, highlighting its...
Navigating Hybrid Search with MongoDB: Ugly Approach
In my last two blogs [https://dev.to/shannonlal/unlocking-the-power-of-hybrid-search-5bej,...
Building Blocks for Hybrid Search: Combining Keyword and Semantic Search
Welcome back to my series on Hybrid Search, where we explore the fusion of keyword-based and semantic...