Zachary Huang

Zachary Huang @zachary62

About: Researcher @MSFTResearch AI Frontiers. I work on LLM Agents and Sys | Phd@ColumbiaCompSci | Prev: @GraySystemsLab @databricks | Fellowship: @GoogleAI

Joined:
Mar 4, 2025

Zachary Huang
articles - 38 total

I just wrote a tutorial showing how to build an AI chatbot for your website that just works. https://dev.to/zachary62/the-easiest-way-to-build-an-ai-chatbot-for-your-website-full-dev-tutorial-37kp

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The Easiest Way to Build an AI Chatbot for Your Website (Full Dev Tutorial)

Want to build an AI chatbot for your website, but worried about the complexity? Are you picturing a...

Learn More 7 0Jun 19

Build an LLM Web App in Python from Scratch: Part 4 (FastAPI, Background Tasks & SSE)

Ever asked an AI to write a whole blog post, only to stare at a loading spinner for five minutes,...

Learn More 7 1Jun 12

Build an LLM Web App in Python from Scratch: Part 3 (FastAPI & WebSockets)

Ever watched ChatGPT type back to you word by word, like it's actually thinking out loud? That's...

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I just wrote a simple tutorial showing how to build your own Python LLM web app using Streamlit from scratch! https://dev.to/zachary62/build-an-llm-web-app-in-python-from-scratch-part-2-streamlit-fsm-277g

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Build an LLM Web App in Python from Scratch: Part 2 (Streamlit & FSM)

Ever wanted to create your own AI-powered image generator, where you call the shots on the final...

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Build an LLM Web App in Python from Scratch: Part 1 (Local CLI)

Ever thought about sprinkling some AI magic into your web app? This is Part 1 of our journey from a...

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I just wrote a simple tutorial showing how to build your own AI Code Generator from scratch! https://dev.to/zachary62/build-your-own-ai-code-generator-from-scratch-a-pocketflow-tutorial-2b65

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Build Your Own AI Code Generator From Scratch — A PocketFlow Tutorial!

Ever wished you could just describe a coding problem and have an AI automatically generate...

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I just wrote a straightforward tutorial showing how to build your own AI Voice Chatbot from the ground up! https://dev.to/zachary62/build-your-own-voice-chatbot-from-scratch-a-pocketflow-tutorial-o93

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Build Your Own Voice Chatbot From Scratch — A PocketFlow Tutorial!

Ever chatted with your smart speaker and wondered, "How'd it DO that?" Or maybe you've dreamed of...

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The Ultimate AI Experiment: When LLMs Play the Danganronpa Killing Game (Part 2)

In Part 1, we talked about why we threw AIs into the wild world of Danganronpa – we wanted AI game...

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The Ultimate AI Experiment: When LLMs Play the Danganronpa Killing Game (Part 1)

Ever wondered what happens when super-smart AI isn't just a tool, but a player in a crazy game of...

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I just published a tutorial on parallel LLM calls: https://dev.to/zachary62/parallel-llm-calls-from-scratch-tutorial-for-dummies-using-pocketflow-1972

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Parallel LLM Calls from Scratch — Tutorial For Dummies (Using PocketFlow!)

Ever felt like your program was stuck waiting... and waiting... for one API call to finish before...

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I just published a hands-on tutorial for LLM Streaming Responses! https://dev.to/zachary62/streaming-llm-responses-tutorial-for-dummies-using-pocketflow-3g9p

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Streaming LLM Responses — Tutorial For Dummies (Using PocketFlow!)

Tired of staring at a loading spinner while the AI thinks? Wish you could just yell "Stop!" when it...

Learn More 5 0May 5

Think Text-to-SQL is complicated? This simple tutorial breaks down how to turn your questions into accurate SQL queries, step-by-step: https://dev.to/zachary62/text-to-sql-from-scratch-tutorial-for-dummies-using-pocketflow-1obd

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Text-to-SQL from Scratch — Tutorial For Dummies (Using PocketFlow!)

Ever wished you could just ask your database questions in plain English instead of wrestling with...

Learn More 5 0Apr 23

Struggling to get clean structured data (like YAML/JSON) from LLMs? I break down 3 must-know prompting tips for reliable structured output in this article: https://dev.to/zachary62/structured-output-for-beginners-3-must-know-prompting-tips-8cc

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Structured Output for Beginners: 3 Must-Know Prompting Tips

Ever ask an AI to pull out key facts – like a name and email – hoping for neat, usable data like...

Learn More 7 0Apr 19

Built a "For Dummies" guide to Chain-of-Thought (CoT), coding it from scratch with simple PocketFlow. See how the thinking loop works: https://dev.to/zachary62/build-chain-of-thought-from-scratch-tutorial-for-dummies-2p6j

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Build Chain-of-Thought From Scratch - Tutorial for Dummies

Ever ask an AI a tricky question and get a hilariously wrong answer? Turns out, AI needs to learn...

Learn More 6 0Apr 16

Google just released A2A protocol. AI agents will soon work as teams instead of solo performers? I break down 3 key differences to MCP at: https://dev.to/zachary62/a2a-protocol-simply-explained-here-are-3-key-differences-to-mcp-3b7l

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A2A Protocol Simply Explained: Here are 3 key differences to MCP!

Imagine a world where your AI assistants don't just work FOR you, but work WITH each other! Google's...

Learn More 12 1Apr 13

Hey folks! I just published a quick, beginner friendly tutorial showing how Model Context Protocol (MCP) works! https://dev.to/zachary62/model-context-protocol-mcp-simply-explained-function-calling-rebranded-or-genuine-breakthrough-4c04

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MCP Simply Explained: Function Calling Rebranded or Genuine Breakthrough?

Ever wished your AI assistant could actually do more than just chat? Like send real emails, schedule...

Learn More 16 0Apr 9

I built an AI agent that explains complex codebases to me with the latest Gemini 2.5 Pro, and the results are unbelievably good! Check out the result and the full dev tutorial! https://dev.to/zachary62/ai-codebase-knowledge-builder-full-dev-tutorial-5109

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AI Codebase Knowledge Builder (Full Dev Tutorial!)

Ever stared at a new codebase feeling completely lost? What if an AI could read it for you and...

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Just published a dummy tutorial for "Retrieval Augmented Generation" (RAG): https://dev.to/zachary62/retrieval-augmented-generation-rag-from-scratch-tutorial-for-dummies-508a

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