Asaf Zamir – Chief Technology Officer & AI/Cloud Consultant. Founder of CloudExpat, AZdev. Author of Coder to CTO.

Introduction

Function calling transforms LLMs from chat interfaces into autonomous agents. This guide shows you how to implement it correctly across different providers.

During a previous project setup, I found myself deep in ESLint configuration files, fine-tuning rules and debating the merits of various code style choices. This experience got me thinking about the balance between code quality tools and development velocity.

Happy 2025! Starting the year by sharing a solution that might save you some debugging time.

Introduction

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is revolutionizing how financial institutions handle data and generate insights. This guide will walk you through building a cloud-native RAG system for enterprise FinTech applications.

In the forever complex world of software development, diagrams serve as vital tools for visualization, planning, and communication. However, the traditional approach to diagram creation often results in static images that are difficult to update and maintain alongside dynamic codebases. Addressing this challenge, an innovative hybrid method utilizing PlantUML (PUML) for complex state diagrams and Graphviz for simpler illustrative diagrams emerges, is an efficient and long-term solution.