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The Generative AI landscape isn’t just evolving; it’s erupting. As a software engineer passionate about leveraging GenAI, I’m inundated daily with news of new tools, updated versions, and groundbreaking LLMs – for coding, for data analysis, for content creation, for everything. Keeping up feels like a frantic sprint with no finish line, and I know I’m not alone in this feeling of being overwhelmed. While this rapid innovation is exhilarating, especially for those of us driving GenAI initiatives within enterprise companies, it presents a significant, pervasive challenge: choosing the right GenAI tools in a market that’s constantly in flux....

MCP: How AI Models Break Free from Their Sandbox Large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 and Claude have transformed how we interact with AI. However, these powerful models have a fundamental limitation: they’re confined to their training data with no native ability to interact with the outside world. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) changes everything by creating a standardized bridge between AI models and external tools. Let’s explore how this game-changing protocol works....

This Bash script aggregates Git repository data into a structured file, providing the necessary context for AI models to generate readable changelogs. It captures commit history, file changes, diffs, and contributor stats since the last tagged release. How It Works The script performs four key operations: Records commit messages between the latest tag and HEAD Lists all modified files in this range Captures detailed diffs for each changed file Collects contributor statistics The Script #!...

Bash Script for Debugging Website DNS, SSL, and Connectivity Issues When managing websites across different hosting providers, debugging connectivity issues can be challenging. I created a bash script that helps identify DNS configurations, SSL certificate details, and site availability in one go. What Does This Script Check? DNS records (A, CNAME, NS) from multiple providers SSL certificate information and expiry dates HTTP/HTTPS responses and redirects Website availability across different protocols The Script #!...

How to Install Bengali Unibijoy Keyboard in Ubuntu 24.04 Looking to type in Bengali on Ubuntu? Here’s a quick guide to set up the Unibijoy keyboard layout. Quick Installation Update your system: sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade Install required packages: sudo apt install ibus ibus-m17n m17n-db Set up IBus: im-config -n ibus ibus restart Adding Bengali Keyboard Open Settings Go to Keyboard Click “+” under Input Sources Click “Other” Search for “Bengali” Select “Bengali (Unijoy)” Click Add Using the Keyboard Press Super+Space to switch between English and Bengali Numbers 0-9 automatically convert to Bengali numerals (০-৯) Use ‘G’ for Dari (।) Troubleshooting If Bengali option isn’t visible:...

As your AWS infrastructure grows, it can become increasingly difficult to keep track of all the resources you’ve created and their associated tags. However, having accurate and comprehensive resource tagging is important for many reasons, such as cost allocation, resource organization, and compliance auditing. In this blog post, we’ll explore a solution that uses the AWS SDK to fetch all resource tags across all AWS regions and store them in a SQLite database....

Benchmarking Golang Code Go provides a benchmarking tool as part of its standard testing package to measure the performance of your code. To use benchmarking in Go, you write a benchmark function and run it with the “go test” command using the -bench flag followed by a regular expression that matches the benchmark function names. Here is an example: //add_test.go package main import "testing" func BenchmarkAdd(b *testing.B) { x := 1 y := 2 for i := 0; i < b....

DevOps for Senior Software Engineers: An Overview of Best Practices and Tools DevOps is a software development approach that prioritizes collaboration, communication, and automation between development and operations teams. Based on the Agile and Lean methodologies, DevOps aims to deliver value to customers quickly and efficiently through automation of the software delivery process. In this article, we will explore the key aspects of DevOps, including collaboration and communication, automation, continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), source control management using Git, and infrastructure as code (IAC) using tools such as Terraform....

How to Enhance Emotional Intelligence for Successful Team Collaboration in Software Development Software development is a team effort that requires not just technical expertise but also emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to understand and manage emotions in oneself and others. It is crucial for creating a collaborative, productive, and harmonious work environment in software teams. In this blog post, we’ll dive into why emotional intelligence is important for software development teams and provide tips for building this critical skill set....

Writing Clean Code in Go This article covers the importance of writing clear, maintainable, and efficient code in the Go programming language. Clean code is a crucial aspect of software development as it makes the code easier to understand, modify, and enhances the application’s overall performance. To write clean code in Go, it’s crucial to follow best practices for code organization, readability, and modularity and avoid anti-patterns that lead to code complexity and bugs....