If you'd like to invite me to speak on your podcast, at an event, or contribute a guest post, email me. I'd love to discuss how we can collaborate to inspire and educate others.
Looking forward to connecting!
Landon Gray
Upcoming Appearances
Podcasts
Podcast
Indie Rails Episode #41: AI Consulting with Landon Gray
Landon Gray is a Rubyist, speaker, strategic advisor, and AI engineer. In May, he left Test Double to found Identus Consulting, where he helps companies with generative AI and machine learning.
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Podcast
Changelog & Friends 11: An aberrant generation of programmers
A discussion about the evolving landscape of programming and how AI is changing the way developers work.
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Conference
Ruby on RAG: Building AI Use Cases for Fun and Profit
This talk covers what RAG is, how it works, and why we should be building RAG applications in Ruby and Rails. I share code examples of what a toy RAG pipeline looks like in native Ruby and do a live demo of a simple RAG application.
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Conference
Forecasting the Future: An Introduction to Machine Learning for Weather Prediction in Native Ruby
Exploring practical approaches to implementing machine learning models for weather prediction using pure Ruby, without dependencies on external ML libraries.
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Conference
Forecasting the Future: An Intro to Machine Learning with Ruby
Asked "Why aren't people doing Machine Learning in Native Ruby?" and decided to take action. This engaging talk shares ideas and thoughts and culminates in an ML project using Ruby with Jupyter + iruby.
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Conference
Building an AI Community with Ruby
Have you ever considered building a machine learning model in Ruby? This talk walks through the process of building a simple ML model in Ruby that predicts the weather, and explores various tools and libraries used.
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Meetup
The Missing Piece: Effective Tooling for Building Robust AI and Data Science Applications in Ruby
A discussion of the tools and approaches for building effective AI and data science applications in Ruby, focusing on practical implementation strategies.
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Meetup
Surely You Must Be Joking, Jupyter Notebooks with Ruby!
Discover the unexpected combination of Jupyter notebooks and Ruby as we explore Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). This demonstration shows how to leverage Ruby within the Jupyter environment to help build and ideate AI projects.
Watch Recording →Guest Posts & Articles
Article
Forecasting the Future
An exploration of machine learning concepts in Ruby and how they can be applied to practical problems like weather forecasting.
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Article
4 Reasons to Be a Software Consultant
Insights on the benefits of consulting as a career path for software developers, including variety of work, continuous learning, and impact.
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