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Building a Personal AI Agent: From Packets to Prompts (Step-by-Step)

2025-12-16 post Matt Ferguson
This post walks through how I built a personal knowledge AI agent that answers questions about my professional career, grounded entirely on me (my resume, certifications, interviews, blog posts). Along the way, I’ll trace the path of a prompt from user input to AI response, just like I used to trace packets through a network stack. Continue reading

How to Build a Serverless Image Analysis Pipeline on OCI

2025-09-24 post Matt Ferguson
This guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough for building a complete, serverless image analysis pipeline on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). You’ll learn how to deploy a containerized web app that saves uploaded images to Object Storage, automatically triggering an event-driven serverless Function. This function then leverages the OCI Vision AI service to perform object detection, ultimately storing the resulting JSON metadata in an Oracle Autonomous Database to create a powerful, end-to-end workflow that transforms raw images into structured, analyzable data. Continue reading

An OCI VisionAI Service and Cloud-navtive Pipeline

2025-09-23 post Matt Ferguson
Migrating Serverless Applications to OCI: End-to-End AI Vision Pipeline I’ve been working on this project for some time, and I’m excited to finally share it with you. This post also serves as a preview of my upcoming session at Oracle CloudWorld / AI World — Strategies for Migrating Serverless Applications to OCI [SHO1222] — where I’ll be co-presenting with my colleagues Tom Moore and Shadai Williams on October 15th 2025. Continue reading