Ben Perlmutter
AI Engineer & Tech Writer
Hi! I'm an AI engineer and technical writer. I work at the intersection of content and code.
Core Competencies
Generative AI
Learning Quickly
Technical Writing
Cloud Computing
Technologies
I have experience with the following languages, frameworks, and technologies.
AWS
Dart
Electron
Firebase
Flutter
GraphQL
JavaScript
Kotlin
Kubernetes
MongoDB
OpenAI APIs
PostgreSQL
Python
React
Realm
TypeScript
Webflow
Wordpress
Projects
MongoDB Docs AI Chatbot
Chat with the MongoDB documentation with a generative AI chatbot
Recent Ramblings
iPad-Enforced Focus
July 6th, 2024How using an iPad instead of a computer has made me more focused, more productive, and less likely to mindlessly scroll on Instagram Reels.
Knowledge Is the New Uranium
June 26th, 2024Conference talk about the many powerful ways to use your content with LLMs. Presented at AI Engineers World's Fair, June 2024.
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The RAG Proxy
June 9th, 2024Improving LLM performance on domain specific tasks with hidden RAG.
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MongoDB Chatbot Framework Learning Byte
April 29th, 2024Video overview of MongoDB Chatbot Framework for MongoDB University
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The Von Neumann Cognitive Architecture
April 10th, 2024A base architecture for building cognitive apps
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The Emerging Generative AI Content Ecosystem
April 3rd, 2024Conference talk from AI the Docs - April 3, 2024.
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The MongoDB AI Chatbot Framework: From Skunkworks to Production
March 19th, 2024I went on MongoDB TV to talk about the MongoDB Chatbot Framework.
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podcast
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Technical Education in the Age of Generative AI
March 18th, 2024Examining how emerging generative AI technologies facilitate a future of bespoke technical educational experiences.
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Build a Production-Ready, Intelligent Chatbot With the MongoDB Chatbot Framework
January 26th, 2024The MongoDB Chatbot Framework is a set of libraries that you can use to build a production-ready, full-stack chatbot application using TypeScript, Express.js, and React.
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Exploring Custom GPTs
January 7th, 2024Exploring the utility, potential, and fun of ChatGPT's custom GPTs
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From RAG to the Knowledge Retrieval Tool
December 26th, 2023Fitting retrieval augmented generation (RAG) into LLM tool calling
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Why Chat is the Best Interface for LLMs (for now?)
December 15th, 2023Taking a look at why chatbots have become the best interface for the current generation of LLMs, and what's coming next.
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MongoDB Podcast: Building the MongoDB Docs AI Chatbot
November 20th, 2023I went on the MongoDB podcast to talk about the MongoDB Docs AI Chatbot.
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Taking RAG to Production with the MongoDB Documentation AI Chatbot
November 14th, 2023An overview of how we built the MongoDB docs AI chatbot
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LangChain as Docs for the LLM Ecosystem
June 25th, 2023And why ~I don't care for~ have mixed opinions on their libraries
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Output Raw Markdown with ChatGPT
May 26th, 2023How you can use ChatGPT to output raw, unformatted Markdown
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ESLint Documentation Update Project
December 20th, 2022Over the past couple of months I've been working on updating the technical documentation for ESLint, the JavaScript linter.
Unit Test the Docs - Write the Docs Portland '22
June 1st, 2022Conference talk about adding unit-tested code examples to documentation. Presented at Write The Docs Portland 2022.
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