Why Prompt Management Matters for Agentic Applications
Have you experienced it already? You are working on an agentic solution and writing prompts for large language models. Where do you put your prompts? Do you write your prompt in your Python file itself? Or are you creating a separate file containing the prompt, then loading it into a variable to pass it to the model when invoking it?
By Joris Conijn
read moreOrganizing Git Access per Customer with 1Password SSH Agent
As consultants, we must juggle multiple credentials, including those from Xebia. But we are also onboarded at the customers where we are hired for our assignments. I already blogged on how I separate my browser sessions for different clients. This gives me the ability to have relevant bookmarks for my assignment. This blog will continue to explain how I organize my git access and separate them per customer.
By Joris Conijn
read moreFrom Sparks to Systems Implementing Agentic AI at Scale
The future of AI isn’t just about smarter models—it’s about building systems that can think, act, and adapt autonomously in production environments. Moving from experimental AI prototypes to scalable, reliable agentic systems presents unique challenges that most organizations are just beginning to understand.
Fixing oversized artifacts AWS CDK Pipelines
I built a workload using AWS CDK, and the CodePipeline stopped working at the worst moment. It was right at the end of the sprint; we had done multiple deployments before. But at this moment, the moment you might recognize. When this last PR is released, we will have met our deadline! Kaboom, the pipeline stops working, and the reason for the failure is not related to the changes you made.
By Joris Conijn
read moreAWS CDK and the Hidden Risks to Least Privilege
Have we given up on the least privileged principle? Personally, I am a big fan of it. But let’s be honest, it can also be tough to follow the principle strictly. With the rise of CDK, it became even harder.
By Joris Conijn
read moreOptimizing OpenSearch Ingestion: Ensuring Reliability, Efficiency, and Cost Savings
Ingesting data into an OpenSearch cluster looks easy if you read the documentation. The truth is it is easy, but it all depends on how much you care about the data you are ingesting. Let me go one step back. Why do we even use OpenSearch? With the rise of AI, you also need a knowledge base. These knowledge bases can be hosted in OpenSearch. However, to use the OpenSearch database, you must also fill it out with data.
By Joris Conijn
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