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Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) using Functions with Mistral and .NET

Posted on February 15, 2025

This blog is the third of three, where I decided to try out Mistral.AI. This article covers how to use Mistral’s large language models (LLMs) in conjunction with functions that are exposed to Mistral. The LLM will then choosse to execute/use those functions if it feels they provide additional context... [Read More]

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Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with Mistral and .NET

Posted on February 15, 2025

This post is the second of three, where I decided to try out Mistral.AI. This article covers how to use Mistral’s large language models (LLMs) to use Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to query your own documents. [Read More]

Tags: mistral ai

Storing embeddings in PostgreSQL using Mistral and .NET

Posted on February 15, 2025

This post is the first of three, where I decided to try out Mistral.AI. This article covers how to use Mistral’s large language models (LLMs) to create embeddings from your own documents using .NET. [Read More]

Tags: mistral ai

Adding user name and email address to an Auth0 access token

Posted on November 13, 2024

When creating a Single Page Application (SPA) with a backend API using [Auth0], there are two types of tokens you will encounter: [Read More]

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Assigning custom application roles in Entra Admin Center

Posted on September 5, 2024

I find the Entra admin center completely unintuitive when it comes to assigning custom roles to my own enterprise applications, so this post is a reminder to myself as to how to create and assign the roles. [Read More]

Tags: azure

Detecting Windows servers needing a reboot with Powershell

Posted on August 28, 2024

The below Powershell script can be used to get a list of Windows servers that need a reboot: [Read More]

Tags: powershell

Stopping and starting Windows services with Powershell

Posted on August 28, 2024

This is a useful Powershell snippet for my future reference. At my work, we install Windows services across multiple application servers, and these services are all named by convention with a common prefix. [Read More]

Tags: powershell

Running MongoDb Commands as a Scheduled Task On Windows

Posted on July 26, 2024

To execute commands against a MongoDb database as a scheduled task is simple, and requires two files. [Read More]

Tags: mongodb

Azure Networking Fundamentals

Posted on March 22, 2024

VNets (Virtual Networks) [Read More]

Tags: azure

Azure Functions Local Development

Posted on March 22, 2024

Azure functions can be developed locally on Windows using VSCode or Visual Studio. This article covers how to create local functions using Visual Studio. Note that you can also do this in VSCode - you will need the Azure Tools extensions and the Azure Functions Core Tools. [Read More]

Tags: azure