What happens when you combine Microsoft Blazor with a new cutting-edge open source data editor and the latest Open AI 4o model? In this blog post, we’ll explore how the OpenAI LLM model can be used to update an Excel-like data editor control within a Blazor application. We can use AI to update data based on rules it infers from data edits you make.   The Application   In this first example we edit the phone number field to add the area code .   ..read more

Blazor WebAssembly allows you to access the virtual file system in the web browser. This allows you to use the standard C# file system code to create directories and read and write files. The only disadvantage is that the directories and files disappear when the web browser is refreshed. In this article we will demonstrate how to zip up any directories and files and store them in LocalStorage that will persist between web browser sessions. We will also add code that will detect whe ..read more

This explains how to use Github with Godot .   Open a Godot 4 file and select Version Control/Create Version Control metadata…   Select Git then OK .   Go to https://Github.com and create a repository.   ( Note: Due to a limitation with the plug-in you have to make the default branch called “master” (huge sigh))   Create a PAT by going here: https://github.com/settings/tokens   Select classic token ..read more

You can authenticate the users in your Blazor application (and even manage your users) using Azure Active Directory B2C . Also see: Creating A Blazor WebAssembly Azure B2C Application   Azure Active Directory B2C Azure Active Directory B2C is a service that allows your Blazor website users to log in using their preferred social or enterprise logins (or they can create a new local account in your Azure B2C tenant ). Because this is an Azure Active Directory te ..read more

Blazor is a web framework that allows developers to build interactive web applications using C# and HTML. It provides a server-side hosting model where Blazor is executed on the server from within an ASP.NET Core app. This hosting model allows Blazor to handle user management and securely communicate with external resources like large language model APIs. Godot is a free and open-source game engine that allows developers to create 2D and 3D games with various languages and feat ..read more

Just published Azure OpenAI Using C# Exploring Microsoft Azure OpenAI and embeddings and vectors to implement Artificial Intelligence applications using C# Discover the power and potential of Azure OpenAI, and harness it seamlessly with C#. Dive into the vast world of Azure OpenAI with this comprehensive guide tailored for C# developers. "Azure OpenAI in C#" bridges the gap between cutting-edge AI services on Azure and the ever-evolving world of C# programming. Whether you ..read more

Writing fiction stories with large language models (LLMs) can be challenging, especially when the story spans multiple chapters or scenes. LLMs have a hard time processing large amounts of text because they have a limited context window. This means that they can only remember a certain number of tokens or words at a time. This causes them to ‘forget’ information outside of their context window, such as the names, traits, and actions of the characters. This is problematic if you are using ..read more

(A series of embedding vectors plotted by http://projector.tensorflow.org/ ) An embedding is a way to represent a piece of text that captures what it means. It is represented as a vector of floating-point numbers where each element has a specific value and position within the vector. The relationships between these values help to represent the meaning of the original text in a way that machine learning models can understand. If two embeddings are close together, it means that th ..read more

This article will demonstrate how Azure OpenAI Function calling can be used with the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pattern. The advantages of using this method over the method described in the article: Azure OpenAI RAG Pattern using a SQL Vector Database are: This method allows the model to make multiple vector searches if needed The developer is not required to create a complex  prompt of instructions   Rag Pattern VS Functions As described in the ..read more

The Azure OpenAI API is a powerful tool that allows developers to leverage the natural language understanding and generation capabilities of GPT models. However, sometimes developers may want to use the model’s output to interact with other services or applications, such as sending an email, booking a flight, or creating a chart. How can they do that without having to parse the model’s output manually or write complex logic to handle different scenarios? The answer is function calling . Fu ..read more