Shelley and Rob build a support desk around a rented model, using a made-up lamp shop called Northlamp. The season covers prompts, retrieval, LangChain, LangGraph, agents, tests, and the doors that keep a helpful draft from spending money. Shelley and Rob build a support desk around a rented model, using a made-up lamp shop called Northlamp. The season covers prompts, retrieval, LangChain, LangGraph, agents, tests, and the doors that keep a helpful draft from spending money. A rented model is not a system AI engineering, LangChain, LangGraph, RAG, agents https://www.cloudadorn.com/ en-us Cloudadorn Academy false Shelley and Rob Cloudadorn Academy info@cloudadorn.com serial yes f3dedcc6-2837-5f20-8ece-55d2cfde09e5 no Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:12:39 +0000 Shelley and Rob build a support desk around a rented model, using a made-up lamp shop called Northlamp. The season covers prompts, retrieval, LangChain, LangGraph, agents, tests, and the doors that keep a helpful draft from spending money.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e01 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:12:39 +0000 624 1 1 full false support desk, sign-in, laptop demo A laptop demo is not a desk you can leave on. Two lists before any diagram, and sign-in before the model guesses who is asking. A laptop demo is not a desk you can leave on. Two lists before any diagram, and sign-in before the model guesses who is asking. A laptop demo is not a desk you can leave on. Two lists before any diagram, and sign-in before the model guesses who is asking.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e02 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:14:39 +0000 438 2 1 full false rented model, weights, leaderboard The model guesses the next piece of text. You call someone else's, or you host weights they trained. A leaderboard does not grade your lamp shop. The model guesses the next piece of text. You call someone else's, or you host weights they trained. A leaderboard does not grade your lamp shop. The model guesses the next piece of text. You call someone else's, or you host weights they trained. A leaderboard does not grade your lamp shop.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e03 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:16:39 +0000 574 3 1 full false standing note, customer mail, examples The standing note and this customer's mail are different. Examples teach the habit you showed, including the bad one. The standing note and this customer's mail are different. Examples teach the habit you showed, including the bad one. The standing note and this customer's mail are different. Examples teach the habit you showed, including the bad one.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e04 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:18:39 +0000 485 4 1 full false Pydantic, refund, form Pydantic checks the fields. A promise of a refund is a box the program can reject. The model does not press send. Pydantic checks the fields. A promise of a refund is a box the program can reject. The model does not press send. Pydantic checks the fields. A promise of a refund is a box the program can reject. The model does not press send.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e05 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:20:39 +0000 590 5 1 full false RAG, chunking, search RAG, chunking, word search versus meaning, and what to do when yesterday's return window is still in the bot's mouth. RAG, chunking, word search versus meaning, and what to do when yesterday's return window is still in the bot's mouth. RAG, chunking, word search versus meaning, and what to do when yesterday's return window is still in the bot's mouth.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e06 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:22:39 +0000 392 6 1 full false cache, how-to, live price Reuse a stable how-to. Do not cache a live price or someone else's order. Reuse a stable how-to. Do not cache a live price or someone else's order. Reuse a stable how-to. Do not cache a live price or someone else's order.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e07 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:24:39 +0000 484 7 1 full false fine-tune, small model, rules Rules, tools, a small model, a strong model, a person. Fine-tune a habit only after the file has failed. Rules, tools, a small model, a strong model, a person. Fine-tune a habit only after the file has failed. Rules, tools, a small model, a strong model, a person. Fine-tune a habit only after the file has failed.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e08 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:26:39 +0000 611 8 1 full false LangChain, LangGraph, human approval LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, and MCP. A person still approves before money moves. LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, and MCP. A person still approves before money moves. LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, and MCP. A person still approves before money moves.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e09 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:28:39 +0000 431 9 1 full false memory, summary, ticket The whole thread, the last few turns, or a summary. The ticket wins when they disagree. The whole thread, the last few turns, or a summary. The ticket wins when they disagree. The whole thread, the last few turns, or a summary. The ticket wins when they disagree.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e10 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:30:39 +0000 457 10 1 full false golden set, rerun, proof A small set of real mail, rerun on purpose. Silence and a thumbs-up are not proof. A small set of real mail, rerun on purpose. Silence and a thumbs-up are not proof. A small set of real mail, rerun on purpose. Silence and a thumbs-up are not proof.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e11 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:32:39 +0000 398 11 1 full false API gateway, spend caps, backup vendor A stranger ran up the bill writing an essay, and the vendor had an outage mid sale. Two doors: one caps who may knock and how hard, one holds the keys and the backup vendor. A stranger ran up the bill writing an essay, and the vendor had an outage mid sale. Two doors: one caps who may knock and how hard, one holds the keys and the backup vendor. A stranger ran up the bill writing an essay, and the vendor had an outage mid sale. Two doors: one caps who may knock and how hard, one holds the keys and the backup vendor.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e11b Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:34:39 +0000 392 12 1 full false Docker, ledger, queue The desk lived on a laptop and the lid closed. Docker, a machine that stays on, a ledger so two copies answer a customer once, a queue, a worker, and an alert that rings a phone. The desk lived on a laptop and the lid closed. Docker, a machine that stays on, a ledger so two copies answer a customer once, a queue, a worker, and an alert that rings a phone. The desk lived on a laptop and the lid closed. Docker, a machine that stays on, a ledger so two copies answer a customer once, a queue, a worker, and an alert that rings a phone.

]]> cloudadorn.academy.aie.s01e12 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:36:39 +0000 475 13 1 full false prompt injection, signed list, harm Name the harm. Do not rehearse it. A signed list of what the bot must never say. Name the harm. Do not rehearse it. A signed list of what the bot must never say. Name the harm. Do not rehearse it. A signed list of what the bot must never say.

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