How to Build Your Own Local AI Agent with Tool Calling and Memory
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to build a local AI agent with tool calling and short-term memory using LangChain v1, Ollama, Qwen, and Python. The agent decides on…
Is Inclusion the Solution to Employee Burnout?
Greetings, corporate warriors! Today, we embark on a journey through the labyrinthine corridors of corporate America, armed with our wits and a burning question: Is inclusion the antidote to…
What We’re Buying, What We’re Ditching, and What’s Keeping Us Awake at Night
Every few years, the recruitment world hits a technological inflection point. Remember when LinkedIn Recruiter changed how we sourced, or when ATS platforms like Greenhouse and Lever made spreadsheets extinct?…
coworkers want me to do work that’s not my job, boss constantly changes his mind, and more
It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Did HR handle my complaint incorrectly? Last year, a high-up, well-respected VP, “Frank,” announced he would be resigning. We were…
How to Implement Zero-Trust Workload Identity in Kubernetes with SPIFFE, SPIRE, and Cilium
Your network policy says: allow traffic from 10.0.1.45. Yesterday, 10.0.1.45 was your payment service. Today, after a rolling deployment, it’s your logging agent. Your payment service is now at 10.0.1.89….
Mastering the AI-Human Balance in Recruitment
If you’ve been in the trenches of talent acquisition for more than a few years, you’ve felt the shift. We are no longer just recruiters; we are talent intelligence analysts,…
I’m a new manager, and it’s gone badly
I’m going to echo a couple of others here, but LW, there are a lot of really important details we’re missing here, and while I am loathe to just assume…
Why AI Won’t Save Bad Recruiting (But It Just Might Save Yours)
Let’s be brutally honest for a second: recruitment can sometimes feel like trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube in the dark while someone shouts conflicting instructions at you. On one…
is everyone working 40 hours a week except me?
A reader writes: I’m about 15 years into my professional career, and there is something that has really bothered me the whole time. Do people with office jobs that are…
What Software Engineers Should Know
AI products often look simple from the outside. You type a question into ChatGPT and get an answer. You ask GitHub Copilot to complete a function and it writes code….