Experiments With Gen AI, Knowledge Graphs, Workflows, and Python

Are you looking for some projects where you can practice your Python skills? Would you like to experiment with building a generative AI app or an automated knowledge graph sentiment analysis tool? This week on the show, we speak with Raymond Camden about his journey into Python, his work in developer relations, and the Python projects featured on his blog.

Raymond is a developer evangelist and advocate who works with APIs, AI, and the web. He’s been expanding his developer knowledge by learning Python and documenting his journey through his blog and with the live-streaming show Code Break.

We discuss a couple of his recent Python projects. The first is building a resume review and revision system with generative AI and Flask. The other project uses Diffbot’s knowledge graph and Pipedream’s workflow tools to create an automated sentiment analysis tool.

This episode is sponsored by AMD.

Topics:

• 00:00:00 – Introduction
• 00:03:15 – Programming background and learning Python
• 00:07:59 – What’s been hard about learning a new language?
• 00:09:26 – Learning pip, managing packages, and suggesting uv
• 00:12:26 – Developer relations and sharing knowledge
• 00:14:40 – Sponsor: AMD - AIatAMD
• 00:15:17 – Moving things from Code Break to the blog
• 00:17:27 – Building a resume review and revise system with Gen AI
• 00:31:58 – Video Course Spotlight
• 00:33:16 – Adding the revision step
• 00:35:59 – Exploring code assistance
• 00:38:52 – Changing into the developer relations role
• 00:41:40 – Using Diffbot and Pipedream for sentiment analysis project
• 00:48:06 – Pipedream workflow with Python scripts
• 00:53:28 – What are you excited about in the world of Python?
• 00:55:45 – What do you want to learn next?
• 00:57:45 – How can people follow your work online?
• 00:58:03 – Thanks and goodbye

Show Links:

• Raymond Camden
• Code Break - CFE.dev
• Exploring AI with Gemini and Transformers.js - CFE.dev
• Building a Resume Review and Revise System with Generative AI and Flask
• Flask Quickstart - Flask Documentation
• Get a Gemini API key - Google AI for Developers
• Automating and Responding to Sentiment Analysis with Diffbot’s Knowledge Graph
• Diffbot - Knowledge Graph, AI Web Data Extraction and Crawling
• Python Posts - Raymond Camden (27 Posts)
• Pipedream - Connect APIs, AI, databases, and more
• Geolocating a Folder of Images with Python
• Mastering Google Fu: An Expert’s Guide To Advanced Search Techniques
• uv - Astral
• Managing Python Projects With uv: An All-in-One Solution – Real Python
• Episode #238: Charlie Marsh: Accelerating Python Tooling With Ruff and uv – The Real Python Podcast
• marimo - A next-generation Python notebook
• Episode #230: marimo: Reactive Notebooks and Deployable Web Apps in Python
• Drumeo - Reach your drumming goals
• Jess Bowen Hears Rage Against The Machine For The First Time - YouTube
• REAL ID - Homeland Security
• PyCon US 2025
• Raymond Camden - LinkedIn
• Raymond Camden (@raymondcamden@mastodon.social) - Mastodon

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