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How to Build Omni Model Dynamic AI Assistants using Intelligent Prompting

My name is Tim Gühnemann, and as an AI engineering working student at ilert, I had the privilege of developing and continuous improving ilert AI, ensuring it meets the needs of our customers and aligns with our vision. ‍ Our goal was to provide all our customers with access to ilert AI. We aimed to develop a solution that could adapt dynamically and function independently based on our use cases, similar to the OpenAI Assistant API.

Event Transparency: Enterprise Scale Alert Debugging with ilert's Event Explorer

At ilert, one of the key tools in our debugging process is the Event Explorer, which provides an extensive overview of incoming events and their processing lifecycle. By reflecting the event process of an alert source, the Event Explorer allows our team to trace event paths, correlate related data, and identify issues quickly.

Reducing noise: configuring alert processing with Terraform

With increasing numbers of alerts, keeping focus on the important and most critical alerts proves to be more and more of a challenge. A reduction of alert noise, meaning the prevention of too many created alerts and any kind of user notifications, is needed to ensure efficient alert response. While a detailed explanation of this topic is given in this blog post, a flexible and automated setup for your relevant resources can be achieved with Terraform using the ilert Terraform provider.

Building Interactive Dashboards: Why React-Grid-Layout Was Our Best Choice

After releasing our first version of the ilert dashboard as a static layout, we knew we wanted to take it further by allowing users to customize and arrange widgets freely. We aimed to provide a truly interactive experience, which led us to search for a library that could handle drag-and-drop and resizing functionalities while integrating well with our existing tech stack.

From iOS to Web Apps: Comparing Setup and Development

I joined ilert as a student front-end software developer. Before, I was mainly writing iOS apps. Even though I already had some experience with web technologies, diving deep into front-end development was a huge step. Both developing iOS apps and web apps share the same kinds of tasks, such as developing the user interface (UI) and writing app logic. However, the actual development environments are completely different.

Building an AI Chatbot Playground with React and Vite

Read how we set up an experimental chatbot environment that allows us to switch LLMs dynamically and enhances the predictability of AI-assisted features' behavior within the ilert platform. The article includes a guide on how you can build something similar if you plan to add AI features with a chatbot interface to your product.

How the ilert Team Achieved a Seamless Migration from Community MySQL to AWS RDS Aurora with Minimal Customer Impact

As our customer base and data demands grew exponentially over the years, scaling our database infrastructure became imperative. Our vision was to set up an active-active database architecture that would ensure regional independence and exceptional service quality globally. Here’s an in-depth look at how our team managed to migrate our production data to AWS RDS Aurora, incorporating cutting-edge strategies to minimize impact during the transitional phase.