Adding Recommendations to my Blog with Algolia / / No Comments I’ve been using Algolia for my site’s search functionality for a few years now and it works great, especially once the free tier expanded to cover the size of my content somewhat better. In that time, I’ve mainly just stuck to basic search functionality and haven’t really touched any of the more advanced features. This weekend I took a look at one I’ve been meaning to play with for some time, Recommendations. My thinking was, of course, a way to recommend/suggest content related to the current blog post you may be reading. This distinction is important because as I looked at the Recommendations marketing and documentation, the content is heavily focused on product... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Adding, Algolia, blog, Recommendations
Automating Movie Recommendations with Generative AI and Pipedream / / No Comments For the past few months or so, I’ve started tracking my movie watching with Letterboxd. I’m not doing a lot of reviews, mostly just logging, but I find it neat to look back and remind myself of what I’ve watched recently. You can see my profile if you’re curious, or check out my "Now" page as well. I thought it might be interesting to see if I could use my Letterboxd data along with Google Gemini as a way to suggest the next movie I should watch. I was able to build a quick workflow using the incredible Pipedream in a few minutes. Let me share with you how I did that. What does it do? # At a high level, my workflow does the following: It runs, automatically,... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Automating, Generative, Movie, Pipedream, Recommendations
Apple might start making travel recommendations in Maps app – The Verge / / No Comments Apple might start making travel recommendations in Maps app The Verge “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Apple, Making, maps, might, Recommendations, Start, travel, Verge
How to Get Restaurant Recommendations on Google Maps With the Redesigned Explore Tab – Lifehacker / / No Comments Lifehacker How to Get Restaurant Recommendations on Google Maps With the Redesigned Explore TabLifehackerIt'll just appear in the app—you don't need to upgrade. To get started, tap the Explore tab. Round buttons appear first to help you quickly find Restaurants, Coffee, and Attractions on the map. The More tab holds tons of other categories, from ATMs to …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Explore, Google, Lifehacker, maps, Recommendations, redesigned, Restaurant