The evolved developer with Muhammad Farooq

People of AI

Meet Muhammad Farooq, a machine learning engineer and a YouTuber on the channel @engineerprompt, where he explains AI concepts and builds his own projects. In this episode of People of AI, hosts Ashley and Christina chat with Muhammad about his journey in tech, his open source project localGPT, and how he's helping organizations deploy scalable AI solutions.

Chapters: 0:00 Intro 3:15 From Ph.D to YouTube Creator 4:50 First viral YouTube hit 8:20 RAG and why it matters 11:20 The origins of localGPT 15:20 What has changed with building in the last 2 years 18:35 How AI tools and models have matured 19:50 Becoming a technical manager to LLMs 22:20 What agentic coding has enabled Muhammad to build in localGPT 2.0 27:45 Better maintaining open source projects by leveraging AI 28:50 What to watch out for when building with agentic systems 31:20 Advice for junior developers 35:40 Differences between how junior devs and senior devs use AI tools 39:19 Specs-driven development 41:20 Advice for experimenting with AI tools 42:50 The problem with overly-agreeable LLMs 45:10 Why long-context windows are useful for coding 47:30 Advice for someone launching a tech-focused YouTube channel 51:40 Rapid Fire Questions

Resources: @engineerprompt YouTube Channel → https://goo.gle/4m8HCmn localGPT → https://goo.gle/45qwiuH localGPT 2.0 - Building the Best Private RAG System → https://goo.gle/4fwvyJb Muhammad’s website → https://goo.gle/47aHaj9 Muhammad on X → https://goo.gle/4lraJjz Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity → https://goo.gle/4oqVGct

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Speaker: Christina Warren, Ashley Oldacre Products Mentioned: AI