Welcome to My Blog

This blog is part of CS 480: Software Development with AI, where I'm learning to work with Large Language Models (LLMs) and other AI tools. The goal is to develop the skill of writing effective prompts and understanding how to leverage AI in development workflows.

About This Blog

• Markdown: For writing content
• Python: For the conversion script
• HTML/CSS: For the presentation layer with a burgundy theme
• Nginx: For serving static content
• Digital Ocean: For hosting (accessible via a custom domain through the GitHub Student Pack)

Two Main Sections

1. CS 480 Section

• Class Reflections: Thoughts and insights from our AI development lessons
• Projects & Assignments: Documentation of projects and work completed in class
• Learning Milestones: Key concepts and breakthroughs in my AI learning journey
• Prompt Engineering: Exploring effective techniques for working with LLMs

2. Personal Section

• Ancient Coin Identification Research: Comparative study of deep metric learning architectures for automated coin classification, utilizing ResNet50 and InceptionV3 backbones.
• Personal Projects: Side projects and experiments with AI technologies
• AI Exploration: Learning and documenting my independent AI/ML studies
• Development Interests: Tools and technologies I'm exploring outside of class

Technical Implementation

• Static HTML generation from Markdown source files
• Consistent styling with a responsive, burgundy-themed design
• Automatic table of contents for easy navigation
• Version control friendly workflow with Git

Prompt Engineering & AI Tools

A key part of this project is learning to write better prompts. Each reflection includes thoughtful prompts used to generate insights about AI tools and development practices. This blog itself was created through iterative prompting with LLMs to build the blog system, styling, and deployment strategy.

Deployment

The blog is deployed on Digital Ocean with Nginx serving the static files. A custom domain (received from .TECH Domains through the GitHub Student Pack) provides easy access and professional presentation.

~Shree Last updated: January 25, 2026