Today, we’re talking about building real AI products with foundation models. Not toy demos, not vibes. We’ll get into the boring dashboards that save launches, evals that change your mind, and the shift from analyst to AI app builder. Our guide is Hugo Bowne-Anderson, educator, podcaster, and data scientist, who’s been in the trenches from scalable Python to LLM apps. If you care about shipping LLM features without burning the house down, stick around. 
 
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Vanishing Gradients Podcast: <a href="https://vanishinggradients.fireside.fm?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >vanishinggradients.fireside.fm</a> 
Fundamentals of Dask: High Performance Data Science Course: <a href="https://training.talkpython.fm/courses/fundamentals-of-dask-getting-up-to-speed" target="_blank" >training.talkpython.fm</a> 
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marimo: a next-generation Python notebook: <a href="https://marimo.io?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >marimo.io</a> 
DevDocs (Offline aggregated docs): <a href="https://devdocs.io?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >devdocs.io</a> 
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The End of Programming as We Know It: <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/radar/the-end-of-programming-as-we-know-it/?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >oreilly.com</a> 
LorikeetCX AI Concierge: <a href="https://www.lorikeetcx.ai?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >lorikeetcx.ai</a> 
Text to SQL & AI Query Generator: <a href="https://www.text2sql.ai?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >text2sql.ai</a> 
Inverse relationship enthusiasm for AI and traditional projects: <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/radar/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/LLM-SDLC_Fig1_edit3-1.png?featured_on=talkpython" target="_blank" >oreilly.com</a> 
 
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