Hi, I’m Erick 👋

I work with AI, databases, and software every day — and I write about what I learn along the way. Expect honest takes, practical tutorials, and the occasional deep dive.

I share what’s useful, straight from real world experience. No fluff, no hype.

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Build an AI movie recommender Python and TypeScript app on Cassandra

Ten weekly posts that build one AI movie app, cMovie, from scratch on Apache Cassandra 5.0 - SAI filtering, vector search and a RAG assistant, one working part at a time.

Talk to your database with Bob, the AI builder

Connect Bob IDE to Astra DB via MCP and create collections, insert records, and run bulk updates through plain English, zero code required.

Talk to your DB with no code, just Claude

Connect Claude to your DB via MCP and watch it create collections, insert records, and run bulk updates through plain English, zero code required.

From Words to Vectors: A Beginner's Guide to Vector Search and AI Databases

New to embeddings, LLMs, and vector databases? Start from first principles and end up understanding how modern AI systems search for meaning, not just keywords — with a working Python example.

You already trust this DB, let it run your AI stack too

Bolting a separate vector database onto your operational store creates two schemas, two consistency models, and two failure domains. See why Cassandra keeps it all in one system.

You picked the wrong database

Not all AI databases are created equal. See how Cassandra runs vector + metadata search in a single query, at scale.