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Applied AI & Spring AI Projects

Self-directed Java and Spring AI projects exploring RAG, conversational memory, and multiple model providers.

Independent, self-directed projects I build to learn and apply practical AI engineering. These are personal projects and are not affiliated with any employer.

Role
Independent projects
Domain
Applied AI (Personal / Self-Learning)
Timeframe
Jan 2025 - Present · Personal

Highlights

  • Multi-provider LLM integration across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and Ollama
  • RAG over application-specific documents
  • Conversational memory across interactions

About these projects

Alongside my professional work, I invest in hands-on AI learning through personal projects. They are self-directed and not affiliated with any employer, which lets me experiment freely with providers, patterns, and trade-offs.

What I have built

  • Java and Spring AI prototypes integrating multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini) and local models via Ollama.
  • Conversational memory to maintain context across user interactions.
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows that answer questions from application-specific documents and knowledge.
  • Comparisons across providers covering prompt design, token usage, response quality, fallback strategies, and integration patterns.
  • Experiments with local models through Ollama to understand privacy, infrastructure, performance, and cost trade-offs.

Current direction

I am now exploring agentic, tool-enabled AI for practical enterprise use cases, applying the same backend discipline I bring to any other integration work.

Technologies

JavaSpring AIRAGLLM IntegrationPrompt EngineeringOpenAIAnthropicGoogle GeminiOllama

Next step

Need help with Java backend development, architecture, or AI integration?

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Open to senior Java backend roles in the Netherlands and the wider EU, including hybrid and remote, plus architecture reviews and backend-led AI integration work.