You build ten generative AI projects with Ollama, one at a time — set up, load a model, write the prompt, get the output. The run ends with a full RAG pipeline: a PDF turned into embeddings, stored in FAISS, and searched with Qwen. The catch is that these are day-one builds, not hardened applications.
How it works
- Each project repeats the same loop: set up the environment, install and load the model, write and test the prompt, generate the output
- Models run locally through Ollama, including Qwen for the final project
- The last project builds a retrieval pipeline: load a PDF, split the text, embed it, store it in a FAISS vector database, then search and prompt against it
- One project extracts a YouTube video ID, pulls its transcript, and summarizes it with a local model
What is in it
- 39 lectures, about 2.9 hours of video, across ten projects plus an introduction
- Projects include local chatbots, content generators, a transcript summarizer, and a RAG search tool
- Tools: Ollama, Qwen, FAISS
The catch
There’s no cloud model here — everything runs locally through Ollama, so you’ll need a machine that can handle it, and the source material doesn’t say what that machine needs to be. The code is built to work, not to survive production traffic or bad input.
