Episode 29: Claude Cowork, AI Linguistics, and 3D Printing

About this episode

The episode explores the integration of AI tools in development workflows, focusing on Claude Cowork and real-world applications like 3D printing.

Welcome to an inside look at how our devs are testing out where AI can help versus hinder every day work conundrums. Our team's focus in this meeting is Claude Cowork, a tool designed to track everything within a specified local folder.As for team demonstrations and discussions, Xandon uses a plugin that parses FileMaker XML to generate web-based code reviews and actionable recommendations. Nick showcases a clever approach to token efficiency, using Python scripts to convert verbose XML data into a concise format that LLMs like Claude and Gemini can process with greater accuracy.Beyond development, the team shares their real-world applications of AI assistants, like John generating precise 3D printing step files based on scanned images and measurements.

People in this episode

Host: Portage Bay Solutions

Topics covered

• AI in development
• FileMaker tools
• 3D printing applications
• XML data processing
• Token efficiency
• AI assistants

Keywords

• AI
• Claude Cowork
• FileMaker
• 3D printing
• XML
• Python
• token efficiency
• Gemini

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Claude Cowork, FileMaker, Python, Gemini, 3D printing

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