As an avid tinkerer and a veteran of many hackathons, I know the rush of pushing out a minimum viable product, caveats be damned. There‘s an indescribable thrill to watching real users stumble across your half-baked creation and, against all odds, actually derive some value from it. But as any battle-scarred engineer can attest, the…
Facebook Messenger chatbots are rapidly growing in popularity as a way for businesses and organizations to automate customer support, provide information, generate leads, and more—all through the familiar, convenient interface of Facebook Messenger. Over 2 billion messages are exchanged between businesses and customers on Messenger each month, making it an extremely valuable channel for reaching…
Chatbots have come a long way since the days of simple rule-based systems like ELIZA in the 1960s. With the rapid advancement of natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning techniques in recent years, today‘s chatbots are capable of engaging in increasingly human-like conversation, providing personalized recommendations, and even assisting with complex tasks. The global…
Are you ready to bring some laughter into people‘s lives with a chatbot? In this comprehensive tutorial, we‘ll walk through the process of creating a joke-telling chatbot using SAP Conversational AI and deploying it on Facebook Messenger. As a full-stack developer and professional coder, I‘ll share my insights, best practices, and expert tips to help…
Chatbots have become increasingly popular in recent years, with businesses and individuals alike leveraging them to automate conversations, provide quick assistance, and enhance user experiences. Among the various messaging platforms, WhatsApp stands out as a prime candidate for chatbot integration due to its massive user base and intuitive interface. In this comprehensive guide, we‘ll embark…
Chatbots have rapidly evolved from a niche tool to a mainstream medium for businesses to engage customers and automate tasks. The global chatbot market size is expected to grow from $2.6 billion in 2019 to $9.4 billion by 2024, at an annual growth rate of 29.7% during the forecast period [^1]. As organizations increasingly adopt…
Chatbots are all the rage these days. It seems like every business is launching a chatbot to automate customer service, answer FAQs, or provide an interactive experience. As a developer, I‘ve been fascinated by chatbots for a while but had never actually built one myself. So last weekend, I challenged myself to learn about chatbot…
As a chatbot developer, one of the most important decisions you‘ll make is how to structure and store your bot‘s data. The choice of database model has far-reaching implications for your chatbot‘s functionality, performance, and scalability. And increasingly, developers are finding that graph data structures offer a uniquely powerful and flexible foundation for building intelligent…
Hackathons have exploded in popularity in recent years as a way for developers to challenge themselves, learn new skills, and network with like-minded innovators. According to hackathon.com, there were over 5,000 hackathons organized globally in 2019 alone. As a full-stack developer always looking to stay on the cutting edge, I knew I had to experience…
The release of OpenAI‘s ChatGPT API in March 2023 was a watershed moment for developers looking to build conversational AI applications. With a simple REST API, you can now integrate the power of large language models into your apps with just a few lines of code. But building a production-grade ChatGPT app is not as…