Hey there, I'm Matt 👋🏾
I have a passion for building things! From scalable application architectures on the cloud, to AI integrated software solutions, and responsive web applications - like this one!
🌟 Featured Projects

AI Research Assistant
An agentic AI research and report writing assistant.
AI
https://github.com/emsikes/ai-research-assistant

My AI Digital Twin
My AI based digital twin chatbot. Build using AWS, OpenAI, and Next.js.
AI
https://dr18pbwrsry61.cloudfront.net

Agentic AI Dev Team
A modular CrewAI-powered research project that simulates a real-world software engineering workflow — entirely executed by AI agents.
AI
https://github.com/emsikes/agentic-ai-engineering-team

Hybrid RAG with NeMo Guardrails
This project demonstrates how to build enterprise-grade RAG applications with comprehensive safety measures, combining local LLM inference with cloud-based embeddings.
AI
https://github.com/emsikes/hybrid-rag-guardrailed-llm

Crypto Ticker
A JavaScript/TypeScript app to fetch live cryptocurrency prices from exchanges for display and alerts.
Frontend
https://github.com/emsikes/crypto-ticker

👋🏾 About Me
I'm Matt - a Principal Architect and self-taught Full Stack Developer. To sum it up, I have a passion for building things! From scalable application architectures on the cloud, to AI integrated software solutions, to responsive web applications like this!
Learn More About Me🆕 Latest Posts
Fine-Tuning vs. RAG vs. Prompt Engineering: Which One Fits Your AI Strategy?
Fine-Tuning, RAG, or Prompt Engineering — three powerful ways to get the most from large language models. But which one fits your business needs? Here’s how they work, when to use them, and why the best strategies often combine all three.
Tue Oct 07 2025🚀 Exploring the Agentic AI Landscape
Hands-on insights from testing LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, CrewAI, and Autogen — each tackling agentic AI in its own way.
Sun Oct 05 2025The AI Landscape Is Shifting — And Smaller Models Are Leading the Way
Open AI Releases open source GPT models - gpt-oss-120B, and gpt-oss-20B
Sat Aug 16 2025