DWX 2025: LLMs & Embeddings in Action: Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen

Generative AI und menschliche Sprache als zentrale Bausteine Ihrer Software – jenseits des Buzzword-Bingos. Begleiten Sie Christian Weyer in dieser Session bei der Erkundung erprobter Patterns und Lösungen für die nahtlose Integration von Language- und Embedding-Modellen in moderne Softwarearchitekturen. Kernthemen wie Semantic Routing, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Structured Output und Observability werden im Einklang anhand praxisnaher Beispiele in einem End-to-End-System mit mehreren Services und Client-Anwendungen demonstriert. Entwickler und Architekten erhalten wertvolle Einblicke, wie sie natürlichsprachliche Benutzerschnittstellen in ihren Projekten zum Leben erwecken können.

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1. LLMs & Embeddings in Action: Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Christian Weyer | Co-Founder & CTO | Thinktecture AG | christian.weyer@thinktecture.com
2. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Our journey Models for our software Lightweight RAG Semantic Routing Observability Structured Output / Tool Calling 2
3. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen MODELS FOR OUR SOFTWARE 3
4. Language Models understand and generate semantically rich human language, transforming it into text or structured data for both humans and machines. ⚠ Non-deterministic: same input can lead to different outputs. Embedding Models capture semantic meaning by encoding human language into numerical vector representations, facilitating understanding, comparison, and retrieval for both humans and machines. ✅ Deterministic: same input always results in the same embedding. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen 🫱 🫲 Semantic AI Generative AI 4
5. § Language & embedding models part of end-to-end architectures § E-M enable semantic search & comparison § L-M enable human language understanding via context § System prompt § Conversation history § User query LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen API-based model integrations 5
6. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Classical applications & UIs API-based data Document-based data 6
7. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Language-enabled “UIs” – Talk-to-TT 7
8. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen C4 system context diagram § Various tech stacks § Docker-based distributed system 8
9. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen PATTERN LIGHTWEIGHT RAG 9
10. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Talking to documents (Retrieval-augmented generation) Cleanup & Split Text Embedding Question Text Embedding Save Query Relevant Results Question Answ er w / sources LLM Embedding Model Embedding Model 💡 Indexing / Embedding Question Answering .md, .docx, .pdf etc. “Lorem ipsum…?” 💡 Vector DB 10
11. § Frameworks § LangChain § FastEmbed § Lightweight & efficient for generating text embeddings § Embedding model § jinaai/jina-embeddings-v2-base-de (local) – 768 dims § Vector store § PostgreSql (pgvector) vector store § LLM/SLM § Llama 3.3 70B on Cerebras (very fast) LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Technical implementation – Lightweight RAG 11
12. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen PATTERN STRUCTURED OUTPUT 12
13. § Tools integration is being standardized with MCP LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Talking to APIs (Function / Tool calling) 13 “When is CW available for a two-days workshop?” System Prompt (+ employee data) + Schema (for structured output) Web API Availability business logic
14. § Frameworks § Pydantic § Instructor § Methodology § Schema with JSON Mode (not Function Calling) § SLM/LLM § Llama 3.3 70B on Cerebras (very fast) LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Technical implementation – Structured Output 14
15. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen PATTERN SEMANTIC ROUTING 15
16. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Semantics-based decisions for user interactions Guarding (e.g. prompt injection) Routing (selecting correct target) “Lorem ipsum…?” Target RAG Target API Call Target … something else … Fine-tuned NLP Model Embedding Model 16
17. Guarding § Frameworks § llm-guard § HuggingFace Transformers § NLP model § deepset/ deberta-v3-base-injection (local) Routing § Frameworks § semantic-routing § FastEmbed § Embedding model § intfloat/ multilingual-e5-large (local) – 1024 dims § Vector store § PostgreSql (pgvector) LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Technical implementation – Semantic Guarding & Routing 17
18. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen PATTERN / SOLUTION OBSERVABILITY 18
19. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Things can get… overwhelming 19
20. § Methodology § Open Telemetry (OTel) § Frameworks § OTel Python packages § LogFire SDK § Tools § LogFire, LangFuse § Any OTel-enabled system LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Technical implementation - Observability 20
21. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen Typical Semantic AI patterns & solutions – in end-to-end software engineering Lightweight RAG Structured Output Semantic Guarding & Routing Insightful Observability 21
22. LLMs & Embeddings in Action Real-World Patterns für Ihre AI-Anwendungen 22 AI solutions are ≅10% AI and 100% software engineering. 22
23. Thank you! Christian Weyer christian.weyer@thinktecture.com https://thinktecture.com/christian-weyer