Building My First AI Model

· Dalan Mendonca · July 1, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
Summary
In this blog post, the author, Dalan Mendonca, shares his experience of fine-tuning a Llama AI model using his own notes to create a personalized chatbot. He reflects on how the process revealed that AI is more about managing data pipelines than the magical abilities often attributed to it.
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