Local AI at the End of the Tunnel
In this session we'll combine Local AI, .NET and Dev Tunnels! To begin we'll look at how easy it is to install Ollama, and download a suitable model to run locally, on our own computers. Turning to code, we'll then discover how quick it is to connect to Ollama via our own C# Code, using the Microsoft.Extensions.AI library. Initially interacting via our own Console App. Sidestepping, we'll look at an often overlooked feature: Visual Studio Dev Tunnels. We'll look at the benefits for Web Applications and Web API. Bringing everything together, we'll take our (minimal) Console App code, bake it into a Blazor Web Application, and expose this via a Web Tunnel. Creating a route through to our Local AI installation from any web modern browser.
Mike Irving
A professional developer for over 20 years, based in Macclesfield. For the past 10+ years I have been heavily involved in mobile development, and have utilised both Native code (Swift, Kotlin, Objective-C, Java) and Cross-Platform app development systems including Xamarin, .NET MAUI, Uno Platform and Cordova on different projects. A constant in my journey has been the use of C# / .NET. I also do web development work, and I am equally happy working front-end in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Microsoft MVP. Co-organiser of Dot Net North and Macc Tech. Regular speaker and presenter.