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Building Rupert: The AI Chatbot Behind My Portfolio

July 17, 202614 min read

Full Stack Development / Backend Development

Building Rupert: The AI Chatbot Behind My Portfolio

A technical case study on how I built Rupert, a grounded AI assistant for my portfolio using Next.js, Vercel, Gemini, a NAS-hosted RAG service, Upstash usage tracking, streaming responses, and strict scope controls.

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