From Prompt to Product: Build an AI Shopping Assistant in Minutes

Disclaimer
This workshop is designed for an intermediate audience. You'll get the most out of it with a working knowledge of Google AI Studio. You are not expected to code, but do bring your laptop – this is a hands-on session.

About the workshop
What if you could build a fully functional AI app without writing a single line of code? In this session, we'll explore the art and science of prompt engineering by building a personal AI shopping assistant powered by Google Gemini. Starting from a single sentence, we'll iteratively refine our prompt — adding structure, live Google Search grounding, a persona, and edge case handling — until we have a polished, publicly shareable app called ShopBot. 

You'll walk away with a mental model for writing effective prompts, a live app you built yourself, and the confidence to apply these techniques to any domain. 

No prior AI experience required. Just bring curiosity and a browser.

Meet your instructor
Pras is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Versent and a Google Developer Expert for Google Cloud Platform. With 7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure and network architecture, he specializes in AWS, GCP, and multi-cloud solutions. Pras is passionate about using AI and automation to solve real-world infrastructure challenges and regularly contributes to the tech community through talks and mentorship.

Agenda

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Speaker

Prasiddha Bista - Versent (Senior Software Engineer - Cloud and DevOps, GDE for GCP)

Prasiddha is an experienced software engineer with a passion for building cloud-native applications. He works at Stax which simplifies cloud management for customers. He specializes in serverless and event-driven architectures, microservices, networking in the cloud, and workflow-driven applications. Prasiddha has earned 5+ AWS, CKA/CKAD, CCNA, and Terraform certifications and is constantly se…

Host

Russal Arya - GDG Sydney (Organiser)

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