AI playlist generator · Data Alchemy

AI playlist generator

Today, I made a Python script that takes your prompt and generates a playlist on Spotify based on that prompt.

First off, thanks to

for pointing me to the Mastering OpenAI Python APIs: Unleash ChatGPT and GPT4 course on Udemy. I've been doing non-stop exercises and am three quarters done.

Colt Steele, the instructor, explained how he implemented the playlist generator. I did not code along. Instead, I listened, made notes and tried to understand. That was yesterday. Today, I did a closed book re-implementation and it worked.

Lessons learned:

leverage the LLM's ability to respond with structured output
prompt engineering is not dead
speaking of prompt engineering: when you get a good response from the LLM, copy it into the prompt as an example to follow
most of the coding is the glue between the LLM's response and the service's API
UX is not dead: I showed my playlist generator from the terminal to my girlfriend. she shuddered and said: "no way am I ever going to use that" 🤷‍♂️