--- title: "Oded Shopen (@odedia) | Hashnode" description: "Climbing ⬆️ & ⬇️ abstraction layers @VMwareTanzu . Read the latest articles by Oded Shopen on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@odedia" --- @odedia # Oded Shopen @odedia · Israel · Joined December 2021 Climbing ⬆️ & ⬇️ abstraction layers @VMwareTanzu . [Website](https://odedia.org/) ### [Which embedding model actually speaks Hebrew?](https://odedia.org/which-embedding-model-actually-speaks-hebrew?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A weekend of benchmarking Nemotron, Qwen3 and Nomic 12 min read · [odedia.org](https://odedia.org/which-embedding-model-actually-speaks-hebrew?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [2](https://hashnode.com/posts/which-embedding-model-actually-speaks-hebrew/6a9e8aeaaff85534ad4aa61a) [Sep 7](https://hashnode.com/posts/which-embedding-model-actually-speaks-hebrew/6a9e8aeaaff85534ad4aa61a) ### [AI Meets Spring Petclinic: Implementing an AI Assistant with Spring AI](https://odedia.org/spring-ai-meets-spring-petclinic?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I recently added an AI sample to the famous Spring Petclinic sample application, to showcase the power of Spring AI. I also wrote an article explaining how I achieved this. It’s been published on the spring.io blog. The article is split into two part... 1 min read · [odedia.org](https://odedia.org/spring-ai-meets-spring-petclinic?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sep 29, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/spring-ai-meets-spring-petclinic/66f96c1bf101b89586c8e892) ### [Seinfeld - The AI Episode](https://odedia.org/seinfeld-the-ai-episode?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I recently read an article with the headline “Why AI will never write a good Seinfeld episode”. Oh, really? Obviously, it immediately got me interested. The response was so convincing and hilarious that I just had to share it. I decided to use the Se... 5 min read · [odedia.org](https://odedia.org/seinfeld-the-ai-episode?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sep 23, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/seinfeld-the-ai-episode/66f19c0427a78ba51c89061d) ### [Spring One Tour Tel Aviv 2022](https://odedia.org/spring-one-tour-tel-aviv-2022?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I had the pleasure to host the first-ever Spring One Tour in Tel Aviv this year, along with my colleague Kobi Shamama. The event had a host of distinguished guests from 7 countries. Although over 600 registered, we had to limit the attendees to only ... 2 min read · [odedia.org](https://odedia.org/spring-one-tour-tel-aviv-2022?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jan 8, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/spring-one-tour-tel-aviv-2022/63bab5c8d5513b79d578323b) ### [Trying out ChatGPT by OpenAI](https://odedia.org/trying-out-chatgpt-by-openai?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) The future is here 😳 3 min read · [odedia.org](https://odedia.org/trying-out-chatgpt-by-openai?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Dec 5, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/trying-out-chatgpt-by-openai/638df3300217e78dbea5e09e)