Date: 09/01/2025
This video dives into how to use BambooLLM, available through PandaBI, in your data analysis workflow. We’ll focus on the df.chat() function, which is a game changer. The first step is to grab a free API key from app.pandabi.ai. Once you set it up with pai.api_key.set(), you can start chatting with your dataframe.
Why is this so powerful? As developers, we spend a lot of time wrangling data, trying to pull insights, and creating reports. Instead of crafting complex SQL queries or wrestling with tricky data transformations, you can just ask your data questions in plain English. For me, this is a big shift, especially as I move from writing purely procedural code to integrating LLMs into my workflows. It saves me from debugging complicated syntax and lets me focus on the actual business problem.
This approach is also fantastic when combined with no-code tools. You can generate insights from your data model and immediately apply those findings in your no-code application.
Imagine being able to quickly prototype data-driven features by “chatting” with your data and then feeding the resulting insights directly into your application. I’m really looking forward to trying this out. It’s a bridge between data analysis and application development, allowing you to build smarter, more responsive applications faster. Plus, who wouldn’t want to “chat” with their data? It’s definitely more enjoyable than writing another nested loop!