https://blog.javapapo.com/tags/hermes/Recent content in Hermes on Javapapo's blogHugo -- gohugo.ioenjavapapo@mac.com (Paris Apostolopoulos)javapapo@mac.com (Paris Apostolopoulos)Copyright © 2003–2026, Paris Apostolopoulos; all rights reserved.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.javapapo.com/posts/2026/07/04/Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000javapapo@mac.com (Paris Apostolopoulos)https://blog.javapapo.com/posts/2026/07/04/ <h2 id="how-it-started">How it started</h2> <p>Like many people out there, I do have a thing for chatbots and assistants. I cannot remember how my professional and digital life was prior to Slack and things. Before bots, I was (and still am) really into chat applications: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Messenger">Yahoo Messenger</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ">ICQ</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN">MSN</a> — all the usual suspects. So it kind of makes sense that in the era of LLMs, where chatbots are now super-powered, I am incredibly excited about the possibilities of the overall ecosystem.</p>