Star Wars Day is nearly here, and this episode is stacked with tech goodness to celebrate! I’m diving into highlights from the Neo4j ecosystem, starting with an early look at the Using Neo4j with Java course—perfect for getting started with the Java driver in a framework-less setup.

Also in this episode:

⚙️ Behind-the-scenes of APOC + Pinecone integration

✨ Part 2 of my Intro to Retrieval Augmented Generation series

🤖 A fascinating series on an AI content experiment from Mark Heckler

📚 Michael Hunger’s must-read blog on the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

May the Fourth be with you!