whoisdave

A command-line chatbot about Dave Seidman.

The idea is simple: instead of sending a normal portfolio link or resume, Dave can send people an npm package they can run in their terminal.

npx whoisdave

It opens a local terminal conversation where people can ask about Dave's work, projects, background, preferences, and other biographical details.

How It Works

This is intentionally not a hosted AI service. It runs locally in Node, uses node-nlp to classify what the user is asking, and answers from authored local data. The goal is for the bot to feel conversational without making things up.

The basic flow is:

user question
  -> local NLP intent classification
  -> matching answer or action
  -> typewriter-style terminal response

Some answers have multiple variants. The app shuffles and cycles through them so repeated questions do not always get the exact same response.

Where The Data Lives

If you want to jump straight into the content, start here:

• data/profile.json - biographical information, personal details, education, personality, music, hobbies.
• data/experience.json - work history, technical stack, learning habits, motivation.
• data/projects.json - structured project records.
• data/stories.json - longer project stories and interview-style examples.
• data/interview.json - prompts and draft answers for common interview questions.
• data/voice.json - writing and interaction guidelines for how the bot should sound.

The current runtime still gets most direct answers from:

• modules/nlp/intents/*.json

Each intent file contains example questions and, when applicable, answer variants. After editing intent files, retrain the NLP model:

npm run train

That updates:

modules/nlp/model.nlp

Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Run the CLI locally:

npm run dev

Run it in watch mode while editing data, intents, or source files:

npm run dev:watch

Publishing

Patch versions are enough while this is evolving:

npm version patch --no-git-tag-version
npm publish

Then test the published package:

npx whoisdave@latest