This talk walks through the design and implementation of Bird Watchers’ Emporium, a production-grade reasoning system built on knowledge graphs, hybrid search, and MCTS-based planning. I’ll cover evaluation harness design, fine-tuning workflows, and system orchestration using Kubernetes and Kafka. The talk briefly touches on the AWS/Terraform/React stack, with emphasis on the components that enabled scalable reasoning […]
This session explores how enterprises can successfully design, deploy, and scale custom agentic AI solutions for procurement operations. Tom Walsh will share practical insights from Sligo AI's Forward-Deployed Engineering approach, demonstrating how bespoke context engineering and multi-agent frameworks enable organizations to transform procurement workflows while maintaining complete data sovereignty. Attendees will learn how to bridge […]
Connect with fellow techies over beer and cider, and get practical ideas from 4 lightning talks—from native SwiftUI to quantum basics and AI security. Details Let's get together one last time in 2025 to network, drink beer and holiday cider, and learn from lightning talks. (Note: if you are interested in presenting for 5-7 minutes […]
LLM-powered agents promise a future of intelligent automation, but their autonomy often comes at the cost of reliability. How do we build agents that are both smart and dependable? This session explores a key question in AI development: how do we build autonomous systems that are creative yet also reliable? Using a practical agent that […]
AI Agents like Claude Code, Github Copilot and the like are powerful new tools that are going to make software development jobs obsolete. At least that is what their marketing would have you believe. In this session we look at real world use cases from over a year of active use in live production environments. […]
In partnership with Windsurf, an event dedicated to networking, learning, and building with fellow developers! Please RSVP at the link below (and, if you can, also indicate that You're Going on this meetup page please) RSVP here: https://lu.ma/jxfw9exw Speaker #1: Jack C Crawford Jack will demo his single-container Windsurf workflow, show how he milks max speed […]
Abstract: In this presentation, Juan will be displaying the use of Agentic AI in order to automate the analysis of structured and semi-structured financial data to quantify the concentration of banking over the last 20 years in the U.S. You will explore: Using Langchain to develop graphs/plots from dynamically changing financial data (consolidated assets of large commercial […]
Two great sessions in May, covering both tech and tech strategy Session 1: Build and Deploy Websites with Augment Code Agent, Astro, and Cloudflare Pages Join Adam Buga for a session on building high-performance websites using Augment’s AI-assisted coding to streamline development, Astro’s static site framework for optimized performance, and Cloudflare Pages for fast, scalable […]
Join us for a dynamic, hands-on session where you'll learn to create a sophisticated AI chat interface using Blazor and deploy it on .NET Aspire Container Apps. This comprehensive A-Z guide will walk you through the entire development lifecycle, from setting up your Blazor environment to customizing it for optimal performance. You'll also gain valuable […]
Banking isn’t just about transactions—it’s about power, influence, and the hidden forces shaping economies. But how concentrated is the banking industry, and what does that mean for financial stability, competition, and policy? Join us for an interactive deep dive into banking data with Juan Torres, a researcher and data professional specializing in AI and Data Engineering. He will showcase […]
A couple of lightning talks, followed by the main event: (1) Lightning Talk 1: Creating a SvelteKit Layout Engine with Grant Hulbert (2) Lightning Talk 2: Coding Vibes - What's your Coding Workflow/Vibe in 2025 with Eugene Chuvyrov Presentation: AI Engineering with React and OpenAI with Peter Kellner Join Peter Kellner for a deep dive […]
