Artificial Intelligence

Presenters Rippling Source MongoDB.local San Francisco 2026 🚀 Rippling’s AI Revolution: A Bottom-Up Approach to Enterprise Transformation 💡 Rippling, the all-in-one platform for managing people operations, is making waves with its ambitious AI transformation. Ankor, Head of AI at Rippling, recently shared their fascinating journey at a tech conference, revealing a strategy that’s both pragmatic and inspiring. Forget top-down mandates – Rippling is fostering AI adoption from the ground up, and the results are impressive. Let’s dive into how they’re doing it! ...

Presenters Pete Johnson Source MongoDB.local San Francisco 2026 🚀 Vector Search: Your Key to Unlocking the Full Potential of AI 💡 The AI landscape is shifting rapidly, and staying ahead of the curve requires embracing new skills. Pete Johnson, Field CTO of AI at MongoDB, recently delivered a compelling presentation arguing that vector search is the new frontier for AI applications – and a crucial skill for developers looking to build a stable and exciting career. He cleverly illustrated this point with a relatable analogy: remember wanting the latest gadget but getting something slightly different? That’s the journey of tech, and vector search is the “latest gadget” you need to master. ...

Presenters Thomas Betts Olivia McVicker Source InfoQ podcast Beyond Code Completion: Your AI Teammate is Here to Transform Software Development 🚀 Ever felt like you’re spending too much time on the mundane, when your brain is itching to tackle truly hard problems? What if AI could be more than just a smart autocomplete, evolving into a genuine collaborator in your daily development? That’s exactly the future Microsoft Senior Cloud Advocate Olivia McVicker and InfoQ’s Thomas Betts explored in a fascinating discussion. They dove deep into the transformative shift towards AI-driven software development, moving far beyond mere assistance to a world where AI is an integral teammate. This isn’t just about tweaking tools; it’s about redefining developer roles and reshaping the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). ...

Presenters Matt Godbolt Daniel Kusswurm Source GOTO podcast Unleashing the Beast Within: Why x86 Assembly and SIMD Still Reign Supreme in C++ 🚀 Ever feel like your C++ code is leaving performance on the table? You’re not alone! In a recent deep dive on the GoTo Podcast’s “Book Club,” host Matt Godbolt sat down with Dan Cusworm, author of “Modern x86 Assembly,” to unravel the secrets of unlocking peak performance. The star of the show? The enduring power of x86 assembly language, especially when supercharged with SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) extensions. Forget the notion that assembly is dead; it’s more relevant than ever for tackling those gnarly performance bottlenecks. 💡 ...

Presenters Somtochi Onyekwere Source InfoQ podcast Level Up Your Distributed Systems: Why Fly.io is Betting on Speed with corrosion and CRDTs! 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever found yourself staring at a loading spinner, wishing your global application data could just… be there? You’re not alone! The world of distributed systems is constantly evolving, balancing the need for data consistency with the ever-present demand for blazing-fast performance. Recently, Sini Pinchala, InfoQ’s lead editor for the AIML and data engineering community, sat down with Samtochi, a brilliant software engineer from Fly.io, to dive deep into these very challenges and unveil some exciting advancements. Their discussion revolved around Fly.io’s innovative open-source distributed system, corrosion, and its fascinating reliance on eventual consistency and Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs). Get ready to have your mind expanded! ✨ ...