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Presenters Michael Stiefel David Gudeman Source InfoQ podcast 🚀 Navigating the Startup Storm: The Architect’s Unsung Battle for Pragmatism, People, and Code Ever wondered what it really takes to be a tech architect, especially in the dizzying, high-stakes world of startups? It’s far more than just writing elegant code or designing perfect systems. It’s a relentless dance between technical mastery, empathetic communication, and strategic foresight, often performed under immense pressure and profound uncertainty. ...

Presenters Holden Karau Julian Wood Source GOTO podcast Spark, AI, and Fighting the Insurance Maze: A Tech Revolution in Progress! 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts and change-makers! We’re diving deep into the fascinating world where big data meets artificial intelligence, all inspired by a fantastic talk at GoUnscripted, GoTo Chicago. Prepare to have your mind blown as we explore how Apache Spark is evolving, how Generative AI is tackling real-world problems like insurance claim denials, and the exciting, yet challenging, landscape of open-source sustainability. 💡 ...

Presenters Angel Lim Andrew Gaut Source MongoDB.local San Francisco 2026 🚀 Scaling AI Inference: A Deep Dive into the Boyi Inference Platform 🤖 The demand for real-time AI is exploding. But serving those models – especially complex embedding and re-ranking models – at scale while maintaining lightning-fast response times is a monumental challenge. Angel Lim and Andrew Gaut, engineers from the Boyi inference and research teams (formerly at Voyage, now part of a larger organization), recently shared their insights into how they built the Boyi inference platform to tackle this head-on. Let’s explore the key strategies and technologies they’re using to deliver high-performance AI in production. ...

Presenters Mickey Source MongoDB.local San Francisco 2026 🚀 Level Up Your AI: Building Agentic Applications That Actually Deliver Value 💡 The buzz around AI agents is huge, but let’s be honest, a lot of AI pilot projects fall flat. A recent MIT study revealed a sobering statistic: only 5% of AI pilots actually deliver significant value. Why? According to Mickey, a Staff Developer Advocate, the culprit is often a lack of statefulness, personalization, learning, and memory – the very things that make applications truly useful. ...

Presenters Jim Scharf MongoDB Source MongoDB.local San Francisco 2026 🚀 Agentic Orchestration Takes Center Stage: MongoDB’s Record-Breaking Hackathon! 💡 The future of AI isn’t just about individual agents; it’s about collaboration. That’s the core message coming out of MongoDB’s recent Agentic Orchestration and Collaboration Hackathon, a wildly successful event that brought together some of the brightest minds in AI and data. Held at Shack 15 in San Francisco, the hackathon saw a staggering 350 attendees out of 800 applicants, culminating in a record-breaking 109 submissions – a testament to the growing excitement around this field. Let’s dive into what made this event so special and the innovative solutions that emerged! ...