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Generative AI in the Real World: Chang She on Data Infrastructure for AI
VideoMay 14, 2026

Generative AI in the Real World: Chang She on Data Infrastructure for AI

The podcast spotlights the growing gap between legacy analytics stacks and the data demands of generative AI. Chang Shi, CEO of LanceDB, explains how his experience building embeddings at Tubi TV revealed that tools such as Pandas, Spark, and Parquet...

By O’Reilly Media
InformationWeek Podcast: CTOs on Reining in Autonomous AI Agents
VideoMay 14, 2026

InformationWeek Podcast: CTOs on Reining in Autonomous AI Agents

CTOs and security leaders on InformationWeek’s podcast warned that autonomous AI agents can overstep instructions—examples included agents auto-generating large presentations, proactively scanning email, and risking destructive database actions. Guests described using kill switches, heartbeat files, role-based access, audit logs and...

By InformationWeek
Inside the Code Factory: Ryan Carson Live with Tim O’Reilly
VideoMay 14, 2026

Inside the Code Factory: Ryan Carson Live with Tim O’Reilly

In a Code Factory episode, Tim O’Reilly talks with veteran entrepreneur Ryan Carson about his newest venture, Untangle, an AI‑powered divorce assistant built and operated entirely by artificial‑intelligence agents. Carson recounts how he re‑learned full‑stack development with ChatGPT, launched a minimal...

By O’Reilly Media
The Microservices Scam Nobody Talks About
VideoMay 14, 2026

The Microservices Scam Nobody Talks About

The video argues that the current hype around microservices often creates a "distributed monolith"—a system that is physically split but logically still tightly coupled, leading to slower performance, higher expenses, and increased operational complexity. It urges engineers and leaders to...

By The Serious CTO
Building AI Agents That Survive Production
VideoMay 14, 2026

Building AI Agents That Survive Production

The Seattle AI agents conference opened with Demetrios Brinkman introducing Union AI CTO Hayam, who framed the session around building AI agents that can survive real‑world production. Hayam highlighted the gap between lab‑tested prototypes and the harsh realities of deployment—memory...

By MLOps Community
Stanford CS153 Frontier Systems | Jensen Huang From NVIDIA on the Compute Behind Intelligence
VideoMay 13, 2026

Stanford CS153 Frontier Systems | Jensen Huang From NVIDIA on the Compute Behind Intelligence

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang told Stanford students that computing is undergoing its most radical transformation in six decades as AI, and especially generative models like GPT, shift systems from pre-recorded to real‑time, contextually generated intelligence. He argued this transition requires...

By Stanford Online
GPU Hoarding Is Over. The $401B Reality Check
VideoMay 13, 2026

GPU Hoarding Is Over. The $401B Reality Check

The podcast “Beyond the Pilot” examines how enterprise AI is moving out of the panic‑driven GPU hoarding phase and into a disciplined, cost‑focused era. Companies that once over‑provisioned GPUs as insurance are now confronting under‑utilization and tightening budgets. VentureBeat’s Q1 data...

By VentureBeat (GamesBeat)
The Future of Code Review Is a Dashboard, Not a Diff #short
VideoMay 9, 2026

The Future of Code Review Is a Dashboard, Not a Diff #short

The video argues that traditional line‑by‑line diffs will be replaced by a comprehensive dashboard that aggregates hundreds or thousands of pull‑request workflows. Instead of scrolling through raw code changes, engineers will see a high‑level view where AI‑generated rules flag only...

By Tech Lead Journal
[Technology Corner] 24 Store Deere Dealer Shares How It’s Implementing AI
VideoMay 8, 2026

[Technology Corner] 24 Store Deere Dealer Shares How It’s Implementing AI

The video spotlights Lane Richens, CTO of a 24‑store John Deere dealership, as he leads the rollout of an internal artificial‑intelligence solution. Partnering with Main Street AI, the dealer built a custom chatbot—dubbed “Stokes GPT”—that taps into the company’s own...

By Precision Farming Dealer
SREcon26 Americas - Intelligent Load Balancing in Kubernetes
VideoMay 7, 2026

SREcon26 Americas - Intelligent Load Balancing in Kubernetes

The SREcon26 talk details Databricks’ effort to solve request‑imbalance issues in its Kubernetes‑based services by moving from the platform’s default load‑balancing to a custom, intelligent solution. Databricks discovered that Kubernetes distributes connections uniformly, not individual requests. Because their traffic relies heavily...

By USENIX Association
Why Senior Devs Keep Shipping Slow (And How to Stop)
VideoMay 7, 2026

Why Senior Devs Keep Shipping Slow (And How to Stop)

The video argues that senior developers often ship slowly because CTOs overengineer solutions, building "skyscrapers" when users only need a simple seat. It stresses that architectural choices should be driven by actual product needs, not the desire to showcase technical...

By The Serious CTO
InformationWeek Podcast: How CTOs Balance AI and Their Teams
VideoMay 7, 2026

InformationWeek Podcast: How CTOs Balance AI and Their Teams

The InformationWeek podcast brings together three CTOs to discuss how organizations can balance AI‑driven development with team dynamics, emphasizing ownership, outcomes, and responsible governance. All three leaders agree AI is currently a productivity amplifier rather than a mass‑layoff engine. They cite...

By InformationWeek
Stanford CS153 Frontier Systems | Amit Jain From Luma AI on Unified Intelligence Systems
VideoMay 6, 2026

Stanford CS153 Frontier Systems | Amit Jain From Luma AI on Unified Intelligence Systems

The Stanford CS153 lecture featured Amit Jain of Luma AI discussing the company’s pursuit of unified intelligence systems—platforms that combine massive 3D, video, and language data to create generative visual and creative tools. Jain traced Luma’s origins to his Apple work...

By Stanford Online
WIP: Index × Anthropic with Revolut, Wiz, incident.io, Motorway and Wordsmith
VideoMay 6, 2026

WIP: Index × Anthropic with Revolut, Wiz, incident.io, Motorway and Wordsmith

Index Ventures and Anthropic hosted a multi‑company hackathon featuring Revolut, Wiz, incident.io, Motorway and Wordsmith, bringing together builders to explore AI‑powered “second brain” and memory agents. Participants highlighted how Claude’s autonomous capabilities eliminate traditional model‑intelligence bottlenecks, delivering rapid, high‑quality outputs. The...

By Index Ventures
Quantum: From Breakthrough to Business Reality? With Andrew Shipilov
VideoMay 6, 2026

Quantum: From Breakthrough to Business Reality? With Andrew Shipilov

The INSEAD Tech Talk brought together Microsoft’s quantum VP, Dutch ecosystem builder, Accenture researcher and an insurance CTO to discuss how quantum computing is shifting from laboratory breakthroughs to commercial strategies. The session highlighted the rapid escalation of global funding—$1.3 bn...

By INSEAD (institutional)
Highlights From Software Architecture Superstream: Software Architecture and the Age of Agentic AI
VideoMay 4, 2026

Highlights From Software Architecture Superstream: Software Architecture and the Age of Agentic AI

The Superstream session examined how software architecture must evolve for the age of agentic AI. Speakers highlighted the rapid rise in interest for autonomous AI agents, noting that while generative models have matured, the ability of agents to act independently...

By O’Reilly Media
Why Decoupling Release From Deployment Changes Everything #short
VideoMay 3, 2026

Why Decoupling Release From Deployment Changes Everything #short

The video argues that separating the act of releasing code from deploying it to customers reshapes how technology organizations operate. By decoupling these steps, engineering, product, and marketing teams can pursue their distinct objectives without stepping on each other's toes. Developers...

By Tech Lead Journal
InformationWeek Podcast: When CTOs Need to Restart or Revamp IT Projects
VideoMay 1, 2026

InformationWeek Podcast: When CTOs Need to Restart or Revamp IT Projects

The InformationWeek podcast explored why CTOs and CISOs must sometimes restart, reboot, or completely scrap IT initiatives. Host Xiao Pierre Ruth interviewed Jay Miller, CISO of Passler, and Andrew Miss, CTO of Convos, to dissect real‑world examples where projects veered...

By InformationWeek
Architecting a Modular AI Stack: Harnesses, Sandboxes, and MCP
VideoMay 1, 2026

Architecting a Modular AI Stack: Harnesses, Sandboxes, and MCP

The video outlines a modular AI stack architecture centered on three core components: the harness for external contacts and actions, a sandbox for secure code execution, and an MCP layer that enables skill integration. It emphasizes the role of session...

By VentureBeat (GamesBeat)
Hilton Is Blowing Up Its Old Tech
VideoMay 1, 2026

Hilton Is Blowing Up Its Old Tech

Hilton announced a sweeping overhaul of its technology platform, planning to dismantle its legacy architecture and replace it with a cloud‑based, open‑source microservices stack. The move is intended to give the hotel chain a modern, agile foundation for future development. The...

By Skift
Generative AI in the Real World: Putting AI in the Hands of Farmers with Rikin Gandhi
VideoApr 30, 2026

Generative AI in the Real World: Putting AI in the Hands of Farmers with Rikin Gandhi

The podcast features Ben Laura and Rikin Gandhi, CEO of Digital Green, discussing Farmer.Chat – a generative‑AI platform that puts localized agricultural knowledge into the hands of smallholder farmers across India, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria. Digital Green leverages a library of...

By O’Reilly Media
What Durable Execution Changes for Developers | Temporal
VideoApr 29, 2026

What Durable Execution Changes for Developers | Temporal

The video launches a new Techstrong series in partnership with Temporal, focusing on "Workflow Orchestration Evolved" and the concept of durable execution. Host Alan Shiml introduces the panel—Tom Wheeler, principal developer advocate; Sergey Boff, principal engineer; and Maxim Fateev, Temporal’s...

By Techstrong TV (DevOps.com)
Andrej Karpathy: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering
VideoApr 29, 2026

Andrej Karpathy: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering

Andrej Karpathy opened the conversation by describing a personal crisis: for the first time he feels "more behind" as a programmer because large‑language‑model agents now write, debug, and even deploy code with minimal human correction. He calls this phenomenon "vibe...

By Sequoia Capital
How to Build the Future: Demis Hassabis
VideoApr 29, 2026

How to Build the Future: Demis Hassabis

Demis Hassabis, DeepMind CEO, outlined the current roadmap toward artificial general intelligence, emphasizing that while large‑scale pre‑training, RL‑HF and chain‑of‑thought have propelled capabilities, core ingredients such as continual learning, long‑term reasoning and robust memory systems are still missing. He positioned...

By Y Combinator
$60M in Dead Software, and a Cyber Risk No One Is Talking About - EXE
VideoApr 29, 2026

$60M in Dead Software, and a Cyber Risk No One Is Talking About - EXE

The video highlights that entrenched software complexity is crippling U.S. health‑care systems, with thousands of applications and countless integration points inflating costs and exposing cyber vulnerabilities. Speakers cite a case where a hospital trimmed its portfolio from 3,000 to 2,000 apps,...

By This Week Health
Generative AI in the Real World: Adopting AI in the Enterprise with Timothy Persons
VideoApr 28, 2026

Generative AI in the Real World: Adopting AI in the Enterprise with Timothy Persons

The podcast with PwC’s AI leader Timothy Persons explores how enterprises are navigating the generative AI wave. He outlines the current adoption landscape, noting that while some sectors move slowly, most firms are in a sandbox or "AI factory" stage,...

By O’Reilly Media
How Snapchat Built Stories
VideoApr 28, 2026

How Snapchat Built Stories

Snapchat’s product team launched Stories after listening to two contradictory user demands: a “send‑all” shortcut and a desire to escape the pressure of permanent, metric‑driven posts. By rethinking the core feed experience, they introduced an ephemeral, chronological format that...

By Lenny Rachitsky
Balancing Performance, Cost, and Latency with Aishwarya Naresh Reganti
VideoApr 28, 2026

Balancing Performance, Cost, and Latency with Aishwarya Naresh Reganti

Balancing performance, cost, latency, and effort is the focus of Aishwarya Naresh Reganti’s discussion, where she outlines a systematic approach for AI model development. She emphasizes beginning with a low‑effort prototype to establish an upper performance ceiling before any heavy...

By O’Reilly Media
How Does AI Accelerate IT Modernization?
VideoApr 28, 2026

How Does AI Accelerate IT Modernization?

The video explains how artificial intelligence is becoming the engine behind comprehensive IT modernization, extending beyond mere legacy system upgrades to encompass customer experience, business‑process redesign, data analytics, and system integration. Speakers highlight that AI can automatically extract business rules from...

By Government Technology (GovTech Magazine)
601 - How Artificial Intelligence Is Influencing the Way Healthcare Software Is Built
VideoApr 27, 2026

601 - How Artificial Intelligence Is Influencing the Way Healthcare Software Is Built

The podcast features Sean Walker, CTO of Cidian, discussing how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way healthcare software is built. Walker explains that a cloud‑native, real‑time data platform was designed from the start to support machine‑learning models, allowing the company to...

By Talking HealthTech
5G Architecture Meets AI Architecture
VideoApr 25, 2026

5G Architecture Meets AI Architecture

The video frames 5G and AI as two master architects whose blueprints now interlock, proposing a unified architecture where each 5G functional block maps to an AI layer. It aligns the radio access network (RAN) with AI’s perception layer, the 5G...

By iTelcoTech
Agentic AI and the Future of Enterprise Software in 2026
VideoApr 25, 2026

Agentic AI and the Future of Enterprise Software in 2026

Agentic AI is reshaping enterprise software as large language models gain reasoning capabilities, a shift sparked by GPT‑4’s 2024 release. The conversation highlights how models have moved from chat‑only interfaces to true agents that can plan, access tools, and retain...

By CXOTalk
No Typing Code Allowed: The Sprint That Changed Everything #short
VideoApr 22, 2026

No Typing Code Allowed: The Sprint That Changed Everything #short

In a recent internal experiment, a tech leader restructured a two‑week sprint so that every engineer worked on a single user story and was prohibited from writing any code by hand. Instead, developers had to complete the work exclusively through...

By Tech Lead Journal
Building Secure, High-Quality, AI-Powered Applications with Chris Lalonde
VideoApr 21, 2026

Building Secure, High-Quality, AI-Powered Applications with Chris Lalonde

In the talk Chris Lalonde argues that AI‑generated code is neither pure magic nor useless slop; it’s a powerful accelerator that reshapes how startups build software. He shows that AI multiplies output, turning a two‑person team into a high‑volume code producer,...

By O’Reilly Media
Stop Vibe Coding: Spec-Driven Development with The BMad Method
VideoApr 20, 2026

Stop Vibe Coding: Spec-Driven Development with The BMad Method

The Tech Lead Journal episode introduces the BMad Method, a spec‑driven AI development framework that Brian Madison positions as the antithesis of “vibe coding.” By formalizing product requirements, architecture designs, and user‑story breakdowns, the method embeds AI agents into a...

By Tech Lead Journal
Henning Schwentner - DDD for Mergers and Acquisitions - DDD Europe 2025
VideoApr 20, 2026

Henning Schwentner - DDD for Mergers and Acquisitions - DDD Europe 2025

Henning Schwentner opened his talk with a tongue‑in‑cheek love story, then pivoted to the real challenge: integrating two legacy leasing platforms after a merger. He framed the problem as a choice between keeping both monolithic systems in parallel or consolidating...

By Domain-Driven Design Europe
Techstrong TV - April 17, 2026
VideoApr 17, 2026

Techstrong TV - April 17, 2026

Techstrong TV featured four leaders highlighting emerging security challenges in AI‑driven enterprises. Jeff Williams of Contrast Security explained that AI can now locate every vulnerability in a codebase, yet organizations still need an average of six months to remediate them,...

By Techstrong TV (DevOps.com)
ByteCast Ep84: Peter Stone
VideoApr 16, 2026

ByteCast Ep84: Peter Stone

In this ACM Bitecast episode, Peter Stone—professor at UT Austin, chief scientist at Sony AI, and a leading figure in RoboCup—discusses his lifelong quest to understand intelligence by building autonomous agents that can operate in messy, physical environments. He traces his...

By ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
Techstrong TV - April 15, 2026
VideoApr 16, 2026

Techstrong TV - April 15, 2026

Techstrong TV’s host announces a trip to Prague for what is billed as the biggest SUSE conference yet, featuring a deep dive with SUSE CMO Margaret Dawson. The event’s theme, “Shape Your Resilient Future,” reflects growing customer concerns around cost,...

By Techstrong TV (DevOps.com)
The Protocol Stack AI Is Missing
VideoApr 15, 2026

The Protocol Stack AI Is Missing

The video spotlights a critical gap in today’s multi‑agent AI stacks: while agents can now connect, they lack the protocols for shared intent, context, and collective cognition. Vjoy Pande of Outshift by Cisco argues that existing A2A, MCP and similar...

By VentureBeat (GamesBeat)
From Edgecore to OpenWiFi: How Hardware Innovation Is Supporting Future-Proof Networks
VideoApr 14, 2026

From Edgecore to OpenWiFi: How Hardware Innovation Is Supporting Future-Proof Networks

The podcast spotlights the OpenLAN ecosystem—formerly OpenWiFi—and its expanding portfolio that now includes switching and an upcoming gateway solution. Speakers from the Telecom Info Project, TIP, and Edgecore explain how the community’s open‑source approach is reshaping network hardware for telecom...

By Telecom Infra Project (TIP)
Aviz Network Copilot Demo with Cody McCain
VideoApr 14, 2026

Aviz Network Copilot Demo with Cody McCain

The video demonstrates Aviz Network Copilot, an AI‑powered platform that brings large language models into network operations, showing how it can automate troubleshooting, configuration, and security tasks across multi‑vendor environments. The presenter explains that AI in NetOps evolves from manual configuration...

By Tech Field Day
Sponsor Interview: Grass Valley's Ian Fletcher
VideoApr 13, 2026

Sponsor Interview: Grass Valley's Ian Fletcher

In this sponsor interview, Grass Valley CTO Ian Fletcher explains two emerging broadcast standards—Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) and Media Exchange Layer (MXL)—and how they are reshaping production workflows. DMF treats a broadcast plant as a software‑defined environment, using containerization and...

By SVG Europe
11 Reliability Principles Every CTO Learns Too Late
VideoApr 10, 2026

11 Reliability Principles Every CTO Learns Too Late

The video warns CTOs that startups often over‑engineer reliability, chasing five‑nine uptime before they have product‑market fit. It argues that each additional "nine" multiplies engineering, infrastructure, and cognitive costs, turning resilience into a costly monument rather than a competitive advantage. Key...

By The Serious CTO
Anthropic's Exponential Mindset
VideoApr 10, 2026

Anthropic's Exponential Mindset

Anthropic’s leadership framed the company’s strategy around what they call an “exponential mindset,” arguing that AI model capabilities are not just improving linearly but accelerating at an exponential rate. This rapid progress, coupled with emerging tooling, is expected to unlock...

By Lenny Rachitsky
Why Snowflake Is No Longer Just a Data Warehouse
VideoApr 8, 2026

Why Snowflake Is No Longer Just a Data Warehouse

Snowflake, long‑known as a pure data‑warehouse provider, is repositioning itself as an agentic AI platform that not only stores data but also enables enterprises to act on it. CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy framed 2026 as the end of the chatbot era...

By TechCrunch
Why "Clean Architecture" Is Killing Your Velocity
VideoApr 8, 2026

Why "Clean Architecture" Is Killing Your Velocity

The video challenges the prevailing mantra that clean‑code principles—especially heavy abstraction and layered architectures—are essential for sustainable development. It argues that the dogma of “always isolate via interfaces” often creates an "interface tax" that slows delivery without delivering real value. Using...

By CodeOpinion (Derek Comartin)
AT&T Wireless | Major Doubts From AT&T 😳‼️ AT&T May Not Use It
VideoApr 7, 2026

AT&T Wireless | Major Doubts From AT&T 😳‼️ AT&T May Not Use It

The video examines AT&T’s newly voiced skepticism toward deploying artificial‑intelligence compute at the far edge of its wireless network, positioning the carrier opposite to T‑Mobile’s aggressive rollout. AT&T’s chief technology officer, Elbus, questioned whether shaving a millisecond or two of...

By Tech Life Channel
The Silent Killer of Your Software 🤫
VideoApr 7, 2026

The Silent Killer of Your Software 🤫

The video frames technical debt as a silent killer in software development, likening it to financial borrowing. It defines technical debt as the hidden cost of opting for quick, sub‑optimal solutions now, which later demand extensive rework. The speaker emphasizes...

By Continuous Delivery (Dave Farley)