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From Chaos to Choreography: Multi-Agent Orchestration Patterns That Actually Work — Sandipan Bhaumik

Building multi-agent AI systems requires distributed systems thinking. Learn proven choreography vs. orchestration, immutable state management, and failure recovery patterns to move from chaotic demos to reliable production systems.

April 8, 2026

Platforms for Humans and Machines: Engineering for the Age of Agents — Juan Herreros Elorza

Build AI agent-ready platforms by making them self-service, API-based, and local-first, with excellent documentation and observability.

April 8, 2026

Why, and how you need to sandbox AI-Generated Code? — Harshil Agrawal, Cloudflare

Treat AI-generated code as untrusted code and apply capability-based security by default denying all access and only allowing necessary actions, using sandboxing techniques like isolates or containers.

April 8, 2026

Your Insecure MCP Server Won't Survive Production — Tun Shwe, Lenses

Learn how to secure your MCP server for production by focusing on design principles and robust authentication flows like OAuth 2.1 with DCR and CIMD.

April 8, 2026

Let LLMs Wander: Engineering RL Environments — Stefano Fiorucci

Leverage reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards to train LLMs in dynamic RL environments, moving beyond static SFT data for superior performance and specialized agents.

April 8, 2026

Bending a Public MCP Server Without Breaking It — Nimrod Hauser, Baz

Optimize agentic tools by curating, wrapping, adding deterministic guardrails, composing, and treating them as functions to improve reliability and performance.

April 8, 2026

Agentic Engineering: Working With AI, Not Just Using It — Brendan O'Leary

Shift from using AI tools to collaborating with AI agents by mastering context management and adopting a research-plan-implement workflow for higher leverage.

April 7, 2026

How METR measures Long Tasks and Experienced Open Source Dev Productivity - Joel Becker, METR

This video discusses how METR measures long tasks and developer productivity in the context of open source development.

January 19, 2026

Identity for AI Agents - Patrick Riley & Carlos Galan, Auth0

Explore the identity challenges and solutions for AI agents in authorization, focusing on fine-grained access control and user approval processes.

January 14, 2026

OpenAI + @Temporalio : Building Durable, Production Ready Agents - Cornelia Davis, Temporal

Discover how OpenAI's agents SDK and Temporal enable building robust AI applications with durability and seamless orchestration.

January 12, 2026

Your MCP Server is Bad (and you should feel bad) - Jeremiah Lowin, Prefect

This talk emphasizes designing MCP servers that prioritize agent needs over human API usability, ultimately leading to better AI interactions.

January 12, 2026

Spec-Driven Development: Sharpening your AI toolbox — Al Harris, Amazon Kiro

Explore Spec-Driven Development to enhance AI toolbox efficiency and achieve high-quality software production through structured workflows.

January 9, 2026

DSPy: The End of Prompt Engineering - Kevin Madura, AlixPartners

DSPy redefines prompt engineering by enabling modular, declarative programming with LLMs, making AI workflows more robust, transferable, and easier to optimize.

January 8, 2026

Automating Large Scale Refactors with Parallel Agents - Robert Brennan, AllHands

Discover how parallel agents can automate large-scale refactors and tackle tech debt effectively in software engineering.

January 8, 2026

Build a Prompt Learning Loop - SallyAnn DeLucia & Fuad Ali, Arize

Explore how to build a Prompt Learning Loop to optimize AI agents for better performance through effective prompt engineering.

January 6, 2026

Building durable Agents with Workflow DevKit & AI SDK - Peter Wielander, Vercel

Learn how to build durable AI agents using the Workflow DevKit and AI SDK for enhanced resumability and observability.

January 6, 2026

Claude Agent SDK [Full Workshop] — Thariq Shihipar, Anthropic

The video explains Claude Agent SDK, its architecture, benefits, and use cases, emphasizing context-aware agents, powerful bash scripting, and security best practices.

January 5, 2026

Building Intelligent Research Agents with Manus - Ivan Leo, Manus AI (now Meta Superintelligence)

Manus AI is an action engine that goes beyond answers to execute tasks and automate workflows, accessible via API, Slack, and integrations for broad application.

December 30, 2025

Jack Morris: Stuffing Context is not Memory, Updating Weights is

Jack Morris discusses the distinction between stuffing context vs. updating weights in AI models, asserting that real learning occurs when information is embedded in model weights.

December 29, 2025

Shipping AI That Works: An Evaluation Framework for PMs – Aman Khan, Arize

AI product management requires a robust evaluation framework to ensure AI applications meet performance expectations and manage hallucinations effectively.

December 26, 2025

How Claude Code Works - Jared Zoneraich, PromptLayer

Claude Code represents a breakthrough in AI coding agents through simplified architecture and effective prompt engineering.

December 26, 2025

Efficient Reinforcement Learning – Rhythm Garg & Linden Li, Applied Compute

Applied Compute optimizes Reinforcement Learning (RL) for enterprises by breaking synchronous bottlenecks, enabling faster, cheaper, and more reliable training through asynchronous pipeline RL and rigorous system modeling.

December 9, 2025