Weights & Biases' Alex Volkov reflects on AI Engineer Conference community density and hands-on developer vibes

I'm back home, exhausted but very emotionally fulfilled.

@aiDotEngineer means a lot to me, it means seeing folks I've met a few years ago now, and chatting about what's new in their life and how they are using AI.

It means meeting new people and adding them to that circle, it means great talks, in the hallway and on stage, it means loud parties where everyone yells (can Americans not raised the decibel levels at every event with music? ha)

It also means, @thursdai_pod coverage live from the show, recently live from the floor!

This last one, I got to also give a talk, which I'm hoping would go online at some point, and hang with many folks at a worldcup game (a cool ass perk, you really ought-to submit a CFP and come talk next time), see a bunch of humanoid robots (one clad in @wandb gear!), miss the puppies, but see @swyx sing in the music corner and walk the hall, being blown away by the sheer size of it all. This time there were tons of costumers, Orcs, bugs etc, it was wonderful!

Also, I am always humble to meet folks who tune into every ThursdAI, and ask them for how I can make the show better. If you've come up to me, gave me a high five and gave me feedback on the show, thank you! You are the reason I'm doing this for over 3.5 years now!

Crazy times! Please check out our live coverage if you haven't (in quoted tweet)

I'm back home, exhausted but very emotionally fulfilled.

@aiDotEngineer means a lot to me, it means seeing folks I've met a few years ago now, and chatting about what's new in their life and how they are using AI.

It means meeting new people and adding them to that circle, it means great talks, in the hallway and on stage, it means loud parties where everyone yells (can Americans not raised the decibel levels at every event with music? ha)

It also means, @thursdai_pod coverage live from the show, recently live from the floor!

This last one, I got to also give a talk, which I'm hoping would go online at some point, and hang with many folks at a worldcup game (a cool ass perk, you really ought-to submit a CFP and come talk next time), see a bunch of humanoid robots (one clad in @wandb gear!), miss the puppies, but see @swyx sing in the music corner and walk the hall, being blown away by the sheer size of it all. This time there were tons of costumers, Orcs, bugs etc, it was wonderful!

Also, I am always humble to meet folks who tune into every ThursdAI, and ask them for how I can make the show better. If you've come up to me, gave me a high five and gave me feedback on the show, thank you! You are the reason I'm doing this for over 3.5 years now!

Crazy times! Please check out our live coverage if you haven't (in quoted tweet)