Podcasts

Namee Oberst on Small Language Models and How They are Enabling AI-Powered PCs

In this podcast, Namee Oberst, co-founder of AI Bloks, the company behind AI framework LLMWare, discusses the recent trend in Generative AI and Language Model technologies, the Small Language Models (SLMs) and how these smaller models are empowering the edge computing on devices and enabling AI-powered PC's.

Jaxon Repp on HarperDB Distributed Database Platform

In this podcast, Srini Penchikala spoke with Jaxon Repp, head of product at HarperDB, about their distributed database platform, edge persistence, and custom functions.

Peter Bourgon on CRDTs and State at the Edge

Wes Reisz talks with Peter Bourgon, a distributed system engineer working on Fastly. The two engineers talk about the space of Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) specifically in the context of edge compute. Topics covered on the podcast include Edge compute, CRDTs, CAP Theorem, and challenges around a building distributed system.