Sebastian Wallkötter
I'm an engineer and open-source maintainer with a PhD in Computer Science and over a decade of hands-on experience building with AI/ML. Having scaled ImageIO, a foundational Python library, from 2 to 35 million monthly downloads, I know what it takes to build robust, scalable software. I co-founded PyData Stockholm and am deeply integrated into our data community. My current focus is to bring first principles thinking to the GenAI landscape and help developers build more robust systems.
Session
Do you feel lost in the jungle of GenAI frameworks and buzzwords? Here's a way out. Take any GenAI app, peel away the fluff, and look at its core. You'll find the same pattern: a boringly simple nested while loop. I will show you how this loop produces chat assistants, AI agents, and multi-agent systems. Then we'll cover how RAG, tool-calling, and memory are like lego bricks we add as needed. This gives you a first-principles based map. Use it to build GenAI apps from scratch; no frameworks needed.