Vassiliki Dalakiari
Vasiliki is a software engineer and AI/R&D manager, currently focusing on projects at the intersection of AI, innovation, and social good. She’s a PyGreece organizer, Women Techmakers Ambassador, and #IAmRemarkable facilitator, supporting inclusive tech communities and mentoring newcomers. She also co-leads Boundless Minds, a space for open conversations about impostor syndrome, public speaking, and emotional well-being in the workplace. When she's not coding or organizing events, you'll find her sketching ideas for her next handmade bag or swapping movie tips over coffee.
Session
Ever spent 40 minutes choosing a movie, only to rewatch something you didn’t even love?
In this talk, I’ll share how I built Movie Groovy, a Python-based app that recommends movies based on how you feel. I’ll walk through how I used tools like FastAPI, Qdrant, Gemini (and some more) to create emotionally-aware suggestions, combining filtering logic, a lightweight Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) approach, and an agentic flow that guides users step-by-step through their choices, for a more personalized experience.
More than the stack, we’ll explore why empathy matters in AI, how user feedback shaped the design, and how you can build meaningful tools using open-source solutions, even as a solo dev.
If you’re into Python, curious about AI beyond the hype, or just want to build things that feel more human, this talk is for you.