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🚨 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 — 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 (𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟒, 𝐑𝐔)

Tomorrow we'll be streaming an online discussion.
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬: 2025 reflections and 2026 expectations

📍 January 14, 18:30 CET
📌 onthespotdev.com/techspot/tech-industry-review-25

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬
- regulations and the impact of politics
- technology shifts: coding revolution and the state of AI
- evolution of the job market and skill requirements
- investments, businesses, money

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𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟕 → 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐰 🎯
We’re planning a huge get-together — 100+ engineers, snacks, beer, and hands-on talks.

The topic this time is cybersecurity.
👉 Two talks: security threats in GitHub Actions and CI pipelines
👉 A panel on AI tooling and product security

We’ll leave enough room for networking — you make sure you have room for pizza :)

✅ 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬: website link in bio

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Friendly reminder that a fresh podcast episode is out on ‪@137-podcast‬ 🙂
📌 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biLt-...

Why should you watch it? Well, first of all, we actually put effort into it, and we think you’ll feel it 😏

Still not sold? Fine. Then here are the hard facts we took from chatting with Roman Grebennikov:

💡 Ops break search more often than AI – scaling, index changes, and observability cause most headaches.
💡 Good data > bigger models – relevance matters more than sheer size.
💡 Semantic similarity isn’t always relevance – “tomato” ≠ “ketchup” without user context.
💡 Re‑ranking makes results actually useful – smarter layers after fast retrieval.
💡 Self‑improving models are on the horizon – refining search quality over time.

Solid stuff, right? And that’s just scratching the surface.

Go on, learn more
📌 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biLt-...

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🥁 𝐓𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐦! 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟑𝟕 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.

🎧 Full video → https://youtu.be/biLt-ItoSHk

Yes, it took us 5 months to release it – which is practically real-time if you’ve ever shipped production search.

Jokes aside, this time we’re really discussing LLM-powered search systems 😃

The hosts Anton and Dima are joined by Roman Grebennikov – Principal Engineer at Delivery Hero & Founder of Nixiesearch.
A guest we’re not hesitating to call a ✨search industry expert✨

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝:
– Designing and evaluating semantic search architectures
– Fine-tuning, training data, and infra trade-offs
– What’s possible in multimodal, and what’s usually not worth it
– PostgreSQL vs. vector databases
– And why common sense beats AGI hype

🎧 Full episode → https://youtu.be/biLt-ItoSHk

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𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸: 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 💻 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐳𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢

During the last TechSpot, we saw Adrian Boguszewski break down how Intel’s open-source tools (OpenVINO, Optimum Intel) enable developers to deploy GenAI applications locally, with no internet connection required and zero cloud dependency.

⚡Understanding AI PC architecture: CPU vs GPU vs NPU for different AI workloads
⚡OpenVINO toolkit basics and its integration with popular frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX)
⚡Practical tips for model optimization and quantization (INT4, FP16)
⚡Live demos: text-to-image generation in <1 second, image-to-image pipelines, and inpainting

We got our bunch of “wait, what?” moments – now your turn 🤓

👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crt4N...

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𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 🧠 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝗻

At our recent TechSpot, Shai Alon (the one that already won over the hearts of the TechSpot community last year ✨) revealed how AI is evolving into truly intelligent, autonomous agents that understand and act across text, images, video, and audio.

📌 https://youtu.be/4qsfz7-ubvI?si=yRzEB...

In his talk Shai covers:

1️⃣ The critical differences between basic chatbots and sophisticated AI agents.
2️⃣ The 'Agent Spectrum': From Generative AI to truly autonomous, multimodal intelligence.
3️⃣ How Google's cutting-edge GenMedia (Imagen 3, Veo 2, Lyria, Chirp 3) and Gemini models are enabling the next generation of AI.
4️⃣ The transformative potential of Voice AI and Multimodality, including the Live API for human-like conversations.
5️⃣ Actionable strategies for building intelligent AI agents, including a live demo using Google's AI Studio for a car insurance renewal agent.
6️⃣ Key considerations like safety, reliability, and the power of open-source tools (ADK, A2A Protocol) in agent development.

Big thanks for Google for Startups Campus in Warsaw for hosting TechSpot 🤗

#aiagents #multimodalai #generativeai #futureofai #techtalk #techspot #onthespotdevelopment

Get inspired 👇
https://youtu.be/4qsfz7-ubvI?si=yRzEB...

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TechSpot is coming back 🚀 With an overhyped yet interesting topic to discuss - AI Systems in practice

For those of you based in Warsaw - we'd love to see you in person on May 15.


We're bringing together 200 engineers for hands-on talks, live demos, and real-world AI insights.

🍕 And yes – pizza and beer included. Wouldn't be TechSpot without them.


Talks:

- Multimodal AI — how next-gen systems process multiple inputs and take initiative
- AI risks and failures — what can go wrong and how to prepare
- Panel talk — real-world challenges in AI security implementation
- Running GenAI locally — using OpenVINO to bring GenAI to your own hardware
- Infrastructure for AI — designing scalable, resilient systems

📅 May 15, 16:00 CEST
📍 Google for Startups Campus, Warsaw
🎟 Grab your ticket: onthespotdev.com/techspot/ai-systems-in-practice


Not in Warsaw? Don't worry – we'll be streaming the event too. Right here :) Stay tuned for details!

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Hey guys 👋
Have you seen that we launched @137-podcast?

This is going to be a mix of tech talks & good vibes in conversations with engineers, CTOs, and tech experts about the industry, engineering, and AI. Because let’s face it, no tech podcast is complete without a bit of AI.

In the first episode, we sit down with Roman, CTO of Flo Health, and discuss how to build a high-performing tech culture, including.

🚀 How to win the "best invention" award as a result of engineering response to a privacy challenge.
🛠️ The hiring playbook that brings in 10 engineers in a day (and actually works).
🔥 "Oh no" moments: Handling media storms and sudden relocations.
📊 The science of running 400 experiments per quarter
🤖 Future: $200kk in RnD, AI (obviously), wearables, and the fine-tuning of everything.


Watch the full video => https://youtu.be/e-75lKvvtug?si=xlsWw...

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You might've seen these faces at our TechSpot events and – 🥁 the drum base—now, they’re launching a podcast!

🎙 137 Podcast — raw, honest, slightly chaotic, and bullshit-free conversations with engineers about challenges of the industry, engineering culture, and, of course, AI—because let’s be honest, no tech podcast is complete without a bit of AI.

🚀 The first episode drops tomorrow!


With Roman Bugaev, CTO at Flo Health, they talk about engineering culture, scaling teams, architectural decisions and the realities of hiring top developers.

Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCHze...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/1kV5F7BRuBjZQHkidvmKAb
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/137-podcast/id179701…


And subscribe to our Twitter: x.com/137_podcast

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Hey guys! We’re running a productivity survey and would like to know your opinion

📌 tally.so/r/3X8oAL

At On The Spot, we host multiple teams contributing to various products, each with their own policies and work setups.

This experience, along with the growing trend of returning to the office, has inspired us to do comprehensive productivity research.

We’ve created a quick survey to gather insights from tech specialists about how they view their 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬.

📌 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: tally.so/r/3X8oAL
❕It’ll only take 1-2 minutes

Huge thanks!

We’ll share the results later in a blog post and everywhere on our socials.

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