Tech Talks | Denys Kovalenko

Here are some of the talks I gave, mostly around Machine Learning and AI

Most recent talk on RediSearch as VectorDB:

Vector Search at Scale with Redis

Got to share key learnings with PyData community building large-scale vector search with limited resources:

You can get far without vector DB, keep things simple
Reuse systems you already have (everyone adds vector support)
How we integrated VectorDB with rest of ML infra (model gateway, feature store, ML pipelines)

Audience wanted to go deeper into how HNSW index actually works

Web3 and AI: from 0 to 100 in ML/AI

Nothing beats 6am train to get to Narva, at the very border of European Union

At a keynote speech, I shared insights of pragmatism over hype, story of Bolt’s journey from 0 to 100+ ML-powered systems. I even got to juggle mandarins on the stage! 🍊

Engineering Management Meetup @ Pipedrive.

In this talk I shared my journey into management and several ideas how to be more empathetic and effective leader. Tiny sample:

Read “Turn the ship around” and “5 Dysfunctions of a team”
to be better at “people skills”, check out hack #13 in the “Captivate” book summary https://www.scienceofpeople.com/captivate-summary/