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Join us for TokyoDev Talks, where we have presentations that cut across the stack from engineers working at some of the most interesting tech companies in Japan.
Note that attendance for this event is limited to software developers, those aspiring to become one, or working in an adjacent position (e.g. Product Managers, UI/UX Designers, Security Engineers, QA Engineers, etc). If you're unsure whether you're qualified to attend, please get in touch.
This event is being held at Tokyo Innovation Base (TiB). When attending it, you'll also need to complete the free registration process with TiB if you have not already done so. You are strongly encouraged to complete this in advance, as otherwise you'll need to complete it on site before you're allowed into the venue.
Enjoy talking with the other participants before the presentations begin. Drinks and a light meal will be provided by TokyoDev.
We'll kick things off by welcoming everyone and giving a short introduction of the event.
For most of my career, I've used Ruby as my primary programming language. But when I joined Kraken six months ago, I had to switch to Python—a language I had no experience with. Rather than studying the language first, I dove in immediately, relying heavily on LLMs that allowed me to be productive from day one. But was that a good idea? In this presentation, I'll reflect on that decision and share the lessons I learned along the way.
Paulo is a backend developer, and an active member of various tech communities both online and offline. Outside of tech, he’s passionate about the colour orange, and European medieval martial arts - where he dons functional replicas of historical armour and fights with rattan and steel weapons
As nearly every company in the world begins to integrate AI into their business, and as we all grow accustomed to constantly prompting LLMs, the cutting edge is moving past the manual prompting of LLMs and can now automate and optimize the prompting step itself.
In this talk, we examine two new approaches out of Stanford in the past couple years, DSPy and ACE. These tools allow us to create self-improving, self-prompting AI programs so that we can treat prompts less like strings, and more like we do code. Parameterized classes and modules. Version control and optimization. Portability across vendors. These are all core software development principles any engineer understands the value of, now just a few lines of Python away.
No more massive walls of text. No more "prompt engineering". Just define your task and goal, and let the LLM prompt and optimize itself.
Andrew started his career in Texas doing recruiting and sales, but pivoted to Data Science and completed his Master's in Analytics at Georgia Tech University. After time as a Data Scientist and General Manager in the Tokyo EdTech industry, he now works as an Applied AI Product Manager at Yoii, a startup growth capital firm in Tokyo providing non-traditional financing to other startups with the goal of increasing startup liquidity in our market.
Discuss the presentation or anything else with the other attendees.
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TokyoDev's job board is filled with software developer positions at Japanese companies whose engineering team’s primary language is English. From the big companies you’ve already heard of, to smaller up-and-coming startups, our positions offer you the chance to live in Japan but work in an international environment.
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Get-togethers for developers interested starting and growing a career in Japan. Organized by TokyoDev.
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