Swecha DevDay

I had the pleasure of attending the "AI/ML for Developer Productivity" talk at the Swecha DevDay multi-track event at the ServiceNow office in Knowledge City, Hyderabad.  

Shashikanth & Dhiraj spoke about the Chandamama Kathalu project. Students from 25+ colleges and software engineers from 10+ companies  participated in an AI Datathon on November 16th, 2023 to create a dataset to train a SLM.

One of the valuable insights I gained was about VSCodium, a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VS Code and the Hugging Face extension.

Shashikanth's engaging talk on "Using Language Models for Software Development" addressed common challenges faced by developers. Through relatable examples, he demonstrated how Language Models like ChatGPT can assist in various aspects of software development, including code generation, documentation, testing, refactoring, debugging, and business communication. He humorously emphasized how Language Models can contribute to diffusing heated technical discussions by helping draft more diplomatic emails.

Presentation decks from both today's session and past events are accessible on the Swecha website.

A Swecha member and AI & ML Architect, Bharath Krishna delivered an insightful talk sharing his work experiences.

Overall, I liked the idea of DevDays being a local platform for developers  to discuss projects & share ideas in an informal manner.

The food and facilities at the ServiceNow office arranged by Mahesh Perla were excellent! The interactions I had with the participants were also enriching. I look forward to more such DevDay events.