AI Agents By the Bay Ep 1: Why AI is Still Software Engineering. Inside Py AI, Community, and Code

Join Alexy Krabrov, founder @ AI By the Bay and special guest Samuel Colvin of Pydantic as they explore the big message behind the PI AI conference: AI is still software engineering. Samuel Colvin * Founder & CEO of Pydantic * Keynote speaker at AI by the Bay * Veteran maintainer, open source contributor, and builder of tech teams * Conference organizer and thought leader in Python, type safety, and agentic frameworks Hosts: * Alexy Krabrov (Co-founder, AI by the Bay) * Oli Dinov (Co-founder, AI by the Bay) In this episode: * AI is still—and will always be—a software engineering problem. Strong, time-tested foundations like typed data, modular architecture, and observability don't just go away because LLMs are involved. * Type safety is back in vogue for good reason. Strong typing, schemas, and validation (think Pydantic, Typescript) are essential for agents, distributed systems, and code written (or assisted) by machines. * Real technical community beats vendor hype every time. Curating events and teams around honest engineering experience leads to higher-quality processes, products, and conversations. * Observability tools must evolve along with AI systems. Modern agent frameworks demand scalable, painless tracing, metrics, and logging—preferably with open standards. * Culture matters. High standards, honest feedback, and kindness help attract and retain top technical talent in globally distributed teams. Pydantic https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic Logfire https://logfire.dev/ PI AI Conference https://piaiconf.com/ By the Bay https://www.linkedin.com/company/bytheb…