https://watch.softinio.com/videos/watch/46fdac57-8709-4fef-bea2-7da3c0cd18d0 Taming the Agentic Beast Alexandros Bantis — Software Engineer, AdRise Recorded live at Scala Summit 2026 in San Francisco on Monday, October 19, 2026. Get your agent talking to the Scala compiler — then let it run wild in a locked-down container. About the talk Working with AI can sometimes feel like a psychedelic time sink, but it doesn't have to be that way. Scala is a great language to code with an agent if you can get it to talk to the compiler. We'll start by looking at the fundamentals: using the agent to minimize context switching, tooling, how to stay safe, and how to help it write in plain English. Next, we'll look at tooling to let agents run wild with Scala, with dangerous permission levels but in locked down containers so that you can go off and do other things while your agents are working away. Finally, we'll zoom out and consider strategies to help you stay productive and happy, working along side agents and product on mature production code. About the speaker I'm a software engineer at AdRise. I build applications; lately forecasting is the app de jour, working along side some awesome ML and Data Engineers. I dabble in Python, Typescript, and Rust, but Scala is my first love. I've been spending a lot of time over the past year with agents; sometimes they drive me crazy, but I'm having a lot of fun. GitHub: https://github.com/ambantis, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandros-bantis-75798914/, Speaker page: https://2026.scalasummit.com/speakers/alexandros-bantis/, More talks and upcoming events: https://www.bayareatechtalks.com Scala Summit is part of Bay Area Tech Talks. Visit it to join our Meetup and Luma groups, find out about upcoming events, and watch more talk recordings. Conference: https://2026.scalasummit.com Recording can also be watched on YouTube https://youtu.be/rtQPASPE5_E Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:41:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://watch.softinio.com https://watch.softinio.com/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://watch.softinio.com/videos/watch/46fdac57-8709-4fef-bea2-7da3c0cd18d0 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://watch.softinio.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.