Building Historical Learning Tools with Local LLMs & SvelteKit

📌 Building Historical Learning Tools with Local LLMs & SvelteKit: The Harold Washington Ancestral Algorithm with Cleveland Pitts

Talk Agenda:

1. The Problem - Why historical memory needs better tools
2. Tech Stack - SvelteKit + Ollama for privacy-first AI
3. Live Demo - Improved Harold Washington learning tool in action
4. Why Local Matters - Privacy, community control, ethical AI

📌 Erlang/OTP and using the BEAM to deliver a low-latency web at all costs with Robert Ismo

This talk walks through using the BEAM virtual machine for low-latency, real-time applications. The BEAM and its languages, such as Erlang, Elixir, LFE, and Gleam, have been used in large-scale communication applications, including telecom, Discord, and WhatsApp.

By the end, you'll have seen a live demonstration of how the BEAM can be used to build scalable real-time applications.
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If you're interested in speaking at an upcoming meetup, please email me at heather@bitovi.com.