Name: Pass or Play: What does GenAI mean for the developer
Start: 2025-09-16T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-16T20:00:00-07:00
Location: VMware Bellevue

You've been tasked with implementing or learning AI, whether that includes LLMs, RAG, or MLOps. The sea of acronyms in this era of AI can feel like (and sometimes actually are) a black box for the complex logic and processes that underpin them. There’s so much to learn and not enough time.
In this session, we'll explore how these technologies operate and the different practical ways GenAI is being used. We will explain common architectures for applications with GenAI, including RAG and GraphRAG. Live-code examples will show how developers can start using GenAI and help determine where they can be best applied. Come see how to play in the GenAI era.

**Speaker**
Jennifer Reif is a Developer Advocate at Neo4j, speaker, and blogger with an MS in CMIS. An avid developer and problem-solver, she has worked with many businesses and projects to organize and make sense of widespread data assets and leverage them for maximum business value. She has expertise in a variety of commercial and open source tools, and she enjoys learning new technologies, sometimes on a daily basis! Her passion is finding ways to organize chaos and deliver software more effectively.

**Parking**

* On the street (smaller streets like 2nd pl/st): parking is free after 6PM
* Bellevue Square: parking lot is free and it ***should be*** ok for a few hours
* Bravern Towers ***should*** validate for up to six hours if you grab a drink (entrances are from 8th or 112th)
* Griffin Lot (especially for larger vehicles): ***should be*** $7 after 5PM
* The building has a parking garage (2hrs: $14, 3hrs: $15, 4hrs: $16, gates close at 10pm)

**How to find the event**
The event is on the 15th floor of City Center Bellevue (VMware/Broadcom) next to Bellevue Transit Center. If the building doors are closed, go to the north entrance (facing towards the Transit Center), there is a "call" button on the wall left side of the door, the security guard should let you in.

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Seattle Java User Group (http://www.seajug.org)

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