Building Durable AI Agents with Pydantic AI and Temporal

About the presenter

Cecil Phillip is a Senior Staff Developer Advocate at Temporal Technologies, where he focuses on helping developers build reliable software solutions while also educating them on the benefits of adding durability to their applications. With over 15 years of experience building software for industries including finance, education, HR, and healthcare. He has a passion for teaching and helping others realize their potential through education. Currently a resident of Florida with Caribbean roots, he also enjoys teaching, obstacle course racing, and scuba diving.

About the presenter 

Aditya Vardhan is a Software Engineer at Pydantic responsible for maintaining Pydantic AI. He occasionally dabbles in game dev for fun or to learn new programming languages.

You can find him engaging with the community and sharing memes over X (@adtyavrdhn03) and Reddit (u/adtyavrdhn).

About the presenter <h3> tag

Recommend the html-view in the editor to ensure proper tags. Use <p> tags. Alternating between software engineering and technical education roles, Tom Wheeler's career spans more than 25 years in the financial, healthcare, aerospace, and tech industries. Prior to joining Temporal, he created and taught training courses at Cloudera, developed engineering software at Boeing, helped design and implement a high-volume data processing system for WebMD, and served as senior programmer/analyst for a brokerage firm. Tom enjoys learning new things and teaching them to others, which has led him to present at several conferences, including Strange Loop, OSCON, JavaOne, Strata, and, of course, Replay. When he manages to step away from the computer, you can probably find him cooking, traveling, or playing guitar.

About the presenter <h3> tag

Recommend the html-view in the editor to ensure proper tags. Use <p> tags. Alternating between software engineering and technical education roles, Tom Wheeler's career spans more than 25 years in the financial, healthcare, aerospace, and tech industries. Prior to joining Temporal, he created and taught training courses at Cloudera, developed engineering software at Boeing, helped design and implement a high-volume data processing system for WebMD, and served as senior programmer/analyst for a brokerage firm. Tom enjoys learning new things and teaching them to others, which has led him to present at several conferences, including Strange Loop, OSCON, JavaOne, Strata, and, of course, Replay. When he manages to step away from the computer, you can probably find him cooking, traveling, or playing guitar.

About the presenter <h3> tag

Recommend the html-view in the editor to ensure proper tags. Use <p> tags. Alternating between software engineering and technical education roles, Tom Wheeler's career spans more than 25 years in the financial, healthcare, aerospace, and tech industries. Prior to joining Temporal, he created and taught training courses at Cloudera, developed engineering software at Boeing, helped design and implement a high-volume data processing system for WebMD, and served as senior programmer/analyst for a brokerage firm. Tom enjoys learning new things and teaching them to others, which has led him to present at several conferences, including Strange Loop, OSCON, JavaOne, Strata, and, of course, Replay. When he manages to step away from the computer, you can probably find him cooking, traveling, or playing guitar.