AI in the Real World - Marlene Mhangami & Tim Allen

This video features Marlene Mhangami and Tim Allen .

AI in the Real World - Marlene Mhangami & Tim Allen
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Published November 26, 2025
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Marlene and Tim both gave talks on AI at the recent DjangoCon US conference, but with very different angles. In this episode, we discuss the real-world strengths and weaknesses of AI, how it is impacting developers' daily workflows, and also examples of AI failures.

Marlene is a Senior Developer Advocate at Microsoft and Tim is the Principal Engineer at Wharton Research Data Services.

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Marlene’s personal website: https://marlenemhangami.com/
Tim’s personal website: https://pyphilly.org/
Keynote: Django Reimagined For The Age of AI by Marlene at DjangoCon US: https://2025.djangocon.us/talks/keynote-wednesday/ and GitHub repo: https://github.com/marlenezw/djangocon-25-keynote
What a Decade! by Tim at DjangoCon US: https://2025.djangocon.us/talks/what-a-decade/
Django Girls Offline: https://github.com/marlenezw/django-girls-offline

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