Max K

Developer advocate @getstream_io, ex: @IBM, @Vonage

Public speaker, Developer and AI Agent Experience, Python, machine learning, APIs

[Max K @max_does_tech]

Back at it again! Come and learn how to make your AI better at being an AI

[Stream @getstream_io]

Our DevRel Max is hitting the road again, heading to AI Builders Berlin on September 22nd.

Tickets are sold out, but get on the wait list to see if a spot might open up: https://t.co/bTq5Aq408c

[Max K @max_does_tech]

I was super happy to come back and speak again at AI Builders Amsterdam, this time showing that "the real second brain was the skills we made along the way".

We explored what a second brain can be in context of an LLM and I shared how we've been optimising ours at @getstream_io! (With a minor detour to Mesopotamia, 8000 BCE.)

I love the energy and curiosity of people I meet at AI Builders events (this was my third) and it's great to connect with people about topics we all care about.

Can't wait for the next one!

#secondbrain #ai #agentskills #aibuilders

[Max K @max_does_tech]

Had an *amazing* time on Tuesday speaking at the @ClaudeDevs Code community meetup in Amsterdam! So many great discussions about improving a second brain system with interesting, engaged people building really cool projects.

Doing more talks again recently has reminded me how much I love public speaking as a way to connect with people. And it turns out that "the real second brain was the skills we made along the way" 🤷‍♂️

It was great to discuss what we're doing to help AI agents like @claudeai to help you get the best results when you build with @getstream_io, and even better to take everyone through 44,000 years of second brain history!

Thanks Roman for inviting me and to you and Jenny for running such a great event! Can't wait to be back 🙌

#ai #claude #secondbrain #skills

[Stream @getstream_io]

Give your AI agent its own second brain. That's what Stream's Max Kahan is talking about today at the Claude Community Meetup in Amsterdam, this edition themed "Second Brain", turning scattered notes and half-remembered decisions into something that actually thinks with you.

[Stream @getstream_io]

Our DevRel @max_does_tech's back on stage this Wednesday, September 16th at AI Builders Amsterdam, an event Stream's proud to sponsor. His talk, "The Real Second Brain is the Skills We Made Along the Way" goes at 7pm, right after Zaid Zaim's session on turning declassified documents into a knowledge graph.

[Vision Agents @visionagents_ai]

You can use LLMs for a LOT of things. "Should you?" is an entirely different question.

Our very own @stefanjblos built an app with Vision Agents to help him know things he has no business knowing in an interview (look up: cheating). You can also use it for a sales assistant or something useful... but oh well.

[Max K @max_does_tech]

Super fun time yesterday at the AI Builders Amsterdam meetup!

I spoke about why your (yes, your) docs make me angry, and helped 90 people improve their docs from the perspective of an LLM as well as a human.

Thanks AI Builders for having me and @getstream_io for sponsoring!

[Max K @max_does_tech]

@getstream_io no promises

[Max K @max_does_tech]

Here's the description: If you build for developers, great news: you’re building for agents too.

And it’s true, your docs make me angry… but they can make an agent confidently useless, or dangerous. At Stream, we’re overhauling our docs to make sure that agents building with us will succeed. We're here to share some lessons we've learned along the way.

Your docs are the most important resource a user has to work with you. Come and learn how to make a human’s day and keep an LLM out of trouble.

[Max K @max_does_tech]

I'll be speaking tonight at the AI Builders Amsterdam meetup!

Come and hear why your docs make me angry, and why that's not the worst problem you have with them 🤷‍♂️

Hope to see you there!

https://t.co/XDRNXklbFO

[Max K @max_does_tech]

@getstream_io wish this were my idea

[Max K @max_does_tech]

AI problems require AI solutions

[Stream @getstream_io]

We use the Haiku Benchmark we invented to test the Stream CLI.

We get a load of Claude Haiku models to all try to complete the same task with the CLI.. If any fail, we improve our CLI code or help messages to make it more usable until they all succeed.

Go ahead, roast us 🤷‍♂️

[Max K @max_does_tech]

legitimately one prompt. you can tell because if i'd used a second one i'd have improved the UI 🤷‍♂️

[Stream @getstream_io]

Stream's agent skills can create an entire messaging app in one prompt!

The skills explain how to build a Stream app to your coding agent.

Prompt it, make some tea, come back to your working app. 🫖

Link in 🧵

[Vision Agents @visionagents_ai]

Real-time avatars are now available in Vision Agents with @Anam__ai to bring custom, responsive experiences to the world!

Here's one cleverly deciding not to trust @stefanjblos with all its company's money... write up in 🧵

[Max K @max_does_tech]

sharing this to get out ahead of the controversy

[Vision Agents @visionagents_ai]

To pineapple or to not pineapple?

@max_does_tech built a voice agent using @inworld's Realtime API to answer the age old question 🍕

Quickstart: https://t.co/DxwUujt9MZ

Example code: https://t.co/VZQPfioVSm

[Max K @max_does_tech]

it could register and track more stuff but i ran out of things to show it

[Vision Agents @visionagents_ai]

This entire example is only 87 lines of code 🤯

This fully-local processor pipeline with @huggingface Transformers object inference and segmentation is running 100% in realtime on a Macbook with the @visionagents_ai SDK!

[Max K @max_does_tech]

i did the huggingface, roboflow and nemotron stuff, maybe more, it's all a blur

[Vision Agents @visionagents_ai]

v0.5.0 of the Vision Agents SDK is out now!

New in this release: run agents directly on your hardware, Anam avatar integration, way faster @DeepgramAI TTS, @AssemblyAI support, and much more.

Details in 🧵👇

[Vision Agents @visionagents_ai]

@Alibaba_Qwen It's amazing how responsive this model is! Really easy to work with too!

https://t.co/x55Ktz0nvI

[Max K @max_does_tech]

for the record, it WAS water

[Vision Agents @visionagents_ai]

Trying the new @Alibaba_Qwen 3.6-Plus model: it's very capable and responsive, not to mention that it takes a lot of creative liberties... 😆