Chroma | Context Engineering Episode 1 - Dex Horthy (@dexhorthy)

Chroma CEO Jeff Huber chats with Dex Horthy about agents and context engineering. 0:00 - Introduction 0:23 - Context Engineering Origins 0:33 - 12 Factor Agents 0:43 - New AI Models 1:43 - Model Switching Strategy 3:07 - Personal Productivity Systems 7:57 - AI UX Patterns 13:07 - Todo List Management 15:01 - Collaborative AI Workspaces 22:09 - In-Person vs Remote 24:05 - Tab Complete Patterns 25:00 - Shared Context Layer 27:00 - Markdown & Airtable 32:35 - Data Storage Systems 34:00 - AI-Native Organizations 36:00 - OAuth & Authentication 38:00 - Desktop App Development 43:42 - Context Engineering Evolution 45:00 - Evals & Observability 46:00 - LM-as-Judge Discussion 48:00 - Snapshot-Based Evals 54:47 - Agent Memory Systems 56:00 - Instruction Following Limits 57:57 - Closing Remarks -- Chroma is the open-source AI application database. Batteries included. Embeddings, vector search, document storage, full-text search, metadata filtering, and multi-modal. All in one place. Retrieval that just works. As it should be. Try it today: https://trychroma.com/cloud