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38 entries between 2021 and 2026: 13 talks, 16 contents, 7 projects, 3 careers, 4 personal.

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Years2021 — 2027
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21 Sept 2026First day at NetBird!Careerhttps://netbird.io
27 Jul 2026Context Engineering VideoContenthttps://youtu.be/sUoNoaatRvU?si=HWuLCVzQEWYmGXYT
25 May 2026Big Berlin HackProjecthttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/victorialslocum_most-content-creators-spend-hours-tracking-activity-7463157938833031168-ape-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACtRH_gBtFB51x9Qf3FB7i_UJEjhXLQ-gAI
19 Apr 2026Manchester MarathonPersonal—
2 Mar 2026Agent Skills videoContenthttps://youtu.be/T0GD9xWihPI?si=1-Y4omyz2jA5cN49
26 Feb 2026Building a Legal RAG App blogContenthttps://weaviate.io/blog/legal-rag-app
18 Feb 2026Agent Skils blog postContenthttps://weaviate.io/blog/weaviate-agent-skills
16 Oct 2025Context Engineering EbookProjecthttps://weaviate.io/ebooks/the-context-engineering-guide
28 Aug 2025Elysia Matrix Style VideoContent, Projecthttps://youtu.be/PhCrlpUwEhU?si=Xh_DodBpu38LPsnQ
19 Feb 2025Data Science Dojo Webinar 3: AI in ProductionTalkhttps://slides.victoriaslocum.com/slides/Real-World-AI/index.html
12 Feb 2025Data Science Dojo Webinar 2: Vector SearchTalkhttps://slides.victoriaslocum.com/slides/Vector-Search/index.html
6 Feb 2025Data Science Dojo Webinar 1: Vector EmbeddingsTalkhttps://slides.victoriaslocum.com/slides/Vector-Embeddings/index.html
21 Nov 2024Vector Search Explained - Blog postContenthttps://weaviate.io/blog/vector-search-explained
6 Oct 2024Hack Night at GitHubTalk, Contenthttps://youtu.be/KqcfBoG-mns?si=tO0twF1d4M-M0Nq4
4 Sept 2024Matryoshka Embedding Video postContenthttps://x.com/victorialslocum/status/1831299114471915645
26 Mar 2024Lecture at University of Southern CarolinaTalkhttps://slides.victoriaslocum.com/slides/The-Word-of-Vector-DBs/index.html
14 Mar 2024Webinar on Hybrid SearchTalkhttps://events.weaviate.io/hybrid-search-webinar
7 Mar 2024Verba blog post—https://weaviate.io/blog/verba-open-source-rag-app
23 Jan 2024AI Renaissance Berlin talkTalkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGfPNVYkix8
14 Dec 2023Amsterdam meetup talkTalkhttps://slides.victoriaslocum.com/slides/Hybrid%20Search/index.html
12 Dec 2023First videoProject, Contenthttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/victorialslocum_wondering-why-youd-want-to-use-hybrid-search-activity-7140334799046488065-kB_j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
6 Dec 2023Berlin meetup talkTalkhttps://slides.victoriaslocum.com/slides/Hybrid%20Search/index.html
29 Nov 2023HNSW post on X/LinkedInContenthttps://x.com/victorialslocum/status/1729835741130162272?s=20
4 Sept 2023First day at WeaviateCareerhttps://weaviate.io
11 May 2023JetBrains webinarTalkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S8icpu9dX0
3 May 2023spaCy VS Code extensionProjecthttps://github.com/explosion/spacy-vscode
18 Apr 2023PyData Berlin talkTalkhttps://2023.pycon.de/program/NWSLUH/
4 Apr 2023Workshop: Princeton Digital HumanitiesTalkhttps://speakerdeck.com/victorialslocum/princeton-workshop-presentation
30 Mar 2023Blog: Rulers, NER, and data iterationContent, Projecthttps://blog.victoriaslocum.com/post/spanruler-ner-data
9 Mar 2023spaCy user surveyContent—
16 Feb 2023Blog visuals: Posh case studyContenthttps://explosion.ai/blog/posh-prodigy-financial-chatbots
30 Jan 2023Blog: Year in review 2022Contenthttps://explosion.ai/blog/year-in-review-2022
3 Dec 2022PyData Global talkTalkhttps://youtu.be/-fC96z02cto
18 Oct 2022spaCy cheat sheetContenthttps://github.com/explosion/assets/blob/main/spaCy/spaCy-cheat-sheet.pdf
10 Oct 2022Blog: How I got my jobContent, Personalhttps://blog.victoriaslocum.com/post/how-i-got-my-job
10 Jun 2022Started Developer Advocate internshipCareer—
16 Jan 2022Carlsbad MarathonPersonal—
16 Dec 2021SynsongProject, Personalhttps://synsong.app

All of it, in order

A collection of all the projects and milestones I’ve worked on, listed in chronological order. From YouTube videos to marathons to career milestones, these are the events I’m most proud of.

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38 entries

  1. 2026
    21 Sept 2026Link

    First day at NetBird!

    Started a new job at NetBird as an Open Source Engineer.

    Visit the site
  2. 27 Jul 2026Video

    Context Engineering Video

    Did a video on context engineering, focused on cool sound design and effects!

    Watch on YouTube
  3. 25 May 2026Post

    Big Berlin Hack

    Participated in the Big Berlin Hack 2026, filmed some cool content and won the wildcard track.

    Read on LinkedIn
  4. 19 Apr 2026

    Manchester Marathon

    Second marathon, done!

  5. 2 Mar 2026Video

    Agent Skills video

    Created a video showcasing the new Weaviate Agent Skills repo and how to install it.

    Watch on YouTube
  6. 26 Feb 2026Writing

    Building a Legal RAG App blog

    Wrote a blog on how to create a production-ready legal RAG app with one prompt. Built a lot of legal RAG apps with one prompt to test.

    Read the post
  7. 18 Feb 2026Writing

    Agent Skils blog post

    Helped write the blog post on our new Weaviate Agent Skills release.

    Read the post
  8. 2025
    16 Oct 2025Link

    Context Engineering Ebook

    Created the context engineering ebook with my coworked Prajjwal and Femke, which reached over 10k downloads within a few months.

    Visit the site
  9. 28 Aug 2025Video

    Elysia Matrix Style Video

    Had a blast making this Matrix-style launch video for our project, Elysia!

    Watch on YouTube
  10. 19 Feb 2025Slides

    Data Science Dojo Webinar 3: AI in Production

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  11. 12 Feb 2025Slides

    Data Science Dojo Webinar 2: Vector Search

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  12. 6 Feb 2025Slides

    Data Science Dojo Webinar 1: Vector Embeddings

    First of a three part webinar series with Data Science Dojo, where I talk about vector embeddings - what they are, how they’re created, and how to choose the right embeddings for you.

    Open the slides
  13. 2024
    21 Nov 2024Writing

    Vector Search Explained - Blog post

    Wrote a blog post all about vector search, including implementing it yourself in Python

    Read the post
  14. 6 Oct 2024Video

    Hack Night at GitHub

    Did a talk on vector search and RAG and some cool content at the GitHub office in San Francisco

    Watch on YouTube
  15. 4 Sept 2024Post

    Matryoshka Embedding Video post

    First post to hit over 1k likes!

    Read on X
  16. 26 Mar 2024Slides

    Lecture at University of Southern Carolina

    Gave a presentation to a class at USC

    Open the slides
  17. 14 Mar 2024Event

    Webinar on Hybrid Search

    Did a webinar on what hybrid search is and how to implement it with Weaviate.

    See the event
  18. 7 Mar 2024Writing

    Verba blog post

    Wrote a blog post with the amazing Edward all about our open source RAG application, Verba!

    Read the post
  19. 23 Jan 2024Video

    AI Renaissance Berlin talk

    Gave a talk at the AI Renaissance event in Berlin about “Using Generative AI and Hybrid Search to Augment Medical Data Pipelines”. It was the biggest event ever at the Merantix AI Campus, with over 150 people.

    Watch on YouTube
  20. 2023
    14 Dec 2023Slides

    Amsterdam meetup talk

    Gave a talk at the Amsterdam Weaviate end of the year meetup on hybrid search.

    Open the slides
  21. 12 Dec 2023Post

    First video

    Recorded and edited my first video on out-of-domain hybrid search.

    Read on LinkedIn
  22. 6 Dec 2023Slides

    Berlin meetup talk

    Gave a talk at the Berlin Weaviate end of the year meetup on hybrid search.

    Open the slides
  23. 29 Nov 2023Post

    HNSW post on X/LinkedIn

    My post on the HNSW algorithm in Weaviate was a big hit! Getting better at creating animations.

    Read on X
  24. 4 Sept 2023Link

    First day at Weaviate

    Started at Weaviate as a Machine Learning Engineer!

    Visit the site
  25. 11 May 2023Video

    JetBrains webinar

    Gave a webinar with JetBrains PyCharm on using spaCy and Prodigy for information extraction from text.

    Watch on YouTube
  26. 3 May 2023Code

    spaCy VS Code extension

    Helped work on a spaCy VS Code extension for more clarity around spaCy’s config files for model building.

    View on GitHub
  27. 18 Apr 2023Event

    PyData Berlin talk

    Gave a 30 minute talk about a recent project and developer tooling design concepts at PyData/PyCon Berlin.

    See the event
  28. 4 Apr 2023Slides

    Workshop: Princeton Digital Humanities

    1.5 hour workshop at Princeton University introducing spaCy for digital humanities applications

    Open the slides
  29. 30 Mar 2023Writing

    Blog: Rulers, NER, and data iteration

    Worked on a project to combine a rule-based approach with machine learning and wrote a blog post about the experience.

    Read the post
  30. 9 Mar 2023

    spaCy user survey

    Led efforts for communication around the spaCy user survey, including posts, visuals, Typeform editing, and newsletter

  31. 16 Feb 2023Writing

    Blog visuals: Posh case study

    Created some of the visuals for Explosion’s blog post on Posh AI’s Prodigy workflow

    Read the post
  32. 30 Jan 2023Writing

    Blog: Year in review 2022

    Prepared visuals and content for the year in review 2022 blog for Explosion

    Read the post
  33. 2022
    3 Dec 2022Video

    PyData Global talk

    Gave a talk at PyData Global about spaCy’s Spancat component

    Watch on YouTube
  34. 18 Oct 2022Code

    spaCy cheat sheet

    Created a spaCy cheat sheet for getting started with the library.

    View on GitHub
  35. 10 Oct 2022Writing

    Blog: How I got my job

    Wrote a post on my take on how I got my job with Explosion with limited experience in the field.

    Read the post
  36. 10 Jun 2022

    Started Developer Advocate internship

    Started the developer advocate intership with Explosion 💥

  37. 16 Jan 2022

    Carlsbad Marathon

    Ran my first full marathon! Excited for the next one

  38. 2021
    16 Dec 2021Link

    Synsong

    Created one of my first Python projects to create a Spotify playlist based on a user-inputted quote or sentence.

    Visit the site