Two Dublin talks about design decisions and AI model routing

On 8 October, our founder Tashfeen spoke at two events in Dublin. The afternoon talk covered AI agents and design. The evening talk covered Free LLM API.

Human judgment in design

At the UXDX community event, Tashfeen discussed how AI agents change the design process. His talk described the continued importance of human judgment.

A person can work quickly with an agent while other team members do not see the decisions. This can separate people on the same team.

Time for discussion is necessary for teams to understand decisions and question them. Faster tools do not remove that need.

The router demonstration at Demos Anon

Later that day, Tashfeen joined Demos Anon at Dogpatch Labs. The event was part of Dublin AI Week.

The demonstration covered Free LLM API, our open-source model router. At the time of the talk, more than 500,000 developers used the project.

The router connects free model providers through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint. It selects a destination for each request and uses another provider when a provider reaches its quota.

The discussion covered the system design and lessons from the project. Participants could ask about practical details for their own work.

The code is open source. You can also read our Free LLM API product page.

Other talks and conversations

The other talks showed different approaches to design and AI. The demonstrations and audience questions gave us more ideas to consider.

Thanks to Catherine Madden and Radu Jitea for the UXDX event.

Thanks also to Chinaza Uzoukwu and Éabha Murphy for Demos Anon.

We appreciate everyone who attended, asked questions, or stayed for a conversation.