A hands-on session testing the Semantic Cache Engine — a new AI infrastructure layer for cutting redundant agent reasoning cost. You bring the laptop. You generate real evidence and measure real token savings in the room, and leave with a signed letter of participation for your resume.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · 5:30–9:00 PM
1717 Innovation Center — 1717 E Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23223
This isn't a tutorial or a sandboxed demo — it's the same scripted test protocol the engine ships with, run against real codebases on the VS Code extension. You're testing real functionality, generating your own data, and walking away with something concrete to talk about in an interview.
One VSIX, installed straight into VS Code. It bundles its own runtime — no separate server, no Python setup.
Follow a scripted, phased test script against pinned codebases (React, Flask, Requests) — cache correctness, delta invalidation, and cross-machine recall.
30 minutes of open testing time on your own codebase — poke at it, break it, see what it's actually like day-to-day.
Generate your own token-savings numbers and watch the evidence export get produced live.
If this round fills before you sign up, you're not out of luck. We'll reach out about this session or the next testing round as the engine moves to Rust and multi-agent workflows — there's always another round coming.
What to Bring
Please preload before you arrive — clone these three repos at their pinned commits (saves session time on venue wifi):
git clone https://github.com/facebook/react.git cd react && git checkout f1338f8080abd1386454a10bbf93d67bfe37ce85 && cd .. git clone https://github.com/pallets/flask.git cd flask && git checkout 3.0.3 && cd .. git clone https://github.com/psf/requests.git cd requests && git checkout v2.32.3 && cd ..
VCU Testers Group — join the Discord to stay in touch for this session and future testing rounds: discord.gg/crtRK8XKw
