As a seasoned technology leader with a passion for technology, I'm excited to share my insights on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies. Join me as I explore the latest developments in platform engineering, cloud computing, devops, agile methodologies, artificial intelligence and more. My blog is a mix of technical and analog life observations. I do not have a regular posting cadence, but I do try to keep this feed fairly current.
Over the past few weeks, I have been doing quite a bit of maintenance on this site. I noticed that I had several blog posts i...
LM Studio is an AI tool that is in regular rotation in my personal environments. I like LM Studio because it lets me experi...
Platform engineering is often described in terms of enabling teams, reducing friction, and accelerating delivery. Behind thos...
Large language models (LLMs) have made artificial intelligence (AI) widely visible by enabling systems that understand and...
Whenever I start a building a new app or service, I always plan out the building blocks that I need. Depending on the size an...
The performance and reliability of a Kafka cluster depend largely on how brokers and partitions are sized and balanced. Bro...
If you have not seen the news, Terraform CDK (also known as CDKTF) is dead. Hashicorp, an IBM company, sunset and archived...
In fast-paced environments, the pressure to make the correct decision can slow progress to a halt. Analysis paralysis occurs...
I have been slowly improving the capabilities for my digital twin. My last major update involved improving email responses....
Email remains a cornerstone of communication, ensuring the authenticity and integrity of messages is paramount. To combat th...
I have been working on a few minor updates to the email handling for my digital twin. Rather than bolt additional functionali...
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Everyone knows this famous phrase. I have recently learned that some Scrum teams are...