Platforming The Future

As a seasoned IT 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.

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...

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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...

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I have been working on a few minor updates to the email handling for my digital twin. Rather than bolt additional functionali...

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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Everyone knows this famous phrase. I have recently learned that some Scrum teams are...

I periodically scan my sites with various tools to make sure that I am keeping up with the current web standards. It's usuall...

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I have using LM Studio to run a local genAI instance. Unfortunately, I have been running into a few minor challenges. It...

When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was first enacted, technology companies scrambled to be compliant. They re...