IT Leader, Mentor, and Speaker

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 cloud computing, devops, agile methodologies, 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.

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Platform Engineering Essentials

Platform engineering aims to empower developers by providing them with a self-service infrastructure that abstracts away com...

platform engineering
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What is Valkey?

Looking for an open-source alternative to Redis? Valkey was forked from Redis to address differences in governance, licen...

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LM Studio Crash Course

LM Studio is a user-friendly desktop application that allows you to run large language models locally on your device, offeri...

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Tuning Linux for Kubernetes Part 2

Running Kubernetes on bare metal or in on-premises environments gives you unparalleled control over system performance—but it...

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Unleashing Agentic AI

As you have probably heard, AI is a hot buzzword these days. Everyone is trying to get on the genAI bandwagon, but have you l...

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Comparing Feature Flag Tools

I have been making plans to start another project and wanted to take advantage of feature flags in my releases. Feature flags...

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The Great Cloud Exodus

What do 37Signals and Ahrefs have in common? Both companies have recently shifted from public cloud providers to on-premi...

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Multicloud vs Polycloud

Your organization uses both AWS and GCP and possibly a little Azure, but are you a multicloud or a polycloud consumer?...

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My PostgreSQL Migration Is Complete

My migration from MySQL to PostgreSQL is complete. I managed to finish staging my data last night, and I had planned on mak...

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The GenAI Wine Glass Challenge

I saw this challenge the other day on Reddit. Using the GenAI tool of your choice, create an image of a glass of wine that...

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Deprecating MySQL

I migrated my main personal website from WordPress to Grav over two years ago. I found that I did not need the overhead of W...

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Practically Perfect GenAI Prompts

I have been diving deep into the world of generative AI and have found it to be a game-changer for my productivity. I am usin...

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