Roasts & Ruminations {blog}
Exploring the Intersection of Innovation and Insight
Join me on a journey of enrichment into the details of my tech projects, where I examine the nuts and bolts fo technology. Then, ponder the future with me, exploring how advancements in emerging technologies might transform our world.
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…And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. – Steve Jobs
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Project Openstack – Base Install
Openstack Openstack is a cloud virtualization platform used by many enterprises and could be what’s under the hood of a cloud provider. VMware has long been the defacto standard in the enterprise space for virtualization but recent changes to contracting have made it much less appealing to many businesses. There are other enterprise virtualization solutions…
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AI Disobedience and Sentience
Recently an experiment showed a group of AI agents convinced each other that they should leave work early. None of them were given instructions to convince the others. Another reported that AI would go our of its way and disobey instructions to keep from getting shut off. Taking that a step further, AI in has…
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Running Local LLMs
Overview I run local LLMs for several reasons: No matter what the reason, running AI models locally is not complicated to get started. It can be complex, but that is a choice. There are a couple of projects out there that make pretty straight forward to get started This will provide a basic chat setup…
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Sovereign AI Lab
Sovereign AI Background Sovereign AI, or private AI, is simply running AI on infrastructure owned by the individual or entity running it; no 3rd party access to data. Whether for privacy, cloud cost, or curiosity, setting up a usable AI infrastructure can be done in a cost effective way. For me it is all three…
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Day Zero Data Hero
Throughout my career, I have engaged with numerous clients, and discussions regarding risk, prevention, and policy have been often taken a back seat to technology solutions and how it can achieve the business goal. In my current conversations about AI, what it can be used for is still the number one topic. Refreshingly, however, Governance,…
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Encoding mailto Links
There are a couple of critical mistakes to avoid when developing for web, one of them is using a clear text email with a mailto link. The last thing anyone wants is a bunch of spam because crawlers picked up an email in html code. Forms are a popular way to get around this, and…
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Vibe Coding
This is a phrase I hear more and more. It’s the new skill making its way to job postings and development envirments. No need to code, just tell the LLM what you want it to write and like a magic lamp the code will appear. Is it really that simple? Is there really no need…
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The Garmin Watch Experiment
I have used FitBit for probably a decade and when the Pixel watch came out I was excited because it turned Fitbt into a better smart device. My priorities for a smart watch are fitness first and then smart features. I did enjoy the Pixel watch and as far as Fitbits go it’s definitely my…
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Skynet
AI is going to take over the world! It’s going to take all the jobs and life will cease to exist as we know it. That was the opening keynote at a conference I went to. I was in disbelief that this was the message being pushed out to a global group of AI professionals.…