Category: Roasts
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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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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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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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PodMan
I am a Red Hat Linux fan, but it doesn’t always play the best with docker. This is likely in part, because RedHat has developed a container application, and like every application variant is has it pros and cons. One big difference is that podman runs in user space so there are some security advantages.…
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Project Openstack
Openstack is what’s behind much of the cloud. This is used behind the scenes in most cases but I still feel compelled to have my own installation. Openstack offers much more cloud-like functionality when compared to VM systems and I just really like the idea of having my own private cloud in my lab. There…