Training is one enormous bill, paid once. Inference is the meter that never stops running, and an old network saying about bandwidth and latency explains why a chatbot's words arrive one at a time. Part four of six.
[ Ai and llms ] Part 2 of 6 3 min read
Prompting ClaudeI'd like to claim I've never taught a model a bad habit by accident. A model learns from every part of an example, including the parts you didn't mean to teach, so here's how to pick them, on one chart. Part two of six.
[ Tech field day ] [ Security ] 5 min read
I'm headed to Tech Field Day Extra at AWS re:Invent to hear what AWS has to say about security, how it compares with Azure, and where the rest of the industry is going.
An introduction to a six-part series on how large language models work, from a network engineer who understands most of it and a little of the math.
[ Ai and llms ] Introduction 3 min read
Prompting ClaudePrompting advice ages faster than the models it was written for, and a lot of what's still online, including my own notes, now backfires. An introduction to a six-part series where the infographics do the heavy lifting.
Architecture and design for AI, ML, LLM, and agentic systems that solve a specific business problem, scoped to what your data, budget, and people can actually support.
Independent guidance for the technology leaders you already have, or part-time leadership until you hire one: a strategy built around your constraints that the business can actually execute.
Getting ready for SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, and other security and compliance audits, with the policies, documentation, and daily processes in place well before the audit begins.
Independent assessment and design for enterprise networks and infrastructure, backed by hands-on experience designing, building, and fixing networks from mid-market to Fortune 100.
Landscape assessments, vendor evaluations, and market briefings, written for practitioners rather than procurement committees and without the analyst-firm retainer.
Custom writing projects, from white papers to technical guides, by a long-time member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors with a deep portfolio of published and private work.
[ Everything else ] 4 min read
So, you want to be a writer? Writing is a lonely, dirty, self-deprecating affair. And that’s if you’re good at it. Robert Heinlein said that “writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private …
[ Networking ] 3 min read
So, a lot of people who are working towards their CCIE certifications end up building home labs for studying. The reasons are many and varied, but mine boiled down to two primary ones: (1) My study hours don’t always …
[ Everything else ] 12 min read
“In my heart, I will always be the girl without the metal, and you will always be the boy with all his bits.” – Quote from an old friend of mine, on our respective surgical experiences It’s a very surreal thing to know …
[ Networking ] Part 1 of 2 3 min read
ASA TUYou ever have one of those weeks where everything that can go wrong, does? And even things that can’t go wrong, still do? Last week was that week for me. But more on that later. I’m finally relaxing with a beer in my …