Rapid Data AppDev with Windmill (on K3s) and Serverless AuroraOver the summer, I went down the workflow rabbit hole (starting with what I knew like Apache Airflow and Dagster) but ended up deciding on…Feb 1Feb 1
Fall-Winter 2024 Reading ListThere is only one more month left until 2025. I’m not sure what to think about that. But at least the election is over. America decided…Feb 1Feb 1
Private RAG vs. Gemini Shootout (NIST 800–53 Edition)(This was initially published on my blog on Ghost)Oct 6, 2024Oct 6, 2024
Get DuckDB swimming in your Packet Pond in 10 Minutes!At some point over the last few years I discovered DuckDB as an alternative lightweight SQL database that is super fast and has support for…Aug 31, 2024Aug 31, 2024
Early Summer 2024 Reading/Viewing ListI start writing this at a York Road Starbucks after dropping our youngest child off at his first job at a grocery store, the same chain…Jun 15, 2024Jun 15, 2024
2024: Our Second “Summer of AI” BeginsI remember when I finally got the “AI bug.”Jun 12, 2024Jun 12, 2024
My week with a Corporate Gaming ChromeBook: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!Between Thanksgiving and Christmas last year, I took a trip up I-83 to the Best Buy in York PA and bought an Acer 516 GE “Gaming…May 30, 2024May 30, 2024
Rejection Letter CollectionIn my early 20’s, I wanted to be a writer. This is what you did if you were an English major and you were not bound to be a teacher.Mar 16, 2024Mar 16, 2024
European Cathederals Tour (Fall 2023)In July 2023, when my wife encouraged me to take my European History vacation, the initial premise was to tour World War I and World War II…Mar 8, 2024Mar 8, 2024