A Journey Across Large Language Models
I’ve been building a knowledgebase of working with text based models. This includes exploring how they all respond to the same prompt, what they return as a result, what parameters…
Has DevOps Jumped the Shark?
It’s safe to say that #DevOps hasn’t reached its demise, but it has certainly jumped the shark. Just like the iconic TV show Happy Days, which resorted to having The…
The Soul of Tomorrow’s Businesses
Apple, Tesla, & Disney, among others, what do they have in common? Steve Jobs described it as follows, “… technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married with liberal arts, married…
A DevOps Journey from 2015
I had presented this publicly back in 2015-16 span of time. DevOps was just beginning to gain widespread attention beyond a small community. Reading over the document today, the messages…
The Power of Microservices
An old customer of mine popped back up recently looking for help. Back in 2007 I developed some software for him that used Flash as a front end. As you…
SaaS Represents the Commoditization of Business Function
North Bridge in partnership with GigaOm Research released their 2014 Future of Cloud Computing – 4th Annual Survey Results. As you examine the 124 slides, one thing is obvious that…
If It’s Not Working As Expected, It May Be The Installer
For the 1st time in my life after owning three homes I am in the position of having to replace my air conditioning unit. The company I chose to purchase…
Blogging Is My Civic Duty
Why do I blog? For me it’s a civic duty. I have an ability to identify the real value of IT investments and directions to business. There’s a lot of…
IT Business Edge’s Loraine Lawson Interviews Me On SOA & EA
A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with Loraine Lawson (@lowrain) who covers integration technology for IT Business Edge. There were two different aspects to the interview, one…
My Prediction of Cloud & SOA in 2005
Okay, maybe it’s petty and I’m just tooting my own horn, but I found this old article I wrote for Upstream CIO’s October issue (written in July ’05). In rereading…