2022: The Year AI Broke Through
Looking back at a year that saw AI go from research curiosity to mainstream phenomenon, while I published two books and watched the world change
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Writing archive
Writing from 2022.
15 essays published in 2022.
Chronological archivere:Invent 2022: AWS Bets on Generative AI
AWS re:Invent this year revealed a clear strategic pivot toward generative AI infrastructure, and the cloud landscape is about to change
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ChatGPT Launches: The iPhone Moment for AI
OpenAI just released ChatGPT and it is the first AI product that makes non-technical people understand why artificial intelligence matters
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Losing Interest in Phones Too
After losing my passion for cars earlier this year, I am realizing the same thing has happened with smartphones
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AI Research Is Moving Faster Than Anyone Can Track
The velocity of AI research has reached a point where even dedicated practitioners cannot keep up with the pace of significant breakthroughs
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CKAD Certification: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
Passed the CKAD exam and earned another Kubernetes certification, reinforcing my conviction that container orchestration is fundamental infrastructure
- kubernetes
- career
Stable Diffusion: AI Art Goes Open Source
Stability AI just open-sourced a state-of-the-art image generation model, and the implications of putting this technology in everyone's hands are profound
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Losing Interest in Cars
With a full Tesla fleet in the household, the novelty of cars has faded in a way I did not expect
- nostalgia
- personal
James Webb's First Images Put Things in Perspective
NASA just released the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope, and they are redefining our view of the universe
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From Strangers to Founders: Published
My second book this year tells the immigration story that shaped everything, from arriving in America as a stranger to building a career in tech
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- personal
Mastering Cloud Engineering: Published
My first book is published, distilling years of hands-on cloud architecture experience into a comprehensive guide
- books
- cloud
- career
Elon Buys Twitter: The Most Chaotic Tech Deal in Memory
Elon Musk just agreed to buy Twitter for $44 billion, and the way it happened is as remarkable as the deal itself
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DALL-E 2: AI Creates Art
OpenAI just showed us an AI system that generates photorealistic images from text descriptions, and the implications are staggering
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Russia Invades Ukraine: Technology in Modern War
The invasion of Ukraine is showing us in real time how technology has fundamentally changed the nature of warfare
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Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard
The biggest gaming acquisition in history just happened, and it says more about the future of tech than about gaming
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