DevOps

Token optimization is the critical skill separating cost-effective LLM applications from budget-draining experiments.

AWS Kinesis has become a cornerstone for building modern event-driven microservices architectures, enabling real-time data processing at scale with minimal operational overhead.

Nextcloud is the leading open-source, self-hosted cloud storage and collaboration platform that puts you in complete control of your data.

Immich is a revolutionary open-source, self-hosted photo and video management solution that gives you complete control over your memories. With features rivaling Google Photos - including AI-powered facial recognition, smart search, and automatic mobile backup - all while keeping your data private and secure on your own server.

Elasticsearch is a powerful distributed search and analytics engine built on Apache Lucene. This comprehensive cheatsheet covers essential commands, best practices, and quick references for working with Elasticsearch clusters.

I dug up some interesting performance tests of GPT-OSS 120b running on Ollama across three different platforms: NVIDIA DGX Spark, Mac Studio, and RTX 4080. The GPT-OSS 120b model from the Ollama library weighs in at 65GB, which means it doesn’t fit into the 16GB VRAM of an RTX 4080 (or the newer RTX 5080).

Unit testing ensures your Python code works correctly and continues to work as your project evolves. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about unit testing in Python, from basic concepts to advanced techniques.

Docker Model Runner (DMR) is Docker’s official solution for running AI models locally, introduced in April 2025. This cheatsheet provides a quick reference for all essential commands, configurations, and best practices.

Running large language models (LLMs) locally has become increasingly popular for privacy, cost control, and offline capabilities. The landscape shifted significantly in April 2025 when Docker introduced Docker Model Runner (DMR), its official solution for AI model deployment.

Discover how to implement and optimize service mesh architectures using Istio and Linkerd. This guide covers deployment strategies, performance comparisons, security configurations, and best practices for production environments.

In today’s computing landscape, virtualization has become essential for development, testing, and running multiple operating systems. For Linux users seeking a simple, intuitive way to manage virtual machines, GNOME Boxes stands out as a lightweight and user-friendly option that prioritizes ease of use without sacrificing functionality.

Multipass is a lightweight virtual machine manager that makes it easy to create and manage Ubuntu cloud instances on Linux, Windows, and macOS.

NVIDIA DGX Spark is real, on sale Oct 15, 2025, and targeted at CUDA developers needing local LLM work with an integrated NVIDIA AI stack. US MSRP $3,999; UK/DE/JP retail is higher due to VAT and channel. AUD/KRW public sticker prices are not yet widely posted.

The Gemini protocol represents a return to the fundamentals of internet communication-a lightweight, secure, and privacy-respecting alternative to the increasingly complex modern web.

Developers often face the “works on my machine” dilemma due to dependency mismatches, tool versions, or OS differences. Dev Containers in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) solve this elegantly — by letting you develop inside a containerized environment configured specifically for your project.

Here we have a Python Lambda example of SQS Message Processor + REST API with API Key Protection + Terraform script to deploy it for serverless execution.