The proof is in the patterns. How do we know someone’s using AI badly? The proof is in the patterns. Many AI tools use the smallest, fastest, and cheapest models possible – because when you’re doing tasks at scale, costs add up fast. So you provide a template for the LLM to use, give it…
Summary In today's episode, I walk through how to become a data prepper, covering the software, storage media, extraction tools, and public archives you need to safeguard your data and AI resources against internet failures, censorship, or service shutdowns. Here's what this means for you. You'll gain a practical framework for deciding what to back…
Use agentic AI for bronze development. In the world of data operations, there’s a concept called medallion architecture, pioneered by Databricks back in 2019. Bronze data is uncleaned, raw data. It’s the hot mess express, raw materials, crude oil, dirty water. This is what belongs in data lakes. Silver data is cleaned, processed data, semi-structured,…
If you don’t want AI to generate generic slop, then you have to establish what generic slop is first. I’m working on a book cover for a book about AI and SEO/PPC and I prompted AI to come up with some concepts. I hated all of them. They were boring, bland, and literally exactly what…
Summary In today's episode, I walk through an introduction to knowledge graphs and explain how they map entities and connections in your data. Here's what this means for you. You'll discover how knowledge graphs act as dynamic indexes that help AI tools preserve memory and find only the relevant documents instead of reading everything at…
Pyramids to obelisks. Take a look at the job description in the attached image, for an account coordinator at a PR firm. Ask yourself honestly how much of this job AI could do, with today’s capabilities, especially with agentic tools like Claude Cowork. The answer is almost all of it. Creating first drafts of anything?…
A gentle reminder that the only GUARANTEED private AI is with models you are hosting yourself, on your machine or your infrastructure. Every cloud provider, without exception, will have somewhere in their Terms of Service that they will comply with lawful requests for data from the government of their jurisdiction. For example, this is inference…
Summary In today's episode, I explain how to safely grant AI agents command line access without risking your entire file system. Here's what this means for you. You gain the freedom to experiment with autonomous agents without fear of losing your important data. You'll also learn these concepts: how Docker containers provide a safety net,…
Summary In today's episode, I walk through a local AI model roundup covering the latest open-weight models you can actually run on your own hardware. Here's what this means for you. You get a practical playbook for picking the right model, server, and harness combo so you can stop burning through cloud tokens and run…
