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5 pagesWhen the Cloud Gets Riddled with Holes
The past two weeks in cloud computing and databases have played out like a disaster movie. First came the TiDB Cloud data breach that dominated the news over the past couple of days. The extortion group FulcrumSec put up a dedicated page for PingCAP …
The past two weeks in cloud computing and databases have played out like a disaster movie. First came the TiDB Cloud data breach that dominated the news over the past couple of days. The extortion group FulcrumSec put up a dedicated page for PingCAP …
A Tiny Aluminum Cube: Tinkering with the Beelink ME Pro NAS
Last night before bed, I threw together a quick post on the three gadgets middle-aged men obsess over: NAS boxes, routers, and chargers. It picked up more than 30,000 reads in a single day. Apparently the stereotype holds up. In that post, I said I …
Last night before bed, I threw together a quick post on the three gadgets middle-aged men obsess over: NAS boxes, routers, and chargers. It picked up more than 30,000 reads in a single day. Apparently the stereotype holds up. In that post, I said I …
Three Midlife Obsessions: NAS, Routers, and Chargers
The joke goes that middle-aged men have three hobbies: NAS boxes, routers, and chargers. I stayed home for all seven days of China’s National Day holiday. Rather than fight the holiday crowds, I kept my head down and worked. I didn’t spend the entire …
The joke goes that middle-aged men have three hobbies: NAS boxes, routers, and chargers. I stayed home for all seven days of China’s National Day holiday. Rather than fight the holiday crowds, I kept my head down and worked. I didn’t spend the entire …
Local AI: A Question of Power, Not Price
Anthropic’s threat report, OpenAI’s soap opera, the closure of the $200 subscription tier, and rising GPU and memory prices—all of this week’s events tell the same story. Three things happened this week. Taken separately, each looks like industry …
Anthropic’s threat report, OpenAI’s soap opera, the closure of the $200 subscription tier, and rising GPU and memory prices—all of this week’s events tell the same story. Three things happened this week. Taken separately, each looks like industry …
Local AI's Inflection Point: 2027
When subsidies fade, hardware catches up, and open models mature, all three lines cross in 2027. “Build your own AI” goes from idea to reality. A Thought Triggered by a Group Chat A friend in a group chat said the other day that “self-hosting” is …
When subsidies fade, hardware catches up, and open models mature, all three lines cross in 2027. “Build your own AI” goes from idea to reality. A Thought Triggered by a Group Chat A friend in a group chat said the other day that “self-hosting” is …