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Pretraining? Fine Tuning? What does it take to train an LLM?
In a previous post, I looked at the differences between reasoning models, and more traditional LLMs. And to read more…
Author: Kevin Mack
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Dev to DevSecOps Training
One common question I’ve gotten a lot lately is to give some recommendations on training options. Now the internet is…
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Moving Data in Azure – AzCopy in Government
Lately I’ve been having a lot of conversations about moving data around in azure government, and this is a pretty…
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What exactly are “Reasoning Models” and how do they work?
As I continue to investigate LLMs, and the implement and use of AI. I took a step back and asked…
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Embeddings and Vectors, explanation of how LLMs see and interpret the world.
Recently I’ve been investigating and leveling up my understanding of AI, LLMs, and AIOps in general. You can’t look anywhere…
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Fun with AI and Planetary Computer – Let’s find some kaiju!
So this is a fun project I built, but it does a great job of illustrating a very real use-case.…
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God forbid, you’re ridiculously successful
This past week, I got to do some more experimenting with MCP, and honestly the implications of that technology are…
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Building virtual machine “golden” images with Packer
As I mentioned in the newsletter for 5/30/2025, one of the key elements to making a team productive is to…
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Getting started with Terraform and Azure Government
So, I’ve done quite a few posts recently on Azure Government, and specifically had a focus on infrastructure-as-code. I’ve had…
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Using a vNext Branching Strategy
I’m a DevSecOps nerd, honestly I’ve always been a big proponant of deployment automation. For me, having git + CI/CD,…