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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…
Author: Kevin Mack
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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,…
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Setting up Container Registry with Customer-Managed Keys
So yesterday, I posted a blog post about setting up azure storage accounts for Customer-Managed keys. You can see that…
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Setting up Customer-Managed Keys in Bicep for Storage
So for security levels, especially in government when you starting talking Impact Levels of 4+, one of the key requirements…
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Getting started with LLMs, understanding the jargon
This past week I’ve been doing a lot of research into LLMs and how to use them. You can’t look…