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AI, end to end: from how models work to running it in IAM
A full crash course in plain language: AI vs ML vs DL, how a language model works inside, prompting and RAG, agent frameworks and multi-agent systems, optimization and guardrails, and how it all becomes a real, safe, compliant architecture for identity and access management.
Read →SailPoint ISC vs IdentityIQ
I've spent real time in both. Here's the honest version of why Identity Security Cloud is the better bet for most teams, and the cases where IdentityIQ still earns its keep.
Read →The state of software, and where it's going
I've been writing code for about six years, two and a half of them professionally, which means my whole working career has happened inside this AI shift. This is my honest read from that vantage: what has changed, what hasn't, and the bets I'm making.
Read →Arch Linux, and why I keep coming back
Arch has a reputation for being hard. It isn't, really: it's just honest. Here's what makes it different, and how to install it end to end, finishing with the script I use every time.
Read →An un-brickable Linux with Btrfs
A rolling-release system that's always current sounds scary until you have an undo button. Btrfs snapshots give you exactly that: roll a bad update back in seconds, and back up so the machine is never truly beyond repair.
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