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Prologue One of the key features for the “GlueOps Platform” to work is installing a LoadBalancer, and because we’re using GlueKube to create kubernetes cluster in a cloud agnostic way, getting the LoadBalancer to work isn’t that easy, as each cloud providers requires different setup, especially for providers with no CCM or in an on-prem installation. The Birth of the LoadBalancer in the Kingdom of Kubernetes In the realm of cloud-native deployments, a Kubernetes LoadBalancer Service typically interacts with the underlying cloud provider’s infrastructure through a Cloud Controller Manager (CCM). When a Service of type LoadBalancer is declared, the CCM translates this request into a cloud-specific API call, provisioning a load balancer resource (e.g., an AWS ELB, a Google Cloud Load Balancer, or an Azure Load Balancer) in the respective cloud environment. This external load balancer then directs traffic to the Kubernetes worker nodes where the application pods are running.

Looking ahead: humans are cool again.

Technology's top thinkers weigh in on the year ahead.

Culture wars are real. They occur when a dominant culture faces a serious challenge. But unless you pay close attention, you might miss them entirely. As a kid, I was a “nerd.” I read a lot and spent hours on my computer. I devoured science and technology magazines. I taught myself programming. “Great!” you might … Continue reading The culture war that we won

How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.

Tiiny AI is an American startup that has introduced a brand-new mini PC with one goal - putting large LLMs in user's pockets. The impressively tiny Pocket Lab mini PC packs a 12-core ARM CPU along with an NPU that is capable of up to 160 TOPS of compute power. Memory is crucial, taken care of by 80 GB of LPDDR5X RAM.

US tech startup Tiiny AI has launched the Tiiny AI Pocket Lab, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's smallest supercomputer.

Tiiny AI has released a new demo showing how its personal AI computer can be connected to older PCs and run without an internet connection.

Greed ruined a lot of great software out there and enshittification is a real deal among acquired companies… Is there anything we could do about it?

We are experiencing one of the most significant technological breakthroughs of the last few decades. Call it what you will: AI, generative AI, large language models... But where does it come from? Academics will tell you that it stems from decades of mathematical efforts on campus. But think about it: if this were the best … Continue reading Technology is culture

This year's predictions from tech experts and decision-makers are notably pro-human.

Simon Willison breaks down what happened in the LLM space in 2025. Some of it has the potential to transform tech forever.

A few weeks ago in Facilitating AI adoption at Imprint, I mentioned our internal agent workflows that we are developing. This is not the core of Imprint–our core is powering co-branded credit card programs–and I wanted to document how a company like ours is developing these internal capabilities. Building on that post’s ideas like a company-public prompt library for the prompts powering internal workflows, I wanted to write up some of the interesting problems and approaches we’ve taken as we’ve evolved our workflows, split into a series of shorter posts:

On the last day of 2025, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri posted a 20-slide memo on Instagram. It covered AI, fake content, reality distortion, and how the platform will c…

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The next wave of cloud transformation will be about strategic dependence, resilience, and architectural honesty.

The Fate of Data Model Dependency

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One of the best videos of the year came from someone who once publicly quit YouTube. It’s a multi-hour epic—and it’s stuck with me for months.

Many AI apps are built on "vibes" — tweaking prompts until a demo works. But they fail in production. Real AI requires a full engineering ecosystem.

Scientists found a way to animate everyday objects and predict your next move, so your stapler is always nearby when you need it.

Nuon strongly encourages the use of split keyboards, which has fostered a passionate hobbyist culture among employees.

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The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.

See what happens when you follow current best-practice prompting and why it still creates friction at scale.

Tick tock… Act now, or this mess might blow up in your face.

Event sourcing with CQRS is a powerful feature, but it presents difficult design decisions which can challenge dogmatic Domain Driven Design theory. Ultim...