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Mistral just solved Europe's AI catch-22: self-hosted deployment with full data sovereignty. 🚀
Run Medium 3 (matches Claude Sonnet 3.7) entirely on your infrastructure. Finance, healthcare, government - keep data in YOUR data center while using cutting-edge models. ☁️
Run Medium 3 (matches Claude Sonnet 3.7) entirely on your infrastructure. Finance, healthcare, government - keep data in YOUR data center while using cutting-edge models. ☁️
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Mistral just solved Europe's AI catch-22: self-hosted deployment with full data sovereignty. 🚀
Run Medium 3 (matches Claude Sonnet 3.7) entirely on your infrastructure. Finance, healthcare, government - keep data in YOUR data center while using cutting-edge models. ☁️
Run Medium 3 (matches Claude Sonnet 3.7) entirely on your infrastructure. Finance, healthcare, government - keep data in YOUR data center while using cutting-edge models. ☁️
Wacky Wednesday Cloud Fact ☁️🌀
Did you know? AWS S3 stores more data than every library on Earth combined. We're talking exabytes of cat videos, forgotten backups, and buckets named "test-delete-later" from 2018.
💡 Pro Tip: Use lifecycle policies or you're paying to store digital junk forever.
Did you know? AWS S3 stores more data than every library on Earth combined. We're talking exabytes of cat videos, forgotten backups, and buckets named "test-delete-later" from 2018.
💡 Pro Tip: Use lifecycle policies or you're paying to store digital junk forever.
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wacky Wednesday Cloud Fact ☁️🌀
Did you know? AWS S3 stores more data than every library on Earth combined. We're talking exabytes of cat videos, forgotten backups, and buckets named "test-delete-later" from 2018.
💡 Pro Tip: Use lifecycle policies or you're paying to store digital junk forever.
Did you know? AWS S3 stores more data than every library on Earth combined. We're talking exabytes of cat videos, forgotten backups, and buckets named "test-delete-later" from 2018.
💡 Pro Tip: Use lifecycle policies or you're paying to store digital junk forever.
When Your AI Model Calls in Sick ☁️
AI models don't get PTO, but they DO crash. Auto-scaling = infinite backup singers—one goes down, another steps up.
💡 Configure health checks BEFORE your model naps during peak traffic.
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#CloudEngineering #AI #TalkNerdyToMe
AI models don't get PTO, but they DO crash. Auto-scaling = infinite backup singers—one goes down, another steps up.
💡 Configure health checks BEFORE your model naps during peak traffic.
👉 talk-nerdy-to-me.com/news
#CloudEngineering #AI #TalkNerdyToMe
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
When Your AI Model Calls in Sick ☁️
AI models don't get PTO, but they DO crash. Auto-scaling = infinite backup singers—one goes down, another steps up.
💡 Configure health checks BEFORE your model naps during peak traffic.
👉 talk-nerdy-to-me.com/news
#CloudEngineering #AI #TalkNerdyToMe
AI models don't get PTO, but they DO crash. Auto-scaling = infinite backup singers—one goes down, another steps up.
💡 Configure health checks BEFORE your model naps during peak traffic.
👉 talk-nerdy-to-me.com/news
#CloudEngineering #AI #TalkNerdyToMe
Reserved Instances vs. Savings Plans
Reserved Instances lock in discounts for predictable workloads. Savings Plans give flexibility across compute families. Use RIs for databases, Savings Plans for variable loads. Stack both for maximum AWS/Azure savings 🤓 #FinOps #CostOptimization
Reserved Instances lock in discounts for predictable workloads. Savings Plans give flexibility across compute families. Use RIs for databases, Savings Plans for variable loads. Stack both for maximum AWS/Azure savings 🤓 #FinOps #CostOptimization
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Reserved Instances vs. Savings Plans
Reserved Instances lock in discounts for predictable workloads. Savings Plans give flexibility across compute families. Use RIs for databases, Savings Plans for variable loads. Stack both for maximum AWS/Azure savings 🤓 #FinOps #CostOptimization
Reserved Instances lock in discounts for predictable workloads. Savings Plans give flexibility across compute families. Use RIs for databases, Savings Plans for variable loads. Stack both for maximum AWS/Azure savings 🤓 #FinOps #CostOptimization
TechStack Tuesday: Terraform Modules ⚡
Copying the same VPC config for the 10th time? Stop. Build reusable Terraform modules instead.
Write once → deploy everywhere → maintain in one place.
💡 Pro Tip: Version your modules with semantic versioning (v1.0.0, v1.1.0) to track changes safely.
#Terraform
Copying the same VPC config for the 10th time? Stop. Build reusable Terraform modules instead.
Write once → deploy everywhere → maintain in one place.
💡 Pro Tip: Version your modules with semantic versioning (v1.0.0, v1.1.0) to track changes safely.
#Terraform
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
TechStack Tuesday: Terraform Modules ⚡
Copying the same VPC config for the 10th time? Stop. Build reusable Terraform modules instead.
Write once → deploy everywhere → maintain in one place.
💡 Pro Tip: Version your modules with semantic versioning (v1.0.0, v1.1.0) to track changes safely.
#Terraform
Copying the same VPC config for the 10th time? Stop. Build reusable Terraform modules instead.
Write once → deploy everywhere → maintain in one place.
💡 Pro Tip: Version your modules with semantic versioning (v1.0.0, v1.1.0) to track changes safely.
#Terraform
MCP Infrastructure Integration ☁️
Connect AI to your infrastructure with pre-built servers: AWS, Azure, GCP, Postgres, GitHub, Kubernetes. OpenAI + Google both adopted MCP = industry standard.
💡 Clone Anthropic's servers, configure, done in 15 min 🤓
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#MCP #DevOps
Connect AI to your infrastructure with pre-built servers: AWS, Azure, GCP, Postgres, GitHub, Kubernetes. OpenAI + Google both adopted MCP = industry standard.
💡 Clone Anthropic's servers, configure, done in 15 min 🤓
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#MCP #DevOps
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Platform Engineering ☁️
Stop making devs beg ops teams for permissions. Build self-service platforms that treat engineers as customers.
💡 Tools like Backstage give devs superpowers without chaos.
👉 Learn more at talk-nerdy-to-me.com
#PlatformEngineering #IDP #TalkNerdyToMe
Stop making devs beg ops teams for permissions. Build self-service platforms that treat engineers as customers.
💡 Tools like Backstage give devs superpowers without chaos.
👉 Learn more at talk-nerdy-to-me.com
#PlatformEngineering #IDP #TalkNerdyToMe
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Platform Engineering ☁️
Stop making devs beg ops teams for permissions. Build self-service platforms that treat engineers as customers.
💡 Tools like Backstage give devs superpowers without chaos.
👉 Learn more at talk-nerdy-to-me.com
#PlatformEngineering #IDP #TalkNerdyToMe
Stop making devs beg ops teams for permissions. Build self-service platforms that treat engineers as customers.
💡 Tools like Backstage give devs superpowers without chaos.
👉 Learn more at talk-nerdy-to-me.com
#PlatformEngineering #IDP #TalkNerdyToMe
Terraform Drift Detection ☁️
Drift is when your infrastructure lives a double life — one in code, one in reality. Console cowboys and emergency hotfixes are the usual suspects.
Drift is when your infrastructure lives a double life — one in code, one in reality. Console cowboys and emergency hotfixes are the usual suspects.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Terraform Drift Detection ☁️
Drift is when your infrastructure lives a double life — one in code, one in reality. Console cowboys and emergency hotfixes are the usual suspects.
Drift is when your infrastructure lives a double life — one in code, one in reality. Console cowboys and emergency hotfixes are the usual suspects.
🧵 Azure Weekly #539 Highlights
🚀 Azure just dropped a wave of updates ahead of Microsoft Ignite 2025 — and trust me, it’s a buffet of AI, agents, and analytics goodness.
🚀 Azure just dropped a wave of updates ahead of Microsoft Ignite 2025 — and trust me, it’s a buffet of AI, agents, and analytics goodness.
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🧵 Azure Weekly #539 Highlights
🚀 Azure just dropped a wave of updates ahead of Microsoft Ignite 2025 — and trust me, it’s a buffet of AI, agents, and analytics goodness.
🚀 Azure just dropped a wave of updates ahead of Microsoft Ignite 2025 — and trust me, it’s a buffet of AI, agents, and analytics goodness.
Claude Code isn’t autocomplete.
It’s an agentic AI that codes, tests, and commits — no micromanagement required.
👩💻 Learn how to:
✅ Create sub-agents for Infra & FinOps
✅ Automate tagging, SKU audits, & IaC reviews
✅ Use claude -p to execute tasks directly from CLI
It’s an agentic AI that codes, tests, and commits — no micromanagement required.
👩💻 Learn how to:
✅ Create sub-agents for Infra & FinOps
✅ Automate tagging, SKU audits, & IaC reviews
✅ Use claude -p to execute tasks directly from CLI
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Claude Code isn’t autocomplete.
It’s an agentic AI that codes, tests, and commits — no micromanagement required.
👩💻 Learn how to:
✅ Create sub-agents for Infra & FinOps
✅ Automate tagging, SKU audits, & IaC reviews
✅ Use claude -p to execute tasks directly from CLI
It’s an agentic AI that codes, tests, and commits — no micromanagement required.
👩💻 Learn how to:
✅ Create sub-agents for Infra & FinOps
✅ Automate tagging, SKU audits, & IaC reviews
✅ Use claude -p to execute tasks directly from CLI
I spent 100+ hours learning prompt engineering.
Here's what nobody tells you:
You don't need complex frameworks or expensive courses.
You need 6 simple techniques. (Free course inside) 🧵
Here's what nobody tells you:
You don't need complex frameworks or expensive courses.
You need 6 simple techniques. (Free course inside) 🧵
October 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I spent 100+ hours learning prompt engineering.
Here's what nobody tells you:
You don't need complex frameworks or expensive courses.
You need 6 simple techniques. (Free course inside) 🧵
Here's what nobody tells you:
You don't need complex frameworks or expensive courses.
You need 6 simple techniques. (Free course inside) 🧵
Stop getting generic AI responses. 🛑
I built a library of 534 role-specific prompts that actually work.
Free. No signup. Just copy, paste, and get better results.
Here's what makes them different: 🧵
I built a library of 534 role-specific prompts that actually work.
Free. No signup. Just copy, paste, and get better results.
Here's what makes them different: 🧵
October 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Stop getting generic AI responses. 🛑
I built a library of 534 role-specific prompts that actually work.
Free. No signup. Just copy, paste, and get better results.
Here's what makes them different: 🧵
I built a library of 534 role-specific prompts that actually work.
Free. No signup. Just copy, paste, and get better results.
Here's what makes them different: 🧵
🚨 Prompty McCloudface is waving his magic wand: 'Unlock AI magic or feel the spatula!' 😤 Unlock pro-level outputs with our NEW AI Prompt Pack—100+ copy-paste gems for ChatGPT, Claude, & more!
Creators, marketers, noobs: Level up NOW at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com
#GenAIHacks #AIPrompts
Creators, marketers, noobs: Level up NOW at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com
#GenAIHacks #AIPrompts
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨 Prompty McCloudface is waving his magic wand: 'Unlock AI magic or feel the spatula!' 😤 Unlock pro-level outputs with our NEW AI Prompt Pack—100+ copy-paste gems for ChatGPT, Claude, & more!
Creators, marketers, noobs: Level up NOW at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com
#GenAIHacks #AIPrompts
Creators, marketers, noobs: Level up NOW at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com
#GenAIHacks #AIPrompts
MBA class done—global strategies sparking wild ideas! 🌍 Meet Prompty McCloudface in our new Wild Adventures Weekly! Episode 1: Wild Cloud Safari—demystify the cloud jungle & battle cost beasts! 🍲💻 Drops Sunday in the Nerdletter. Ready?
#PromptySafari #TalkNerdyToMe
#PromptySafari #TalkNerdyToMe
October 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
MBA class done—global strategies sparking wild ideas! 🌍 Meet Prompty McCloudface in our new Wild Adventures Weekly! Episode 1: Wild Cloud Safari—demystify the cloud jungle & battle cost beasts! 🍲💻 Drops Sunday in the Nerdletter. Ready?
#PromptySafari #TalkNerdyToMe
#PromptySafari #TalkNerdyToMe
Unlock AI superpowers without the guesswork!
🚀 Introducing Prompt Packs on AI for All – expert-curated templates to optimize your cloud costs like a pro chef. Whether you're a dev battling AWS bills or a startup scaling smart, get instant AI wins at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com.
🚀 Introducing Prompt Packs on AI for All – expert-curated templates to optimize your cloud costs like a pro chef. Whether you're a dev battling AWS bills or a startup scaling smart, get instant AI wins at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com.
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Unlock AI superpowers without the guesswork!
🚀 Introducing Prompt Packs on AI for All – expert-curated templates to optimize your cloud costs like a pro chef. Whether you're a dev battling AWS bills or a startup scaling smart, get instant AI wins at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com.
🚀 Introducing Prompt Packs on AI for All – expert-curated templates to optimize your cloud costs like a pro chef. Whether you're a dev battling AWS bills or a startup scaling smart, get instant AI wins at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com.
☁️ Weekly Cloud Recap:
1️⃣ Containers ≠ VMs
2️⃣ Wrong SKUs waste $$$
3️⃣ IaC drift is real
4️⃣ Each cloud has a sweet spot
5️⃣ HA ≠ DR
Stay curious, stay clever, and Talk Nerdy to Me.
1️⃣ Containers ≠ VMs
2️⃣ Wrong SKUs waste $$$
3️⃣ IaC drift is real
4️⃣ Each cloud has a sweet spot
5️⃣ HA ≠ DR
Stay curious, stay clever, and Talk Nerdy to Me.
September 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
☁️ Weekly Cloud Recap:
1️⃣ Containers ≠ VMs
2️⃣ Wrong SKUs waste $$$
3️⃣ IaC drift is real
4️⃣ Each cloud has a sweet spot
5️⃣ HA ≠ DR
Stay curious, stay clever, and Talk Nerdy to Me.
1️⃣ Containers ≠ VMs
2️⃣ Wrong SKUs waste $$$
3️⃣ IaC drift is real
4️⃣ Each cloud has a sweet spot
5️⃣ HA ≠ DR
Stay curious, stay clever, and Talk Nerdy to Me.
☁️ Cloud Secrets Done Right 🧵
1️⃣ Hardcoding secrets in code = disaster waiting.
2️⃣ Every cloud has a vault: Azure Key Vault, AWS KMS, GCP Secret Manager, OCI Vault.
3️⃣ Rotate secrets automatically → don’t trust forever keys.
1️⃣ Hardcoding secrets in code = disaster waiting.
2️⃣ Every cloud has a vault: Azure Key Vault, AWS KMS, GCP Secret Manager, OCI Vault.
3️⃣ Rotate secrets automatically → don’t trust forever keys.
September 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
☁️ Cloud Secrets Done Right 🧵
1️⃣ Hardcoding secrets in code = disaster waiting.
2️⃣ Every cloud has a vault: Azure Key Vault, AWS KMS, GCP Secret Manager, OCI Vault.
3️⃣ Rotate secrets automatically → don’t trust forever keys.
1️⃣ Hardcoding secrets in code = disaster waiting.
2️⃣ Every cloud has a vault: Azure Key Vault, AWS KMS, GCP Secret Manager, OCI Vault.
3️⃣ Rotate secrets automatically → don’t trust forever keys.
☁️ Stop Paying for Old Data 🧵
1️⃣ Hot storage = fast but expensive.
2️⃣ Cold/archive storage = slower, but pennies on the dollar.
3️⃣ Lifecycle rules = auto-move old data to the right tier.
4️⃣ Real-world: one team saved 40% just by archiving logs after 30 days.
5️⃣ Bonus: less clutter, easier audits.
1️⃣ Hot storage = fast but expensive.
2️⃣ Cold/archive storage = slower, but pennies on the dollar.
3️⃣ Lifecycle rules = auto-move old data to the right tier.
4️⃣ Real-world: one team saved 40% just by archiving logs after 30 days.
5️⃣ Bonus: less clutter, easier audits.
September 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
☁️ Stop Paying for Old Data 🧵
1️⃣ Hot storage = fast but expensive.
2️⃣ Cold/archive storage = slower, but pennies on the dollar.
3️⃣ Lifecycle rules = auto-move old data to the right tier.
4️⃣ Real-world: one team saved 40% just by archiving logs after 30 days.
5️⃣ Bonus: less clutter, easier audits.
1️⃣ Hot storage = fast but expensive.
2️⃣ Cold/archive storage = slower, but pennies on the dollar.
3️⃣ Lifecycle rules = auto-move old data to the right tier.
4️⃣ Real-world: one team saved 40% just by archiving logs after 30 days.
5️⃣ Bonus: less clutter, easier audits.
What’s the bigger cloud waste? 👇
🔘 Idle VMs
🔘 Over-provisioned SKUs
🔘 Orphaned storage
🔘 All of the above 😅
🔘 Idle VMs
🔘 Over-provisioned SKUs
🔘 Orphaned storage
🔘 All of the above 😅
September 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
What’s the bigger cloud waste? 👇
🔘 Idle VMs
🔘 Over-provisioned SKUs
🔘 Orphaned storage
🔘 All of the above 😅
🔘 Idle VMs
🔘 Over-provisioned SKUs
🔘 Orphaned storage
🔘 All of the above 😅
This week’s nerdy thought:
High availability ≠ disaster recovery.
HA keeps your service alive during failures.
DR gets you back after a disaster.
Different tools, different mindsets.
High availability ≠ disaster recovery.
HA keeps your service alive during failures.
DR gets you back after a disaster.
Different tools, different mindsets.
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This week’s nerdy thought:
High availability ≠ disaster recovery.
HA keeps your service alive during failures.
DR gets you back after a disaster.
Different tools, different mindsets.
High availability ≠ disaster recovery.
HA keeps your service alive during failures.
DR gets you back after a disaster.
Different tools, different mindsets.
🐌 “Your pipeline isn’t CI/CD — it’s bureaucracy-as-code.”
“Your CI/CD pipeline takes 25 minutes to lint YAML and run terraform plan.
By the time your PR is approved, the dev fixed it locally and deployed from their laptop.
That’s not automation — that’s bureaucracy-as-code.”
“Your CI/CD pipeline takes 25 minutes to lint YAML and run terraform plan.
By the time your PR is approved, the dev fixed it locally and deployed from their laptop.
That’s not automation — that’s bureaucracy-as-code.”
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🐌 “Your pipeline isn’t CI/CD — it’s bureaucracy-as-code.”
“Your CI/CD pipeline takes 25 minutes to lint YAML and run terraform plan.
By the time your PR is approved, the dev fixed it locally and deployed from their laptop.
That’s not automation — that’s bureaucracy-as-code.”
“Your CI/CD pipeline takes 25 minutes to lint YAML and run terraform plan.
By the time your PR is approved, the dev fixed it locally and deployed from their laptop.
That’s not automation — that’s bureaucracy-as-code.”
Each cloud has a sweet spot:
🌐 Azure → enterprise + hybrid
☁️ AWS → ecosystem + scale
🔎 GCP → data + AI
🏛️ OCI → cost + performance for databases
Pick based on needs, not hype. #MultiCloud
🌐 Azure → enterprise + hybrid
☁️ AWS → ecosystem + scale
🔎 GCP → data + AI
🏛️ OCI → cost + performance for databases
Pick based on needs, not hype. #MultiCloud
September 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Each cloud has a sweet spot:
🌐 Azure → enterprise + hybrid
☁️ AWS → ecosystem + scale
🔎 GCP → data + AI
🏛️ OCI → cost + performance for databases
Pick based on needs, not hype. #MultiCloud
🌐 Azure → enterprise + hybrid
☁️ AWS → ecosystem + scale
🔎 GCP → data + AI
🏛️ OCI → cost + performance for databases
Pick based on needs, not hype. #MultiCloud
Infrastructure drift is real.
Terraform says 5 servers, but Azure shows 7.
That’s why remote state + drift detection isn’t optional.
IaC = truth… only if you guard it.
Terraform says 5 servers, but Azure shows 7.
That’s why remote state + drift detection isn’t optional.
IaC = truth… only if you guard it.
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Infrastructure drift is real.
Terraform says 5 servers, but Azure shows 7.
That’s why remote state + drift detection isn’t optional.
IaC = truth… only if you guard it.
Terraform says 5 servers, but Azure shows 7.
That’s why remote state + drift detection isn’t optional.
IaC = truth… only if you guard it.
💀 “Half your cloud bill is zombie infrastructure.”
“Half your cloud bill is zombie infrastructure.
Dev spun up a VM in 2021, the engineer who owned it quit, and now it’s powering a forgotten staging environment.
Nobody shuts it down ‘just in case’ — so you’re paying for ghosts.”
“Half your cloud bill is zombie infrastructure.
Dev spun up a VM in 2021, the engineer who owned it quit, and now it’s powering a forgotten staging environment.
Nobody shuts it down ‘just in case’ — so you’re paying for ghosts.”
September 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
💀 “Half your cloud bill is zombie infrastructure.”
“Half your cloud bill is zombie infrastructure.
Dev spun up a VM in 2021, the engineer who owned it quit, and now it’s powering a forgotten staging environment.
Nobody shuts it down ‘just in case’ — so you’re paying for ghosts.”
“Half your cloud bill is zombie infrastructure.
Dev spun up a VM in 2021, the engineer who owned it quit, and now it’s powering a forgotten staging environment.
Nobody shuts it down ‘just in case’ — so you’re paying for ghosts.”
Don’t pay for premium when standard works.
One wrong SKU = thousands wasted.
Always ask: Do we need high performance, or just reliability? 💸☁️ #CloudTips
One wrong SKU = thousands wasted.
Always ask: Do we need high performance, or just reliability? 💸☁️ #CloudTips
September 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Don’t pay for premium when standard works.
One wrong SKU = thousands wasted.
Always ask: Do we need high performance, or just reliability? 💸☁️ #CloudTips
One wrong SKU = thousands wasted.
Always ask: Do we need high performance, or just reliability? 💸☁️ #CloudTips