January 2026
Stop Grading Brainstorming: AI Won That Game Last Year
I still remember the faculty meeting back in late 2024 when someone confidently declared that while AI could write code, it would never have “true.
Azure OpenAI in Production: A Love-Hate Letter
The 2 AM Realization I was staring at a 429 “Too Many Requests” error for the third time that night. My coffee was cold. My patience was gone.
OpenAI Finally Dropped Weights. My Local Rig Is Crying.
I owe my co-worker, Dave, a steak dinner. A simplified, non-wagyu steak, but a steak nonetheless. Back in 2024, I looked him in the eye and swore that.
AI SQL Generators Are Useless Without This One Feature
Stop Feeding Raw Schemas to Your AI I’ve spent the last three years arguing with LLMs about my database schema. It’s a losing battle.
We Can Finally Run GPT-4V Class Models Locally (And It’s About Time)
I stopped paying for my cloud-based vision API subscription last week. It wasn’t a protest. It wasn’t about privacy, though that’s a nice bonus.
The Plugin Ecosystem Finally Makes Sense (Mostly)
I admit it, I gave up on plugins back in ’24. They were a mess. You remember how it was. You’d enable three different travel plugins, ask for a flight to.