Colossus, Part 2: Recess
It’s been a couple of months since I got Colossus up and running (see that story here) with three remarkably capable models all in the 20B parameter range (Qwen, Gemma and Mistral). Since then (not counting my super-awesome vacation), I’ve been working to build out the infrastructure to make the system useful for work beyond…
Narrowboat!
Fair warning: this post doesn’t include a single lesson about coding or leadership or startups or anything relevant to what LinkedIn wants my posts to be. It’s just fun, and a peek into some brilliant history that’s been on my bucket list for years. Woot! The Canals of the United Kingdom Before trucks and before…
Colossus, Part One
One of my mantras has always been that details matter. Few things crank me up quicker than folks saying they want to “stay above the details” or “deal with the big picture.” Yes a broad view matters too — but unless you understand the specifics, you’re inevitably going to do something really dumb or, more…
Roadtrip Companion
TLDR: Check out my cool roadtrip app; it’s perfect for a Memorial Day road trip! A truism of the startup world is that there are no new ideas; everything you have ever thought of has been tried before. If you’re lucky, your timing is right, or you’ve figured out that one insight that gets it…
Orca!
Our dock in Ventura floats up and down with the tide on brackets connected to two big concrete pillars. The tops of the pillars have pointy caps that look “fine” on their own, but really are just begging for cool mounted sculptures. The problem is that I kind of hate buying stuff like this —…
SPEX for quick FHIR patient queries
TLDR: Use SPEX to view raw JSON results for FHIR queries against production and test servers. It’s a simple, static, open source web app. Your health data stays on your device, not mine. I hope you find it useful! The Why It seems like every few months I end up working on FHIR apps for…
The Right Tool for the Job
I hate calling folks to fix stuff at the house. I’m kind of an introvert, and having people hanging around just puts me on edge. But more than that, it seems like I ought to be able to do these things myself. And often I can, albeit with an extra trip or ten to the…
Adventures in 3D Design: FreeCAD
3D printing is key to an abundant world. We use a lot of stuff. And until now, the most efficient way for the most people to have the most stuff has been to specialize — big, centralized factories custom-tooled to build a whole bunch of whatever (potato chips, cars, iPhones, toilet paper) and ship it…
Not Good at That
Folks often seem surprised to hear I didn’t get a Computer Science degree. Back in the late 80s, CS was still considered (at least at my school) mostly a math discipline and, despite apparent expectations, I am decidedly not a fan of advanced math. I handled this by combining two things I do love (CS…
Turtles all the way down
Every business is a process shop — a tangled mess of human and automated activities that work together to produce something folks are willing to pay for. And even as AI starts to handle specific jobs and tasks, that inherent complexity doesn’t go away. Enterprise software is the glue that keeps the machine running, and…
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