@ianmiell.bsky.social
I just published a post helping people fine-tune their own LLMs:
There's an accompanying git repo here: github.com/ianmiell/fin...
zwischenzugs.com/2025/11/04/f...
There's an accompanying git repo here: github.com/ianmiell/fin...
zwischenzugs.com/2025/11/04/f...
Fine-Tuning an AI – Part I – zwischenzugs.com
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November 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I just published a post helping people fine-tune their own LLMs:
There's an accompanying git repo here: github.com/ianmiell/fin...
zwischenzugs.com/2025/11/04/f...
There's an accompanying git repo here: github.com/ianmiell/fin...
zwischenzugs.com/2025/11/04/f...
Free access to O'Reilly for 30 days (and read my book!) 👇
I've been posting about how I'm writing a book on 'Money Flows' for engineers, going beyond Conway's Law...
You can get 30-day access to the O’Reilly platform using this link. Please repost!
bit.ly/4q8Khz9
I've been posting about how I'm writing a book on 'Money Flows' for engineers, going beyond Conway's Law...
You can get 30-day access to the O’Reilly platform using this link. Please repost!
bit.ly/4q8Khz9
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October 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Free access to O'Reilly for 30 days (and read my book!) 👇
I've been posting about how I'm writing a book on 'Money Flows' for engineers, going beyond Conway's Law...
You can get 30-day access to the O’Reilly platform using this link. Please repost!
bit.ly/4q8Khz9
I've been posting about how I'm writing a book on 'Money Flows' for engineers, going beyond Conway's Law...
You can get 30-day access to the O’Reilly platform using this link. Please repost!
bit.ly/4q8Khz9
Pleased to announce that my book 'Follow the Money' is now in early release with O'Reilly!
Building on Conway's Law, FTM argues that comms structures are molded by 'money flows'. Reading this will enable you to fix organisation problems that hold you back.
www.oreilly.com/library/view...
Building on Conway's Law, FTM argues that comms structures are molded by 'money flows'. Reading this will enable you to fix organisation problems that hold you back.
www.oreilly.com/library/view...
Follow the Money
Why do great engineers and team leads stumble when scaling up? Why do thriving businesses fumble large-scale technical transformations? At its core, a business is a way of managing... - Selection from...
www.oreilly.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Pleased to announce that my book 'Follow the Money' is now in early release with O'Reilly!
Building on Conway's Law, FTM argues that comms structures are molded by 'money flows'. Reading this will enable you to fix organisation problems that hold you back.
www.oreilly.com/library/view...
Building on Conway's Law, FTM argues that comms structures are molded by 'money flows'. Reading this will enable you to fix organisation problems that hold you back.
www.oreilly.com/library/view...
@pidster.com hey, I need to talk to you about something - how do I best contact you?
September 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@pidster.com hey, I need to talk to you about something - how do I best contact you?
I see the bots have arrived on bluesky... I guess it's officially mainstream now...
August 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I see the bots have arrived on bluesky... I guess it's officially mainstream now...
August 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Is this a joke?
GOV.UK is now GOV·UK
Brand Guidelines www.gov.uk/government/p...
(152 MB PDF. Start as you mean to go on, GDS.)
#govtech #govcomms #designwank
Brand Guidelines www.gov.uk/government/p...
(152 MB PDF. Start as you mean to go on, GDS.)
#govtech #govcomms #designwank
June 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Is this a joke?
If god had meant us not to use vim, he would have made it easier to close.
June 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If god had meant us not to use vim, he would have made it easier to close.
If you're not sure who the chief technologist is on your zoom call, it's the one who's having trouble with sound on their laptop.
April 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If you're not sure who the chief technologist is on your zoom call, it's the one who's having trouble with sound on their laptop.
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
Those service mesh arguments are getting out of hand
April 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Those service mesh arguments are getting out of hand
Grabs popcorn
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Grabs popcorn
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The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
March 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
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Good article from @ianmiell.bsky.social: Why I'm No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices
blog.container-solutions.com/why-im-no-lo...
#dataBS
blog.container-solutions.com/why-im-no-lo...
#dataBS
![> […A] critical consequence of engineers discussing microservices in isolation from the business context is that they more often than not ignore the organisational changes required to make microservices work.
> Microservices don’t work in a vacuum. They require teams to be structured in a way that supports them.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ayayoviuoeppznzuhb3sdqhl/bafkreigleazexcwhkhwcwy4k5fhecfnfmhl4myn3omrumgghyumdhod4vu@jpeg)
March 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Good article from @ianmiell.bsky.social: Why I'm No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices
blog.container-solutions.com/why-im-no-lo...
#dataBS
blog.container-solutions.com/why-im-no-lo...
#dataBS
I just published this post on using Neo4J to explore NIST's Open Source Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) on my personal blog:
zwischenzugs.com/2025/03/15/e...
zwischenzugs.com/2025/03/15/e...
Exploring OSCAL Using Neo4J
This post is aimed at those interested in continuous compliance, an extension of cloud native principles to the area of software compliance, an under-developed field of software automation. My cons…
zwischenzugs.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I just published this post on using Neo4J to explore NIST's Open Source Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) on my personal blog:
zwischenzugs.com/2025/03/15/e...
zwischenzugs.com/2025/03/15/e...
Everyone talks about Trump’s 19th century approach to tariffs, but there’s a precedent from less than 100 years ago that also involved Canada that’s pertinent here.
From Containers Don’t Lie by Larocco, published 2019
Please RT for reach
From Containers Don’t Lie by Larocco, published 2019
Please RT for reach
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Everyone talks about Trump’s 19th century approach to tariffs, but there’s a precedent from less than 100 years ago that also involved Canada that’s pertinent here.
From Containers Don’t Lie by Larocco, published 2019
Please RT for reach
From Containers Don’t Lie by Larocco, published 2019
Please RT for reach
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Just watched this. A lovely film, really quite moving and eye opening. A little gem of a film.
What BBC should be do more of.
Stacey Dooley, Growing Up Gypsy: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0028vp5 via @bbciplayer
What BBC should be do more of.
Stacey Dooley, Growing Up Gypsy: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0028vp5 via @bbciplayer
Stacey Dooley - Growing Up Gypsy
Invited into the traditionally private Gypsy community, Stacey discovers the complex balancing act young women face growing up in one of Britain’s most maligned ethnic minorities.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Just watched this. A lovely film, really quite moving and eye opening. A little gem of a film.
What BBC should be do more of.
Stacey Dooley, Growing Up Gypsy: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0028vp5 via @bbciplayer
What BBC should be do more of.
Stacey Dooley, Growing Up Gypsy: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0028vp5 via @bbciplayer
How do you overheat a hard drive? Or was this in DOGE's hq in Hades?
It's a perfect encapsulation of where the right is at intellectually these days that Elon's favorite data person is like 'I'm sorry, I tried to process 60k rows of data and my computer exploded'
March 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
How do you overheat a hard drive? Or was this in DOGE's hq in Hades?
I just published a post on 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices'.
I reached the limit of my patience last week!
blog.container-solutions.com/why-im-no-lo...
I reached the limit of my patience last week!
blog.container-solutions.com/why-im-no-lo...
Why I'm No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices
I'm done talking about microservices: the term is confusing, discussions are abstract, and without organisational change, microservices are pointless
blog.container-solutions.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I just published a post on 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices'.
I reached the limit of my patience last week!
blog.container-solutions.com/why-im-no-lo...
I reached the limit of my patience last week!
blog.container-solutions.com/why-im-no-lo...
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ChatGPT in 'thinking' step on Deep Research mode:
"... I'm curious about Ian Miell's style, noting his use of personal anecdotes, sarcasm, and contrarian viewpoints. ..."
Sarcasm? Contrarian? I feel seen.
"... I'm curious about Ian Miell's style, noting his use of personal anecdotes, sarcasm, and contrarian viewpoints. ..."
Sarcasm? Contrarian? I feel seen.
March 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
ChatGPT in 'thinking' step on Deep Research mode:
"... I'm curious about Ian Miell's style, noting his use of personal anecdotes, sarcasm, and contrarian viewpoints. ..."
Sarcasm? Contrarian? I feel seen.
"... I'm curious about Ian Miell's style, noting his use of personal anecdotes, sarcasm, and contrarian viewpoints. ..."
Sarcasm? Contrarian? I feel seen.