Daron Yondem
@daron.me
Tech Lead at Microsoft | Applied AI Expert | Ex-CTO of SaaS Startups
- 128K context, advanced reasoning, top-tier price-performance (3× cheaper than comparable Gemini, 5× than DeepSeek-R1.
👉 Official announcement www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/ope... !
Here’s to many more launches (accidental or otherwise). Views are my own.
#AWS #OpenAI #GenerativeAI #Bedrock
👉 Official announcement www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/ope... !
Here’s to many more launches (accidental or otherwise). Views are my own.
#AWS #OpenAI #GenerativeAI #Bedrock
OpenAI open weight models available today on AWS
Customers will have access to advanced open weight models in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI, bringing together OpenAI and the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud.
www.aboutamazon.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
- 128K context, advanced reasoning, top-tier price-performance (3× cheaper than comparable Gemini, 5× than DeepSeek-R1.
👉 Official announcement www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/ope... !
Here’s to many more launches (accidental or otherwise). Views are my own.
#AWS #OpenAI #GenerativeAI #Bedrock
👉 Official announcement www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/ope... !
Here’s to many more launches (accidental or otherwise). Views are my own.
#AWS #OpenAI #GenerativeAI #Bedrock
but I’m happy to take (mostly fictional) credit for “bringing OpenAI with me.” 😅
Why this drop is a big deal?
- Builder freedom: open weights = fine-tune, inspect, self-host as needed.
- Enterprise muscle: Bedrock + SageMaker guardrails, security, and scale.
Why this drop is a big deal?
- Builder freedom: open weights = fine-tune, inspect, self-host as needed.
- Enterprise muscle: Bedrock + SageMaker guardrails, security, and scale.
August 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
but I’m happy to take (mostly fictional) credit for “bringing OpenAI with me.” 😅
Why this drop is a big deal?
- Builder freedom: open weights = fine-tune, inspect, self-host as needed.
- Enterprise muscle: Bedrock + SageMaker guardrails, security, and scale.
Why this drop is a big deal?
- Builder freedom: open weights = fine-tune, inspect, self-host as needed.
- Enterprise muscle: Bedrock + SageMaker guardrails, security, and scale.
Keep chasing what matters, friends. See you on the course, or wherever your “next try” takes you. 💪
#SFMarathon #PRDay #ComebackStory #KeepGoing #RunningCommunity
#SFMarathon #PRDay #ComebackStory #KeepGoing #RunningCommunity
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Keep chasing what matters, friends. See you on the course, or wherever your “next try” takes you. 💪
#SFMarathon #PRDay #ComebackStory #KeepGoing #RunningCommunity
#SFMarathon #PRDay #ComebackStory #KeepGoing #RunningCommunity
Attaching my race map and official time for anyone who loves the nerdy details 🙂
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Attaching my race map and official time for anyone who loves the nerdy details 🙂
If you’re staring at a goal that got derailed, injury, rejection, life-curveball, remember: one “no” doesn’t erase the “yes” that’s still possible.
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
If you’re staring at a goal that got derailed, injury, rejection, life-curveball, remember: one “no” doesn’t erase the “yes” that’s still possible.
Celebrate the comeback. Today’s PR isn’t just a faster time; it’s proof that persistence + patience pay off.
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Celebrate the comeback. Today’s PR isn’t just a faster time; it’s proof that persistence + patience pay off.
Progress isn’t linear. The road back was full of frustrating rehab days, slow runs, and doubts, but every small step stacked up.
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Progress isn’t linear. The road back was full of frustrating rehab days, slow runs, and doubts, but every small step stacked up.
Re-evaluate, don’t quit. After the injury I asked myself if the goal still mattered. It did, so the plan changed, not the purpose.
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Re-evaluate, don’t quit. After the injury I asked myself if the goal still mattered. It did, so the plan changed, not the purpose.
Setbacks aren’t stop signs. Missing the 2023 start line didn’t mean the story was over, it just meant there was another chapter to write.
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Setbacks aren’t stop signs. Missing the 2023 start line didn’t mean the story was over, it just meant there was another chapter to write.
Fast-forward to this morning: same city, same Golden Gate views, but a very different ending. Crossing that finish line wasn’t just about a medal or a stopwatch; it was a reminder.
July 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Fast-forward to this morning: same city, same Golden Gate views, but a very different ending. Crossing that finish line wasn’t just about a medal or a stopwatch; it was a reminder.
AI isn’t a single “best” model, it’s a toolbox. Pick the wrench that fits the bolt, and watch your efficiency (and your API bill) improve.
Are you experimenting with model size in your workflow? I’d love to hear what’s working for you. 👇
#AI #LLM #Productivity #Sustainability #TechInsights
Are you experimenting with model size in your workflow? I’d love to hear what’s working for you. 👇
#AI #LLM #Productivity #Sustainability #TechInsights
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
AI isn’t a single “best” model, it’s a toolbox. Pick the wrench that fits the bolt, and watch your efficiency (and your API bill) improve.
Are you experimenting with model size in your workflow? I’d love to hear what’s working for you. 👇
#AI #LLM #Productivity #Sustainability #TechInsights
Are you experimenting with model size in your workflow? I’d love to hear what’s working for you. 👇
#AI #LLM #Productivity #Sustainability #TechInsights
- Right tool, right job. Reserve the juggernauts (O3 Pro et al.) for truly complex reasoning. For routine writing, data cleanup, or quick ideation, a lighter model is the productivity hack no one talks about.
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
- Right tool, right job. Reserve the juggernauts (O3 Pro et al.) for truly complex reasoning. For routine writing, data cleanup, or quick ideation, a lighter model is the productivity hack no one talks about.
- Iterative > “perfect.” Fast back-and-forth lets me steer, refine, and co-create. Smaller models aren’t worse, they just leave more room for human intuition to tie everything together.
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
- Iterative > “perfect.” Fast back-and-forth lets me steer, refine, and co-create. Smaller models aren’t worse, they just leave more room for human intuition to tie everything together.
- Cost & carbon matter. Bigger models draw more compute, more electricity, and more dollars, often to draft a quick email or brainstorm titles. That resource mismatch adds up.
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
- Cost & carbon matter. Bigger models draw more compute, more electricity, and more dollars, often to draft a quick email or brainstorm titles. That resource mismatch adds up.
- Speed fuels flow. Waiting 15–30 seconds for a response breaks the creative feedback loop. Snappier, lightweight models keep the conversation, and my momentum alive.
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
- Speed fuels flow. Waiting 15–30 seconds for a response breaks the creative feedback loop. Snappier, lightweight models keep the conversation, and my momentum alive.
But after a few months, I noticed something curious: for 80 % of my daily tasks, the largest model was actually slowing me down.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
Here’s what I’ve learned:
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
But after a few months, I noticed something curious: for 80 % of my daily tasks, the largest model was actually slowing me down.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
Here’s what I’ve learned:
🔥 Deal alert: The first 10 people to snag a standard ticket can take 50 % off with code DARON50.
If you’re building with open-source LLMs, or want a smarter, cheaper, faster stack, this is the summit to bookmark. Direct link to the site drn.fyi/pyk 😉
#DeepSeek #LLM #OpenSourceAI #GenerativeAI
DeepSeek Demystified Summit
One day Summit. All access. Go beyond the buzz with expert-led sessions and a hands-on workshop built for real-world AI builders.
drn.fyi
July 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🔥 Deal alert: The first 10 people to snag a standard ticket can take 50 % off with code DARON50.
If you’re building with open-source LLMs, or want a smarter, cheaper, faster stack, this is the summit to bookmark. Direct link to the site drn.fyi/pyk 😉
#DeepSeek #LLM #OpenSourceAI #GenerativeAI
• Real-world deployment playbooks: caching, quantization, rate-limit tricks—the stuff we all Google at 2 AM.
Line-up: Paul Iusztin, Duarte O.Carmo, Karl Zhao, PhD, Miguel Otero Pedrido, Alex S. and more.
When: 6 AM – 1:30 PM PDT / 9 AM – 4:30 PM ET, Aug 16
Where: 100 % online (live + replay)
Line-up: Paul Iusztin, Duarte O.Carmo, Karl Zhao, PhD, Miguel Otero Pedrido, Alex S. and more.
When: 6 AM – 1:30 PM PDT / 9 AM – 4:30 PM ET, Aug 16
Where: 100 % online (live + replay)
July 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
• Real-world deployment playbooks: caching, quantization, rate-limit tricks—the stuff we all Google at 2 AM.
Line-up: Paul Iusztin, Duarte O.Carmo, Karl Zhao, PhD, Miguel Otero Pedrido, Alex S. and more.
When: 6 AM – 1:30 PM PDT / 9 AM – 4:30 PM ET, Aug 16
Where: 100 % online (live + replay)
Line-up: Paul Iusztin, Duarte O.Carmo, Karl Zhao, PhD, Miguel Otero Pedrido, Alex S. and more.
When: 6 AM – 1:30 PM PDT / 9 AM – 4:30 PM ET, Aug 16
Where: 100 % online (live + replay)
• Expert sessions that get past the buzzwords—think data security, model selection (DeepSeek-R1 vs V3), and agentic AI workflows.
• A hands-on fine-tuning lab (LoRA + Unsloth) you can run on a consumer GPU.
• A hands-on fine-tuning lab (LoRA + Unsloth) you can run on a consumer GPU.
July 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
• Expert sessions that get past the buzzwords—think data security, model selection (DeepSeek-R1 vs V3), and agentic AI workflows.
• A hands-on fine-tuning lab (LoRA + Unsloth) you can run on a consumer GPU.
• A hands-on fine-tuning lab (LoRA + Unsloth) you can run on a consumer GPU.
Diffusion isn’t just for images anymore. With Mercury shipping and giants circling, the next generation of language models may be noisy under the hood—but the output is crystal clear to users. 🧑🚀✨
#LLM #DiffusionModels #AI #NLP #DataScience
#LLM #DiffusionModels #AI #NLP #DataScience
July 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Diffusion isn’t just for images anymore. With Mercury shipping and giants circling, the next generation of language models may be noisy under the hood—but the output is crystal clear to users. 🧑🚀✨
#LLM #DiffusionModels #AI #NLP #DataScience
#LLM #DiffusionModels #AI #NLP #DataScience