Joe Freeman
@fka-freemansoft.bsky.social
Watching the NVIDIA GTC DC pre-game talk. The entire discussion revolves around building data centers, their power requirements, and the country's need to invest in infrastructure for AI factories.
Massive power consumption isn't a problem. It's a feature.
#GTC #NVIDIAGTC #GTCDC
Massive power consumption isn't a problem. It's a feature.
#GTC #NVIDIAGTC #GTCDC
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Watching the NVIDIA GTC DC pre-game talk. The entire discussion revolves around building data centers, their power requirements, and the country's need to invest in infrastructure for AI factories.
Massive power consumption isn't a problem. It's a feature.
#GTC #NVIDIAGTC #GTCDC
Massive power consumption isn't a problem. It's a feature.
#GTC #NVIDIAGTC #GTCDC
Attended Sean Metcalf's BSidesNoVa 2025 talk "10 ways to Improve Entra ID Security Quickly" pyrotek.io/BSNoVa2025.
My main takeaway was that some of the default settings are bad, that Microsoft has been iterating, and that Securing #EntraID (FKA Azure AD) requires serious expertise.
adsecurity.org
My main takeaway was that some of the default settings are bad, that Microsoft has been iterating, and that Securing #EntraID (FKA Azure AD) requires serious expertise.
adsecurity.org
pyrotek.io
October 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Attended Sean Metcalf's BSidesNoVa 2025 talk "10 ways to Improve Entra ID Security Quickly" pyrotek.io/BSNoVa2025.
My main takeaway was that some of the default settings are bad, that Microsoft has been iterating, and that Securing #EntraID (FKA Azure AD) requires serious expertise.
adsecurity.org
My main takeaway was that some of the default settings are bad, that Microsoft has been iterating, and that Securing #EntraID (FKA Azure AD) requires serious expertise.
adsecurity.org
A big shout-out to Pavan Reddy, who gave a great lab session at the BSides NoVa event in Northern Virginia bsidesnova-2025.sessionize.com/session/992557
The entire session ran in Google Colab, launched with a single click, running nothing on the local machine. The only requirement was a Gmail ID.
The entire session ran in Google Colab, launched with a single click, running nothing on the local machine. The only requirement was a Gmail ID.
How to Break an AI: Adversarial Attacks, Jailbreaks, and Defenses That Actually Work
AI systems don’t break like software, they fail in silence, misclassify with confidence, and hallucinate under pressure. This 4-hour hands-on workshop exposes the core vulnerabilities of modern AI, fr...
bsidesnova-2025.sessionize.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A big shout-out to Pavan Reddy, who gave a great lab session at the BSides NoVa event in Northern Virginia bsidesnova-2025.sessionize.com/session/992557
The entire session ran in Google Colab, launched with a single click, running nothing on the local machine. The only requirement was a Gmail ID.
The entire session ran in Google Colab, launched with a single click, running nothing on the local machine. The only requirement was a Gmail ID.
The case against generative AI as a business and the questionable revenue hype machine.
This article, which I wish I had written, describes the tangled web of hype, power, and corporate deals driving today's Generative AI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
This article, which I wish I had written, describes the tangled web of hype, power, and corporate deals driving today's Generative AI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
www.wheresyoured.at
October 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The case against generative AI as a business and the questionable revenue hype machine.
This article, which I wish I had written, describes the tangled web of hype, power, and corporate deals driving today's Generative AI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
This article, which I wish I had written, describes the tangled web of hype, power, and corporate deals driving today's Generative AI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
BSides NoVa: BSides Northern Virginia is coming up October 10-11 2025.
Can't get to DEFCON? Need another security fix? Attend a local BSides
#BSides #DEFCON #Hacker
www.bsidesnova.org
Can't get to DEFCON? Need another security fix? Attend a local BSides
#BSides #DEFCON #Hacker
www.bsidesnova.org
Admissions for Hacker University 2025 are open – Apply Now!
www.bsidesnova.org
September 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
BSides NoVa: BSides Northern Virginia is coming up October 10-11 2025.
Can't get to DEFCON? Need another security fix? Attend a local BSides
#BSides #DEFCON #Hacker
www.bsidesnova.org
Can't get to DEFCON? Need another security fix? Attend a local BSides
#BSides #DEFCON #Hacker
www.bsidesnova.org
Data science and AI projects are typically run on rented CPU/GPU resources or in self-managed data centers. By using containerization, we can separate our code and configuration from the underlying hardware
youtu.be/pFH_Yk-cGec?...
youtu.be/pFH_Yk-cGec?...
Visiting the topology when running remote containerized data science workloads and AI Workbench
YouTube video by Joe Freeman: Software Craft, Org Stuff, Tech Stuff
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Data science and AI projects are typically run on rented CPU/GPU resources or in self-managed data centers. By using containerization, we can separate our code and configuration from the underlying hardware
youtu.be/pFH_Yk-cGec?...
youtu.be/pFH_Yk-cGec?...
The asustor AS5402T is a NAS appliance that supports two (2) 3.5" drives and four (4) NVMe drives. I wanted to run some Docker and Home Automation on my AS5402T NAS.
Upgrading from 4GB to 32GB was a simple, toolless operation.
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/09/upgr...
Upgrading from 4GB to 32GB was a simple, toolless operation.
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/09/upgr...
joe.blog.freemansoft.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The asustor AS5402T is a NAS appliance that supports two (2) 3.5" drives and four (4) NVMe drives. I wanted to run some Docker and Home Automation on my AS5402T NAS.
Upgrading from 4GB to 32GB was a simple, toolless operation.
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/09/upgr...
Upgrading from 4GB to 32GB was a simple, toolless operation.
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/09/upgr...
V. Hunter Adams' Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040 series of 40 videos is a brain-activating course on using microcontrollers and their peripherals. It took me past "browsed it on the internet". #RP2040 #Pico #microcontroller
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4uL...
Found a link to the series hackaday.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4uL...
Found a link to the series hackaday.com
Raspberry Pi Pico Lecture 1 (2025): Course Introduction
YouTube video by V. Hunter Adams
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
V. Hunter Adams' Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040 series of 40 videos is a brain-activating course on using microcontrollers and their peripherals. It took me past "browsed it on the internet". #RP2040 #Pico #microcontroller
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4uL...
Found a link to the series hackaday.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4uL...
Found a link to the series hackaday.com
Big software projects are always larger and more complicated than you expect. There are plenty of examples, including this one. #blackswanproject
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2017/09/blac...
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2017/09/blac...
Black Swan IT Projects: The Loan Servicing mainframe replacement
This blog discuss a little the "the Mainframe Servicing System Migration", a project that should considered a Black Swan A Black Swan Ev...
joe.blog.freemansoft.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Big software projects are always larger and more complicated than you expect. There are plenty of examples, including this one. #blackswanproject
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2017/09/blac...
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2017/09/blac...
In the IaF category. Saw part of this on LinkedIn.
This channel is a bunch of videos showing how "ancient civilizations" moved large loads or could have built stonehenge or other massive structures using just physics and manual labor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsn5...
This channel is a bunch of videos showing how "ancient civilizations" moved large loads or could have built stonehenge or other massive structures using just physics and manual labor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsn5...
Ancient StoneHenge Technology Reveal By Wally Wallington Part 3
YouTube video by wallywallington
www.youtube.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In the IaF category. Saw part of this on LinkedIn.
This channel is a bunch of videos showing how "ancient civilizations" moved large loads or could have built stonehenge or other massive structures using just physics and manual labor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsn5...
This channel is a bunch of videos showing how "ancient civilizations" moved large loads or could have built stonehenge or other massive structures using just physics and manual labor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsn5...
A plan of attack for the AI Everywhere LLM mandate. Modeling for applicability and risk.
Turn golf course ideas into actionable steps
youtu.be/R74dCLYK7sM
Turn golf course ideas into actionable steps
youtu.be/R74dCLYK7sM
A plan of attack for the AI Everywhere LLM mandate. Modeling for applicability and risk
YouTube video by Joe Freeman: Software Craft, Org Stuff, Tech Stuff
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A plan of attack for the AI Everywhere LLM mandate. Modeling for applicability and risk.
Turn golf course ideas into actionable steps
youtu.be/R74dCLYK7sM
Turn golf course ideas into actionable steps
youtu.be/R74dCLYK7sM
We may rarely ever need another new programming language.
There has been a boom in the number of programming languages all built around fixing programming paradigms, usability, verbosity, and other concerns. Most of those concerns no longer matter when using AI / LLMs
youtube.com/shorts/VMoYf...
There has been a boom in the number of programming languages all built around fixing programming paradigms, usability, verbosity, and other concerns. Most of those concerns no longer matter when using AI / LLMs
youtube.com/shorts/VMoYf...
Programming Roadmap for AI July 2025 Pt 2 - We have enough programming languages for AI ng
YouTube video by Joe Freeman: Software Craft, Org Stuff, Tech Stuff
youtube.com
July 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We may rarely ever need another new programming language.
There has been a boom in the number of programming languages all built around fixing programming paradigms, usability, verbosity, and other concerns. Most of those concerns no longer matter when using AI / LLMs
youtube.com/shorts/VMoYf...
There has been a boom in the number of programming languages all built around fixing programming paradigms, usability, verbosity, and other concerns. Most of those concerns no longer matter when using AI / LLMs
youtube.com/shorts/VMoYf...
I have never understood the "we must hide the scrollbars" design decision on a Mac or other computer system.
Settings --> Appearance --> Show scrollbars
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/07/quit...
Apple did even worse with iPhone's "swipe down" being different based on starting location.
Settings --> Appearance --> Show scrollbars
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/07/quit...
Apple did even worse with iPhone's "swipe down" being different based on starting location.
Quit hiding the scrollbars on a Mac! Make Mac scrollbars always visible
macOS on Mac and MacBook machines automatically hides the scrollbars when you aren't scrolling. It is a great space saver, but it can make ...
joe.blog.freemansoft.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I have never understood the "we must hide the scrollbars" design decision on a Mac or other computer system.
Settings --> Appearance --> Show scrollbars
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/07/quit...
Apple did even worse with iPhone's "swipe down" being different based on starting location.
Settings --> Appearance --> Show scrollbars
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/07/quit...
Apple did even worse with iPhone's "swipe down" being different based on starting location.
I wanted a mobile scoring app. I built a Flutter app with integration tests using only (a lot of) CoPIlot Agent prompts.
TLDR: You have to know something to get something good.
Watch youtu.be/VDdW3GUj-88
Rather read? joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/07/buil...
The result github.com/freemansoft/...
TLDR: You have to know something to get something good.
Watch youtu.be/VDdW3GUj-88
Rather read? joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/07/buil...
The result github.com/freemansoft/...
Joy and headaches building a well structured multi-platform Flutter app with CoPilot
YouTube video by Joe Freeman: Software Craft, Org Stuff, Tech Stuff
youtu.be
July 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I wanted a mobile scoring app. I built a Flutter app with integration tests using only (a lot of) CoPIlot Agent prompts.
TLDR: You have to know something to get something good.
Watch youtu.be/VDdW3GUj-88
Rather read? joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/07/buil...
The result github.com/freemansoft/...
TLDR: You have to know something to get something good.
Watch youtu.be/VDdW3GUj-88
Rather read? joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/07/buil...
The result github.com/freemansoft/...
Doc and Dash
When you promised your boss a plan or design before you go on vacation, and you are leaving town tomorrow morning with no corporate connectivity.
When you promised your boss a plan or design before you go on vacation, and you are leaving town tomorrow morning with no corporate connectivity.
May 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Doc and Dash
When you promised your boss a plan or design before you go on vacation, and you are leaving town tomorrow morning with no corporate connectivity.
When you promised your boss a plan or design before you go on vacation, and you are leaving town tomorrow morning with no corporate connectivity.
youtu.be/4nByOrnqVa4
I wanted to see how far I could bootstrap a personal Futter project with an LLM agent. This morphed into the challenge of getting a running program with a single LLM interaction. That then expanded into comparing local and remote LLMs.
The results github.com/freemansoft/...
I wanted to see how far I could bootstrap a personal Futter project with an LLM agent. This morphed into the challenge of getting a running program with a single LLM interaction. That then expanded into comparing local and remote LLMs.
The results github.com/freemansoft/...
Building a Flutter Mobile App with a Single LLM Prompt - a ridiculous idea that works, sometimes
YouTube video by Joe Freeman: Software Craft, Org Stuff, Tech Stuff
youtu.be
April 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
youtu.be/4nByOrnqVa4
I wanted to see how far I could bootstrap a personal Futter project with an LLM agent. This morphed into the challenge of getting a running program with a single LLM interaction. That then expanded into comparing local and remote LLMs.
The results github.com/freemansoft/...
I wanted to see how far I could bootstrap a personal Futter project with an LLM agent. This morphed into the challenge of getting a running program with a single LLM interaction. That then expanded into comparing local and remote LLMs.
The results github.com/freemansoft/...
An empty meeting invitation is useless and a time drain. Invitees should decline them.
A meeting without any context about the problem or prior decisions is going to fail or be way more expensive than it needs to be. Invitees should decline them.
youtu.be/vVT_VCfSylM
#meetings
A meeting without any context about the problem or prior decisions is going to fail or be way more expensive than it needs to be. Invitees should decline them.
youtu.be/vVT_VCfSylM
#meetings
Meetings without Agendas or Background Information Must Die
YouTube video by Joe Freeman: Software Craft, Org Stuff, Tech Stuff
youtu.be
March 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
An empty meeting invitation is useless and a time drain. Invitees should decline them.
A meeting without any context about the problem or prior decisions is going to fail or be way more expensive than it needs to be. Invitees should decline them.
youtu.be/vVT_VCfSylM
#meetings
A meeting without any context about the problem or prior decisions is going to fail or be way more expensive than it needs to be. Invitees should decline them.
youtu.be/vVT_VCfSylM
#meetings
A design pattern for business rules and data validation in applications where the data "must be correct"
Assumptions
• Failures carry regulatory or financial risk
• Rules may be expensive or require coordination
• Multi-page data capture or transactions
youtu.be/r7ugeBrQSx8
Assumptions
• Failures carry regulatory or financial risk
• Rules may be expensive or require coordination
• Multi-page data capture or transactions
youtu.be/r7ugeBrQSx8
Full Model Validation in systems with Financial or Regulatory Risk
YouTube video by Joe Freeman: Software Craft, Org Stuff, Tech Stuff
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
A design pattern for business rules and data validation in applications where the data "must be correct"
Assumptions
• Failures carry regulatory or financial risk
• Rules may be expensive or require coordination
• Multi-page data capture or transactions
youtu.be/r7ugeBrQSx8
Assumptions
• Failures carry regulatory or financial risk
• Rules may be expensive or require coordination
• Multi-page data capture or transactions
youtu.be/r7ugeBrQSx8
Use the power! The right optical power when spending hours in front of computer screens especially multi-screen or large-screen setups.
youtube.com/shorts/Fs-Ja...
youtube.com/shorts/Fs-Ja...
Use the power! The right optical power glasses when working on the computer. #computerglasses
YouTube video by Joe Freeman: Software Craft, Org Stuff, Tech Stuff
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March 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Use the power! The right optical power when spending hours in front of computer screens especially multi-screen or large-screen setups.
youtube.com/shorts/Fs-Ja...
youtube.com/shorts/Fs-Ja...
Azure has an always-free cloud-based Azure SQL offering that makes it easy to learn about cloud databases and share prototypes.
It is a great way to share a database when working with someone else but comes with pretty serious usage limits.
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/02/spin...
It is a great way to share a database when working with someone else but comes with pretty serious usage limits.
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/02/spin...
Spinning up an Azure SQL always-free database
I wanted to do a quick prototype with a friend and we wanted a common database so we looked for a developer-grade free cloud product that we...
joe.blog.freemansoft.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Azure has an always-free cloud-based Azure SQL offering that makes it easy to learn about cloud databases and share prototypes.
It is a great way to share a database when working with someone else but comes with pretty serious usage limits.
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/02/spin...
It is a great way to share a database when working with someone else but comes with pretty serious usage limits.
joe.blog.freemansoft.com/2025/02/spin...
The recently announced (DIGITS) NVIDIA Blackwell 1 PFLOP ML device could be a halo product, a tech tool, or the forerunner of large model locally enabled appliances.
youtu.be/fbyTPPozzGk
youtu.be/fbyTPPozzGk
Can the NVIDIA Desktop Blackwell Supercomputer move from tech demo to mainstream appliance?
YouTube video by Joe Freeman: Software Craft, Org Stuff, Tech Stuff
youtu.be
February 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The recently announced (DIGITS) NVIDIA Blackwell 1 PFLOP ML device could be a halo product, a tech tool, or the forerunner of large model locally enabled appliances.
youtu.be/fbyTPPozzGk
youtu.be/fbyTPPozzGk