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Terraform + watsonx AI Integration ☁️
Post-IBM acquisition, Terraform is getting an AI upgrade. watsonx-powered provisioning means natural language → infrastructure code.
Post-IBM acquisition, Terraform is getting an AI upgrade. watsonx-powered provisioning means natural language → infrastructure code.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Terraform + watsonx AI Integration ☁️
Post-IBM acquisition, Terraform is getting an AI upgrade. watsonx-powered provisioning means natural language → infrastructure code.
Post-IBM acquisition, Terraform is getting an AI upgrade. watsonx-powered provisioning means natural language → infrastructure code.
Opus 4.5 peak performance: 4 iterations vs 10 🎯
Anthropic's new model reaches optimal solutions for complex multi-system bugs in just 4 attempts—while competing LLMs require 10 iterations.
Anthropic's new model reaches optimal solutions for complex multi-system bugs in just 4 attempts—while competing LLMs require 10 iterations.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Opus 4.5 peak performance: 4 iterations vs 10 🎯
Anthropic's new model reaches optimal solutions for complex multi-system bugs in just 4 attempts—while competing LLMs require 10 iterations.
Anthropic's new model reaches optimal solutions for complex multi-system bugs in just 4 attempts—while competing LLMs require 10 iterations.
Claude Code expands to Mac desktop app! 💻
Anthropic just made terminal-native AI development available in the desktop app for the first time—previously limited to web and mobile.
Anthropic just made terminal-native AI development available in the desktop app for the first time—previously limited to web and mobile.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Claude Code expands to Mac desktop app! 💻
Anthropic just made terminal-native AI development available in the desktop app for the first time—previously limited to web and mobile.
Anthropic just made terminal-native AI development available in the desktop app for the first time—previously limited to web and mobile.
Platform Engineering is now a boardroom priority in 2025 🚀
What started as DevOps evolution is now business-critical:
• GitOps for deployment automation
• Policy-as-code for governance
• Internal developer platforms for self-service
What started as DevOps evolution is now business-critical:
• GitOps for deployment automation
• Policy-as-code for governance
• Internal developer platforms for self-service
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Platform Engineering is now a boardroom priority in 2025 🚀
What started as DevOps evolution is now business-critical:
• GitOps for deployment automation
• Policy-as-code for governance
• Internal developer platforms for self-service
What started as DevOps evolution is now business-critical:
• GitOps for deployment automation
• Policy-as-code for governance
• Internal developer platforms for self-service
Kubernetes becomes THE standard for AI/ML workloads in 2025 ☁️
With 90%+ adoption, K8s is now managing:
• GPU resource scheduling
• Dynamic allocation for ML training
• Enterprise AI infrastructure at scale
It's not just container orchestration anymore—it's the foundation of AI infrastructure. 🤓
With 90%+ adoption, K8s is now managing:
• GPU resource scheduling
• Dynamic allocation for ML training
• Enterprise AI infrastructure at scale
It's not just container orchestration anymore—it's the foundation of AI infrastructure. 🤓
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Kubernetes becomes THE standard for AI/ML workloads in 2025 ☁️
With 90%+ adoption, K8s is now managing:
• GPU resource scheduling
• Dynamic allocation for ML training
• Enterprise AI infrastructure at scale
It's not just container orchestration anymore—it's the foundation of AI infrastructure. 🤓
With 90%+ adoption, K8s is now managing:
• GPU resource scheduling
• Dynamic allocation for ML training
• Enterprise AI infrastructure at scale
It's not just container orchestration anymore—it's the foundation of AI infrastructure. 🤓
🌀 Breaking: Azure AI Foundry Agent Service reaches GA at Microsoft Ignite 2025!
Design, deploy, and scale enterprise AI agents with multi-agent orchestration. MCP and Agent2Agent protocols ensure your bots play nice together.
Design, deploy, and scale enterprise AI agents with multi-agent orchestration. MCP and Agent2Agent protocols ensure your bots play nice together.
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🌀 Breaking: Azure AI Foundry Agent Service reaches GA at Microsoft Ignite 2025!
Design, deploy, and scale enterprise AI agents with multi-agent orchestration. MCP and Agent2Agent protocols ensure your bots play nice together.
Design, deploy, and scale enterprise AI agents with multi-agent orchestration. MCP and Agent2Agent protocols ensure your bots play nice together.
🚀 The Rise of TACOS in 2025 (and no, not the food kind).
TACOS = Terraform Automation and Collaboration Software. Think Atlantis (open-source), Spacelift (multi-IaC), Scalr (enterprise).
TACOS = Terraform Automation and Collaboration Software. Think Atlantis (open-source), Spacelift (multi-IaC), Scalr (enterprise).
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚀 The Rise of TACOS in 2025 (and no, not the food kind).
TACOS = Terraform Automation and Collaboration Software. Think Atlantis (open-source), Spacelift (multi-IaC), Scalr (enterprise).
TACOS = Terraform Automation and Collaboration Software. Think Atlantis (open-source), Spacelift (multi-IaC), Scalr (enterprise).
🔋 TechStack Deep-Dive: KEDA (Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling) reached CNCF graduation in 2025.
What makes it special? HPA scales on CPU/memory. KEDA scales on ANYTHING - Kafka lag, Redis queue depth, PostgreSQL connections, HTTP requests.
What makes it special? HPA scales on CPU/memory. KEDA scales on ANYTHING - Kafka lag, Redis queue depth, PostgreSQL connections, HTTP requests.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🔋 TechStack Deep-Dive: KEDA (Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling) reached CNCF graduation in 2025.
What makes it special? HPA scales on CPU/memory. KEDA scales on ANYTHING - Kafka lag, Redis queue depth, PostgreSQL connections, HTTP requests.
What makes it special? HPA scales on CPU/memory. KEDA scales on ANYTHING - Kafka lag, Redis queue depth, PostgreSQL connections, HTTP requests.
🚀 2025's DevOps revolution? AI integration everywhere.
What does this mean? Automated optimization, intelligent resource allocation, and AI-powered tools enhancing every aspect of operations.
What does this mean? Automated optimization, intelligent resource allocation, and AI-powered tools enhancing every aspect of operations.
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚀 2025's DevOps revolution? AI integration everywhere.
What does this mean? Automated optimization, intelligent resource allocation, and AI-powered tools enhancing every aspect of operations.
What does this mean? Automated optimization, intelligent resource allocation, and AI-powered tools enhancing every aspect of operations.
GitOps is becoming the Kubernetes standard in 2025 🚀
ArgoCD automatically syncs your clusters with Git repos.
What's in Git = what's running in production. Period.
✅ Automated rollbacks
✅ Self-healing deployments
✅ Complete audit trails
#GitOps #Kubernetes
ArgoCD automatically syncs your clusters with Git repos.
What's in Git = what's running in production. Period.
✅ Automated rollbacks
✅ Self-healing deployments
✅ Complete audit trails
#GitOps #Kubernetes
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November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
GitOps is becoming the Kubernetes standard in 2025 🚀
ArgoCD automatically syncs your clusters with Git repos.
What's in Git = what's running in production. Period.
✅ Automated rollbacks
✅ Self-healing deployments
✅ Complete audit trails
#GitOps #Kubernetes
ArgoCD automatically syncs your clusters with Git repos.
What's in Git = what's running in production. Period.
✅ Automated rollbacks
✅ Self-healing deployments
✅ Complete audit trails
#GitOps #Kubernetes
Mistral just solved Europe's AI catch-22: self-hosted deployment with full data sovereignty. 🚀
Run Medium 3 (matches Claude Sonnet 3.7) entirely on your infrastructure. Finance, healthcare, government - keep data in YOUR data center while using cutting-edge models. ☁️
Run Medium 3 (matches Claude Sonnet 3.7) entirely on your infrastructure. Finance, healthcare, government - keep data in YOUR data center while using cutting-edge models. ☁️
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Mistral just solved Europe's AI catch-22: self-hosted deployment with full data sovereignty. 🚀
Run Medium 3 (matches Claude Sonnet 3.7) entirely on your infrastructure. Finance, healthcare, government - keep data in YOUR data center while using cutting-edge models. ☁️
Run Medium 3 (matches Claude Sonnet 3.7) entirely on your infrastructure. Finance, healthcare, government - keep data in YOUR data center while using cutting-edge models. ☁️
Wacky Wednesday Cloud Fact ☁️🌀
Did you know? AWS S3 stores more data than every library on Earth combined. We're talking exabytes of cat videos, forgotten backups, and buckets named "test-delete-later" from 2018.
💡 Pro Tip: Use lifecycle policies or you're paying to store digital junk forever.
Did you know? AWS S3 stores more data than every library on Earth combined. We're talking exabytes of cat videos, forgotten backups, and buckets named "test-delete-later" from 2018.
💡 Pro Tip: Use lifecycle policies or you're paying to store digital junk forever.
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wacky Wednesday Cloud Fact ☁️🌀
Did you know? AWS S3 stores more data than every library on Earth combined. We're talking exabytes of cat videos, forgotten backups, and buckets named "test-delete-later" from 2018.
💡 Pro Tip: Use lifecycle policies or you're paying to store digital junk forever.
Did you know? AWS S3 stores more data than every library on Earth combined. We're talking exabytes of cat videos, forgotten backups, and buckets named "test-delete-later" from 2018.
💡 Pro Tip: Use lifecycle policies or you're paying to store digital junk forever.
When Your AI Model Calls in Sick ☁️
AI models don't get PTO, but they DO crash. Auto-scaling = infinite backup singers—one goes down, another steps up.
💡 Configure health checks BEFORE your model naps during peak traffic.
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AI models don't get PTO, but they DO crash. Auto-scaling = infinite backup singers—one goes down, another steps up.
💡 Configure health checks BEFORE your model naps during peak traffic.
👉 talk-nerdy-to-me.com/news
#CloudEngineering #AI #TalkNerdyToMe
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
When Your AI Model Calls in Sick ☁️
AI models don't get PTO, but they DO crash. Auto-scaling = infinite backup singers—one goes down, another steps up.
💡 Configure health checks BEFORE your model naps during peak traffic.
👉 talk-nerdy-to-me.com/news
#CloudEngineering #AI #TalkNerdyToMe
AI models don't get PTO, but they DO crash. Auto-scaling = infinite backup singers—one goes down, another steps up.
💡 Configure health checks BEFORE your model naps during peak traffic.
👉 talk-nerdy-to-me.com/news
#CloudEngineering #AI #TalkNerdyToMe
Reserved Instances vs. Savings Plans
Reserved Instances lock in discounts for predictable workloads. Savings Plans give flexibility across compute families. Use RIs for databases, Savings Plans for variable loads. Stack both for maximum AWS/Azure savings 🤓 #FinOps #CostOptimization
Reserved Instances lock in discounts for predictable workloads. Savings Plans give flexibility across compute families. Use RIs for databases, Savings Plans for variable loads. Stack both for maximum AWS/Azure savings 🤓 #FinOps #CostOptimization
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Reserved Instances vs. Savings Plans
Reserved Instances lock in discounts for predictable workloads. Savings Plans give flexibility across compute families. Use RIs for databases, Savings Plans for variable loads. Stack both for maximum AWS/Azure savings 🤓 #FinOps #CostOptimization
Reserved Instances lock in discounts for predictable workloads. Savings Plans give flexibility across compute families. Use RIs for databases, Savings Plans for variable loads. Stack both for maximum AWS/Azure savings 🤓 #FinOps #CostOptimization
TechStack Tuesday: Terraform Modules ⚡
Copying the same VPC config for the 10th time? Stop. Build reusable Terraform modules instead.
Write once → deploy everywhere → maintain in one place.
💡 Pro Tip: Version your modules with semantic versioning (v1.0.0, v1.1.0) to track changes safely.
#Terraform
Copying the same VPC config for the 10th time? Stop. Build reusable Terraform modules instead.
Write once → deploy everywhere → maintain in one place.
💡 Pro Tip: Version your modules with semantic versioning (v1.0.0, v1.1.0) to track changes safely.
#Terraform
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
TechStack Tuesday: Terraform Modules ⚡
Copying the same VPC config for the 10th time? Stop. Build reusable Terraform modules instead.
Write once → deploy everywhere → maintain in one place.
💡 Pro Tip: Version your modules with semantic versioning (v1.0.0, v1.1.0) to track changes safely.
#Terraform
Copying the same VPC config for the 10th time? Stop. Build reusable Terraform modules instead.
Write once → deploy everywhere → maintain in one place.
💡 Pro Tip: Version your modules with semantic versioning (v1.0.0, v1.1.0) to track changes safely.
#Terraform
MCP Infrastructure Integration ☁️
Connect AI to your infrastructure with pre-built servers: AWS, Azure, GCP, Postgres, GitHub, Kubernetes. OpenAI + Google both adopted MCP = industry standard.
💡 Clone Anthropic's servers, configure, done in 15 min 🤓
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#MCP #DevOps
Connect AI to your infrastructure with pre-built servers: AWS, Azure, GCP, Postgres, GitHub, Kubernetes. OpenAI + Google both adopted MCP = industry standard.
💡 Clone Anthropic's servers, configure, done in 15 min 🤓
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#MCP #DevOps
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Platform Engineering ☁️
Stop making devs beg ops teams for permissions. Build self-service platforms that treat engineers as customers.
💡 Tools like Backstage give devs superpowers without chaos.
👉 Learn more at talk-nerdy-to-me.com
#PlatformEngineering #IDP #TalkNerdyToMe
Stop making devs beg ops teams for permissions. Build self-service platforms that treat engineers as customers.
💡 Tools like Backstage give devs superpowers without chaos.
👉 Learn more at talk-nerdy-to-me.com
#PlatformEngineering #IDP #TalkNerdyToMe
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Platform Engineering ☁️
Stop making devs beg ops teams for permissions. Build self-service platforms that treat engineers as customers.
💡 Tools like Backstage give devs superpowers without chaos.
👉 Learn more at talk-nerdy-to-me.com
#PlatformEngineering #IDP #TalkNerdyToMe
Stop making devs beg ops teams for permissions. Build self-service platforms that treat engineers as customers.
💡 Tools like Backstage give devs superpowers without chaos.
👉 Learn more at talk-nerdy-to-me.com
#PlatformEngineering #IDP #TalkNerdyToMe
Terraform Drift Detection ☁️
Drift is when your infrastructure lives a double life — one in code, one in reality. Console cowboys and emergency hotfixes are the usual suspects.
Drift is when your infrastructure lives a double life — one in code, one in reality. Console cowboys and emergency hotfixes are the usual suspects.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Terraform Drift Detection ☁️
Drift is when your infrastructure lives a double life — one in code, one in reality. Console cowboys and emergency hotfixes are the usual suspects.
Drift is when your infrastructure lives a double life — one in code, one in reality. Console cowboys and emergency hotfixes are the usual suspects.
🧵 Azure Weekly #539 Highlights
🚀 Azure just dropped a wave of updates ahead of Microsoft Ignite 2025 — and trust me, it’s a buffet of AI, agents, and analytics goodness.
🚀 Azure just dropped a wave of updates ahead of Microsoft Ignite 2025 — and trust me, it’s a buffet of AI, agents, and analytics goodness.
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🧵 Azure Weekly #539 Highlights
🚀 Azure just dropped a wave of updates ahead of Microsoft Ignite 2025 — and trust me, it’s a buffet of AI, agents, and analytics goodness.
🚀 Azure just dropped a wave of updates ahead of Microsoft Ignite 2025 — and trust me, it’s a buffet of AI, agents, and analytics goodness.
Claude Code isn’t autocomplete.
It’s an agentic AI that codes, tests, and commits — no micromanagement required.
👩💻 Learn how to:
✅ Create sub-agents for Infra & FinOps
✅ Automate tagging, SKU audits, & IaC reviews
✅ Use claude -p to execute tasks directly from CLI
It’s an agentic AI that codes, tests, and commits — no micromanagement required.
👩💻 Learn how to:
✅ Create sub-agents for Infra & FinOps
✅ Automate tagging, SKU audits, & IaC reviews
✅ Use claude -p to execute tasks directly from CLI
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Claude Code isn’t autocomplete.
It’s an agentic AI that codes, tests, and commits — no micromanagement required.
👩💻 Learn how to:
✅ Create sub-agents for Infra & FinOps
✅ Automate tagging, SKU audits, & IaC reviews
✅ Use claude -p to execute tasks directly from CLI
It’s an agentic AI that codes, tests, and commits — no micromanagement required.
👩💻 Learn how to:
✅ Create sub-agents for Infra & FinOps
✅ Automate tagging, SKU audits, & IaC reviews
✅ Use claude -p to execute tasks directly from CLI
I spent 100+ hours learning prompt engineering.
Here's what nobody tells you:
You don't need complex frameworks or expensive courses.
You need 6 simple techniques. (Free course inside) 🧵
Here's what nobody tells you:
You don't need complex frameworks or expensive courses.
You need 6 simple techniques. (Free course inside) 🧵
October 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I spent 100+ hours learning prompt engineering.
Here's what nobody tells you:
You don't need complex frameworks or expensive courses.
You need 6 simple techniques. (Free course inside) 🧵
Here's what nobody tells you:
You don't need complex frameworks or expensive courses.
You need 6 simple techniques. (Free course inside) 🧵
Stop getting generic AI responses. 🛑
I built a library of 534 role-specific prompts that actually work.
Free. No signup. Just copy, paste, and get better results.
Here's what makes them different: 🧵
I built a library of 534 role-specific prompts that actually work.
Free. No signup. Just copy, paste, and get better results.
Here's what makes them different: 🧵
October 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Stop getting generic AI responses. 🛑
I built a library of 534 role-specific prompts that actually work.
Free. No signup. Just copy, paste, and get better results.
Here's what makes them different: 🧵
I built a library of 534 role-specific prompts that actually work.
Free. No signup. Just copy, paste, and get better results.
Here's what makes them different: 🧵
🚨 Prompty McCloudface is waving his magic wand: 'Unlock AI magic or feel the spatula!' 😤 Unlock pro-level outputs with our NEW AI Prompt Pack—100+ copy-paste gems for ChatGPT, Claude, & more!
Creators, marketers, noobs: Level up NOW at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com
#GenAIHacks #AIPrompts
Creators, marketers, noobs: Level up NOW at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com
#GenAIHacks #AIPrompts
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨 Prompty McCloudface is waving his magic wand: 'Unlock AI magic or feel the spatula!' 😤 Unlock pro-level outputs with our NEW AI Prompt Pack—100+ copy-paste gems for ChatGPT, Claude, & more!
Creators, marketers, noobs: Level up NOW at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com
#GenAIHacks #AIPrompts
Creators, marketers, noobs: Level up NOW at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com
#GenAIHacks #AIPrompts
MBA class done—global strategies sparking wild ideas! 🌍 Meet Prompty McCloudface in our new Wild Adventures Weekly! Episode 1: Wild Cloud Safari—demystify the cloud jungle & battle cost beasts! 🍲💻 Drops Sunday in the Nerdletter. Ready?
#PromptySafari #TalkNerdyToMe
#PromptySafari #TalkNerdyToMe
October 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
MBA class done—global strategies sparking wild ideas! 🌍 Meet Prompty McCloudface in our new Wild Adventures Weekly! Episode 1: Wild Cloud Safari—demystify the cloud jungle & battle cost beasts! 🍲💻 Drops Sunday in the Nerdletter. Ready?
#PromptySafari #TalkNerdyToMe
#PromptySafari #TalkNerdyToMe
Unlock AI superpowers without the guesswork!
🚀 Introducing Prompt Packs on AI for All – expert-curated templates to optimize your cloud costs like a pro chef. Whether you're a dev battling AWS bills or a startup scaling smart, get instant AI wins at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com.
🚀 Introducing Prompt Packs on AI for All – expert-curated templates to optimize your cloud costs like a pro chef. Whether you're a dev battling AWS bills or a startup scaling smart, get instant AI wins at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com.
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Unlock AI superpowers without the guesswork!
🚀 Introducing Prompt Packs on AI for All – expert-curated templates to optimize your cloud costs like a pro chef. Whether you're a dev battling AWS bills or a startup scaling smart, get instant AI wins at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com.
🚀 Introducing Prompt Packs on AI for All – expert-curated templates to optimize your cloud costs like a pro chef. Whether you're a dev battling AWS bills or a startup scaling smart, get instant AI wins at aiforall.cloudcostchefs.com.