Category Archives: Blog

AI Model Size, Parameters and Download

Posted on October 1, 2025 by way0utwest

At SQL Saturday Boston 2025, I gave a presentation on local LLMs and there was a great question that I wasn’t sure about. Someone asked about the download size vs the model size as listed on Hugging Face (or elsewhere). … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Comments Off on AI Model Size, Parameters and Download

Back in the EU

Posted on September 29, 2025 by way0utwest

I flew to Amsterdam last night and hopefully by the time this publishes I’ll be at my hotel, catching up on messages and prepping for another Simple Talk Podcast recording. This is my fourth trip across the water this year, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Back in the EU

SQL Saturday Boston Slides and Code

Posted on September 27, 2025 by way0utwest

Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions today at SQL Saturday Boston 2025. I’ve got resources listed below Slides Here are the slides from my two sessions Running a Local LLM (slides) Speeding up Application Development with the Data API … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | Comments Off on SQL Saturday Boston Slides and Code

Advice I Like: Fear and Imagination

Posted on September 26, 2025 by way0utwest

Fear is fueled by a lack of imagination. The antidote to fear is not bravery; it looks more like imagination – from Excellent Advice for Living What a neat way to look at things. Most of us have fear. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , | 2 Comments