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A Short Break

Posted on October 6, 2025 by way0utwest

It’s holiday week for me. I was in the Netherlands last week for Pass on Tour and the Redgate Summit. My wife joined me and we are taking a break this week, wandering around Northern Italy. See you next week. … Continue reading →

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A New Word: Ecstatic Shock

Posted on October 3, 2025 by way0utwest

ecstatic shock – n. a surge of energy upon catching a glimpse from someone you like, which scrambles your ungrounded circuits and tempts you to chase after that feeling with a kite and a key. What a great image. You … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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