The current state of the AI Agents ecosystem reminds me of the early days of technologies like Big Data/Hadoop or Containers/Kubernetes: many different tools, frameworks, and open source projects to c…
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Is somebody around you drowning? This is a super important question and, as Carlos put it in his post, a question which naturally translates also to the work environment. I’ve been in situations where…
If you don’t have the data available, implementing an AI use case becomes a data gathering death march, often crossing organizational boundaries. Instead of spending 80% of the project time on buildin…
This morning I was late for work, but I got “diffused” by something worthwhile. I stumbled across a beautifully crafted video that provides excellent intuition on how AI-based image generation actuall…
Being in the industry for many years in different roles, this resonates deeply with me. Expert versus Generalist. Highly recommend to have a read of Constantin’s article and a deep dive on the blog po…
Stefan, why are you still with AWS after already being there for so long - currently 8 years? I get this question constantly, in countless variations. My honest answer is always the same: it’s the peo…
Yesterday I took—after a long break of 5 years—an AWS Certification: The AWS Certified AI Practitioner[4]. I wanted to take a moment to share my thoughts on the exam and help you determine if this wou…
I just signed up for the “Software Architecture Superstream: Architecture Patterns and Antipatterns for AI”[1] which is taking place at 12th August CEST late afternoon. The lineup of speakers and topi…
Traveling at light speed with open eyes is awesome, but sometimes you should look back… On my way back from the Alps, I spent quality time with colleagues and partners from the Media & Entertainment i…
Today I had a brief coding session with the newly launched Kiro [1]: a new agentic IDE that works alongside you from prototype to production. I selected a use case I had previously coded myself, which…