AI momentum continues to outpace the systems designed to govern it. This week, OpenAI released an experimental model aimed at better understanding AI behavior, a quiet but important shift from capability building to behavior scrutiny. Meanwhile, the U.S. government launched a new “Tech Force” and introduced an AI Talent Act, signaling urgency to compete for […]
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Don’t Ignore “Technical Debt” If you are an IT executive, TPM, or PM, you’ve likely lived through this scenario: a project is racing toward a hard deadline, pressure from stakeholders is building, budgets are tight, and your engineering team is forced to focus only on bare-minimum deliverables. Deep down, you already know this trade-off, postponing
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Orbiting data centers aren’t just a myth anymore. And since this idea is creeping into real engineering discussions, I took a closer look and wanted to pass along what I found. The fact is that ‘Orbiting data centers’ are an emerging concept being explored by major tech companies such as Google and SpaceX to address
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Practical Field Notes Very early in my career, I had my share of confusion around backlogs. My thought process was, are they simply long to-do lists, or something deeper? The answer, I learned, defines how effectively project teams deliver. Backlogs often cause confusion when their purpose, types, and management aren’t clearly understood. In Agile and
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Attention DevOps teams and Mac/iOS developers: Microsoft retired two major hosted images today, December 4, 2025. macOS-13 hosted image → retired today, December 4, 2025 • Windows-2019 hosted image → retiring December 31, 2025 (after a six-month extension) What this means: Pipelines still running on macOS-13 will start failing immediately. Pipelines using Windows-2019 will continue
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PART III – My final post closes this short trilogy Having wrapped my short journey exploring iOS and Apple’s subtle AI integration, it’s clear that device-to-cloud intelligence isn’t just a mobile phenomenon. Cloud architects now face the challenge of designing systems that bridge ecosystems, connecting devices, edge, and cloud with AI-driven capabilities that are secure,
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Let’s start Part II From Device to Cloud: Apple’s Subtle AI Integration Strategy As part of my short iOS/Apple trilogy, this piece explores how Apple weaves AI through device-to-cloud journey without loudly branding it as AI. Even as a Microsoft-focused practitioner, it’s hard to miss how quietly effective this strategy is. Here’s what stands out,
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Fresh security update from gaming giant Roblox, a major safety enhancement drops, making mandatory age checks new security gate for chat access. Yesterday, November 18, 2025, Roblox announced a major security update requiring mandatory age checks for end users to access chat features. This move, aimed at limiting online communication between adults and children,
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