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@mistwire.com

Cloud Therapist @hashicorp AWS Hero Co-Host of vBrownBag We rise by lifting others Fearlessly Stupidβ„’ 🀣 https://linktr.ee/mistwire

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Latest posts by Chris Williams☁️🐍 @mistwire.com

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Have you ever used AI to help build a Terraform environment and it was... underwhelming? Well LOOK NO FURTHER πŸ˜†

Today on @vbrownbag.com - Teaching AI to Terraform (So We Don't Have To!) with Sam McGeown!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpwj...

21.01.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh hi there Margaritaville! 🍹

21.01.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dude you'd def love Monktoberfest!!!

21.01.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Paul! I'm mostly on LinkedIn now🫠

21.01.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

OMG!

21.01.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I bet a million dollars he doesn't know what "kinetic" means

03.09.2025 15:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ€£

22.08.2025 02:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow @ noon on @vbrownbag.com:

"Cloud Credibility: Marketing Yourself in the AWS Era" with AWS Community Builder Janvi Bhagchandani!

In this episode we deploy a personal website using AWS services: S3, CloudFront, and (optionally) Amplify or Lambda!

Join us:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE5R...

19.08.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cannibalism (as a Metaphor for Love) in Open Source
Cannibalism (as a Metaphor for Love) in Open Source YouTube video by vBrownBag

Last weeks @vbrownbag.com is UP: "Cannibalism (as a Metaphor for Love) in Open Source" with @kat.lol !

In this episode we got into a bunch of topics: Horror movies, cannibalism, contributing to open source, burnout, how we (sometimes) destroy the things we loveπŸ˜…

youtu.be/h7FGF3BaJ2I

13.08.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week (8:30PM ET) on @vbrownbag.com:

"Cannibalism (as a Metaphor for Love) in Open Source" with @kat.lol

Listen in as we (maybe) talk about:
- OSS contributions!
- If we shouldn't eat people, why are they so darn tasty?
- Wine pairings

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMh6...

04.08.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Use Sentiment Analysis With Python to Classify Movie Reviews In this tutorial, you'll learn about sentiment analysis and how it works in Python. You'll then build your own sentiment analysis classifier with spaCy that can predict whether a movie review is positive or negative.

πŸπŸ“° Use Sentiment Analysis With Python to Classify Movie Reviews
#python

30.07.2025 22:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mass Layoffs Hit Intel | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 30, 2025
Mass Layoffs Hit Intel | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 30, 2025 Intel is cutting about 24,000 jobs this yearβ€”roughly a quarter of its core workforceβ€”as part of a major restructuring led by new CEO Lip-Bu Tan. The company is canceling projects in Germany and…

The Tech Field Day News Rundown

▢️ buff.ly/RLeD3SL

AI's Big Mistakes
Allianz Big Data Hack
White House AI Action Plan
Palo Alto to acquire @CyberArk
Commvault to acquire Satori Cyber
Mass Layoffs Hit Intel

@NetworkingNerd.net @TechFieldDay.com #TFDRundown #AI #CyberSecurity #ITNews #IntelLayoffs

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Replay is available if you missed today's livestream with @mistwire.com
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17.07.2025 16:48 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week (7/16 @ 8:30 PM ET) on @vbrownbag.com:

"DevOps is a Foreign Language (Or Why There Are No Junior SREs)" w/ @joshleecreates.bsky.social!

We chat with him about what DevOps is, why it's so hard to define, and why there really aren't any "junior" SREs!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOL8...

14.07.2025 17:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Join us July 17th for fun with me and @stu.bsky.social !

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Join Jenn Bergstrom & the vBrownBag crew as we dive into the world of Chaos Engineering, exploring how its principles can be applied to machine learning models of all kinds, from classic machine learning to cutting-edge LLMs!

Wednesday 7/2 @ 730p CT youtube.com/live/x--Ip4M...

01.07.2025 01:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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kermit the frog is holding a glass of lipton tea in his hand . ALT: kermit the frog is holding a glass of lipton tea in his hand .

I remember when VMware charged 1500 for a mandatory 3 day course so you could sit the VCP cert exam...

29.06.2025 00:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
How to Vibe Code Responsibly (with a little help from MCPs)
How to Vibe Code Responsibly (with a little help from MCPs) YouTube video by vBrownBag

Last weeks @vbrownbag.com is UP:

"How to Vibe Code Responsibly (with a little help from MCPs)"

In this episode @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social, Tech Lead at Block, talks about: vibe coding, MCPs, some pitfalls... and how to do it right πŸ₯³

youtu.be/7E7F_dKO0xE

24.06.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Join us for the weekly fun!

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Ctrl+Alt+ROFL: How Stand Up Comedy Helps my Tech Career
Ctrl+Alt+ROFL: How Stand Up Comedy Helps my Tech Career YouTube video by vBrownBag

Last week's @vbrownbag.com is UP:

"Ctrl+Alt+ROFL: How Stand Up Comedy Helps my Tech Career" w/ Kashaf Salaheen - SA @hashicorp.com by day, stand up comedienne by night! She shares with us lessons learned doing both things and how they bolster each other πŸ₯³

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Luw...

11.06.2025 19:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Talk to the hand ❌
Talk to the ass βœ…

11.06.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You shameless shill! I love it!!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

10.06.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Getting Started Running Local LLMs with Ollama With the recent (but not unexpected) discovery that OpenAI never deleted your chats and now courts are demanding chat histories for upcoming legal cases... I thought that now would be a good time to write an article helping people who want to explore large language models (LLMs) like LLaMA, Mistral, or Gemma without relying on cloud services or APIs 😬.

How to set up your very own local Skynet at home so Altman/Zuckerberg/Musk/Bezos/Etc... can't scrape your user data for additional, future nefarious purposes:

07.06.2025 21:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ctrl+Alt+ROFL - How Stand Up Comedy Helps My Tech Career
Ctrl+Alt+ROFL - How Stand Up Comedy Helps My Tech Career YouTube video by vBrownBag

Tomorrow (8:30 PM ET) on @vbrownbag.com:

Ctrl+Alt+ROFL: How Stand Up Comedy Helps my Tech Career

Kashaf is an SA @hashicorp.com by day... and a stand up comedienne at night! In this ep. she talks about lessons learned & how to lvl up your tech career!

Join us:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNh5...

03.06.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Network Fundamentals Bootcamp β€” Week 1 YouTube video by ExamPro

IN 2 HOURS the @exampro.bsky.social Networking Fundamentals Bootcamp starts!

Join us if you are:
πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» a new learner who wants to get a good fundamentals
πŸ‘·πŸΎ an architect who wants to understand network design better
πŸ₯³ enjoy watching us make fun of each other

youtube.com/live/6LFr1of...

31.05.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Twitch Twitch is the world

You might have heard about that cool new @hashicorp.com Terraform Quest that we built with the AWS GameDay team. Experience that Quest live with us today @ 11 AM PT on the AWS On Air channel on twitch.tv/awsonair!

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Building a Well-Architected Review Crew with GenAI - with Alex Kearns
Building a Well-Architected Review Crew with GenAI - with Alex Kearns YouTube video by vBrownBag

In 1 HOUR on @vbrownbag.com:

"Building a Well-Architected Review Crew with GenAI" with @wellarchitectedadvocate.com

We will unpack how GenAI-powered AWS experts can transform your cloud strategy, & dive into real-world ways to use multi-agent workflows!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDqv...

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Join us & @wellarchitectedadvocate.com as he reveals how GenAI-powered AWS experts can supercharge your cloud strategy! Get actionable tips on the Well-Architected Framework & unlock real-world insights for your team. #AWS #GenAI #CloudComputing

Wed May 28 @ 3pm CDT
https://www.youtube.com/live/HDqvAQGmifY

Join us & @wellarchitectedadvocate.com as he reveals how GenAI-powered AWS experts can supercharge your cloud strategy! Get actionable tips on the Well-Architected Framework & unlock real-world insights for your team. #AWS #GenAI #CloudComputing Wed May 28 @ 3pm CDT https://www.youtube.com/live/HDqvAQGmifY

Join us & @wellarchitectedadvocate.com as he reveals how GenAI-powered AWS experts can supercharge your cloud strategy! Get actionable tips on the Well-Architected Framework & unlock real-world insights for your team. #AWS #GenAI #CloudComputing

Wed May 28 @ 3pm CDT
www.youtube.com/live/HDqvAQG...

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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a display of ties and says " why you lying " ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a display of ties and says " why you lying "

It's crazy the number of ppl I know who are on Ozempic but tell everyone the results are from "diet & exercise"

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