A few weeks ago, I wrote about my initial experience with provisioning and using the ChatGPT model with Azure OpenAI Services. Since then, a lot has happened. GPT-4 was announced. Microsoft 365 Copilot was unveiled. Each day, we’re getting more… Read More »Building a ChatGPT solution with custom data using Azure OpenAI
ChatGPT was announced in early January 2023 as an easy-to-use AI service. I feel it still is somewhat compelling, yet at the same time, I’m not utilizing it all that much. The hallucinations the AI engine gives me are offputting.… Read More »A practical look at using and building on Azure OpenAI, specifically the “ChatGPT-style” feature
I’m having my winter holiday this week, which is customary in Finland. I guess the historical reason for a week off in the middle of February was for kids to have time to do traditional winter activities such as skiing… Read More »Building a little notification engine for Tailscale events
At home I have a gigabit-grade fiber optic connection. It’s been super stable and solid for months. Until last weekend, Youtube stopped working for the kids in the living room TV. I did a quick test and saw that my… Read More »Building a quick uptime monitor for the home office Internet connection
About a year ago, I recapped my gym experience from 2019 to 2021. It has been three years, and I’m happy to say I still stick to the same principles and attitude. Initially, I wanted to get fit and headed… Read More »A look back: Three years of working out at the gym
Some time ago, I came upon a blog from Signal on how to help people in Iran. The idea is to run a proxy that relays traffic for Signal messaging. This is then used in scenarios where the government blocks… Read More »Building and securing a Signal Proxy service in Azure
I’ve used Flightradar24 for as long as I can remember. Occasionally to check what aircraft is circling near our house or track enjoyable flights while waiting in the queue in the grocery store. Another aspect is checking when a friend’s… Read More »Fun with Raspberry Pi: Building a Flightradar24 ADS-B receiver
As part of the house-building project, we had the option to think about solar panels. I have friends who have opted for a few panels, and some have opted for more. I’ve been indifferent up until now, as previously, we… Read More »Building sustainability with solar panels at home
After a nice vacation this summer, we were able to move to our new house in early August. I’ve written about the design phase of the home previously. Also, I have a few pictures of building the house here. Now… Read More »Living with the Yale Linus smartlock
I’m not an expert on customer experience, far from it. I’ve always believed when building my companies that it’s crucial to think about the customer and to try and remove blockers and problems on the way. It has worked for… Read More »Building a customer experience when you’re running a business
This is one of those blog posts that are pretty obvious but took a surprisingly long time for me to start using. Here’s the problem I have. Our family mostly listens to music when we’re in the car or when… Read More »Streaming to Sonos with Stream What You Hear
After a lengthier-than-expected wait, the Shared Channel capability for Microsoft Teams landed in one of my tenants last week. I don’t follow Teams-related news or announcements that closely, but I knew that the preview of this feature was close to… Read More »Setting up Microsoft Teams Shared Channels between three companies for frictionless communication
At home, I have a fiber Internet connection from a local operator. Nominally, it’s rated 1000 Mbps/500 Mbps, and I usually get closer to those speeds. I rarely utilize the capacity as I don’t need to run any production services… Read More »Building a backup Internet connection with the Unifi LTE Pro device
I was exposed to PostgreSQL about two years ago through a few deployment projects. I blogged about my experience configuring and running Azure Database for PostgreSQL instances. At the time, I didn’t need to worry much about backups or recovery,… Read More »Backing up PostgreSQL databases in Azure
In mid-2021, I upgraded my home office with some acoustic panels from Elgato. Since then, I’ve done plenty of upgrading with my recording and podcast audio setup. Previously, I had a decent microphone from RØDE – the Procaster (see here… Read More »Building the perfect recording and podcast audio setup with the dbx 286s mic preamp/processor and Shure SM7B dynamic microphone
About a year ago, I wrote about this fantastic new app called Lobe. It’s an app that you install locally and then use to create a Machine Learning model elsewhere. It’s pretty great, as it takes away all the hassle… Read More »Building and using a Machine Learning model for Power Platform using Lobe
About two months ago, I deployed Tailscale to provide a secure remote access solution to my internal (home) network. If you’re not familiar with Tailscale, please check out my previous article on the basic setup. As a quick primer on… Read More »Building a more secure remote access setup with Tailscale to access Vaultwarden and Synology remotely
At home, I have a few essential services I need to keep running at all times. When I write crucial, I mean that they are services I rely on and would like very much for those services to be running… Read More »Running a single Docker Container in Azure cost-effectively
I was about 11 years old when I first tried transferring a file using FTP. This was sometime in the late 1980s or very early 1990s. Since then, I’ve used FTP a lot, but in the past decade, much less… Read More »Building a modern data integration to Azure using SFTP with a Storage Account
I’ve been delighted in recent months when more and more projects I work with are starting to consider retiring the on-premises Active Directory infrastructure. This is a massive change in terms of thinking – as, for the past ten years,… Read More »Transforming your organization to cloud-only: Retiring the On-Premises Active Directory