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Hands-on guides to AI infrastructure, MLOps, models, and shipping to production.
Unboxing Mac Studio M4 and Running Your First LLM
I unboxed a Mac Studio M4 Max with 128 GB unified memory and 40 GPU cores, installed Ollama, ran Llama 3.1 8B locally, and built a private RAG pipeline - all on one quiet, 6.48 W idle desk-side box.
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NebulaDB vs Agent Memory Platforms: Why Open-Source Wins
A comprehensive comparison of NebulaDB — an open-source AI-native hybrid database written in Rust — against the category of agent memory platforms. Discover why NebulaDB's multi-protocol architecture, SQL-native vector functions, and streaming RAG pipeline make it the superior choice for most AI workloads.
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Couchbase upgrades with CAO pause gates: a support-friendly overview
A support-friendly, SRE-ready overview of Couchbase Server rolling upgrades under the Couchbase Autonomous Operator (CAO), using spec.paused to gate swap-rebalance one node at a time—so you can stabilize, validate health, and keep rollback options open.
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NebulaDNS Complete Feature Guide: k3s, Route53, Observability, and Enterprise DNS
Complete tour of NebulaDNS features: API-first control plane, Prometheus metrics, propagation gates, peer fingerprinting, DNSSEC roadmap, Helm/k3s operator story, and how to integrate with AWS Route 53 and CoreDNS.
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NebulaDNS is a safe-Rust authoritative DNS server with an API-first control plane, Prometheus metrics, propagation gates, and Kubernetes-native operations—built for visibility when AI services and agents depend on DNS more than ever.
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Hosting AI Models on AWS Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry: Cost Control That Scales
Run production AI on AWS Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry with clear patterns for model choice, caching, batching, quotas, and FinOps—so innovation does not blow the cloud bill.
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NebulaCR: Enterprise OCI Registry, Observability, and Compliance Without Compromise
Professional overview of NebulaCR: Rust OCI registry with nebula-registry and nebula-auth, zero-trust OIDC for humans and CI, SCIM lifecycle, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry, multi-region replication, pull-through cache, and Kubernetes Helm deployment—synthesised from the upstream docs/ and README.
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NebulaCB: Enterprise-Grade Couchbase Management That Saves the Day
How NebulaCB, the open-source Couchbase mission control from nebulacb.org, helps enterprises upgrade fearlessly, validate XDCR and data integrity, run Kubernetes-native operations, and use local AI (Ollama) for RCA—so teams ship changes without losing data or sleep.
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AI-Powered Database Troubleshooting: Intelligent Monitoring, Anomaly Detection, and Auto-Remediation
Leverage AI and machine learning for automated database troubleshooting, anomaly detection, query optimization, and intelligent alerting across MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Couchbase in production environments.
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Couchbase High Availability in Production: XDCR, Kubernetes Operator, and Multi-Region Deployment
Complete guide to running Couchbase Server in high availability production environments with XDCR multi-region replication, Couchbase Autonomous Operator on Kubernetes, across AWS, Azure, GCP, and bare metal k3s with Rancher.
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