DERMS and the Decentralized Grid Revolution
Unlocking cost savings, real-time control, and resilience with intelligent distributed energy management Introduction As the energy landscape evolves, Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) play a crucial role in integrating renewable energy resources and optimizing grid performance. DERMS enable utilities to efficiently manage distributed energy resources (DERs) such as inverter-based resources (IBRs), electric vehicles […]
A Primer on Cost Saving Strategies for Deploying Models on the Cloud
How to think about cost savings for machine learning models Introduction The rise of organizations attempting to deploy and train custom Machine Learning models for specific purposes (such as demand forecasting, fraud detection, and more) has led to an increase in dependency on third-party cloud providers to host these models for training and inference purposes […]
Sharper Thinking: Pillars of Logical Arguments
Elevating Consulting with Logical Principles The primary goal of a consultant is to provide the best long-term solutions for customers. Achieving this requires not only technical expertise but also a disciplined approach to evaluating and critiquing solutions. This post outlines ten fundamental principles — adapted from classical logical fallacies — that everyone should follow when […]
Databricks Asset Bundles
Background Photo by Luis Vaz on Unsplash A first look at the tool’s maturity, benefits and current limitations Databricks offers several ways to deploy resources like jobs, notebooks, clusters — each suited to different levels of automation, complexity and levels of control. Whether it’s managing infrastructure, orchestrating jobs, or promoting code across environments, choosing the right deployment tool is […]
Ship Clean Code Faster: A Pragmatic Guide to Using Cursor Effectively
TL;DR — Cursor can 2× your delivery speed if you install hard guardrails. This guide shows how rule files, checkpoint‑and‑restore, test‑driven development, and ruthless pruning let you bank that speed without inflating technical debt. Why Bother Reading Another AI‑Coding Post? Most “AI pair‑programmer” articles stop at shiny demos. They rarely answer the question architects lose sleep over: How do we prevent the […]
Resilience for Power Systems
Current and Future Trends with A Look at Recent HILF Events The consumption of energy and its transformation into electricity are essential for societal progress. As the Rockefeller Foundation highlights, electricity is a key driver of economic competitiveness and prosperity more now than in previous centuries. Even developing economies depend heavily on stable, reliable, and […]
Introduction to GraphQL and AppSync
Core Concepts and Value Propositions In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, efficient data fetching and manipulation have become paramount concerns. Traditional REST APIs, while widely used, often struggle with problems like over-fetching or under-fetching data. Enter GraphQL — a query language for APIs that addresses these issues by giving clients the power to request […]
SageMaker Training and Deployment with Custom Images
How and Why to Use Custom SageMaker Images If you have used SageMaker for data science modeling work, you have likely used the AWS-provided images to train your models and possibly deploy them to an endpoint. These provide images for scikit-learn, xgboost and deep-learning among other common frameworks. This article will address an issue we […]
The Problem of Underfitting in Machine Learning
ChatGPT generated image What Underfitting is and How to Test for It and Minimize its Impact Machine learning stands as a pivotal element in contemporary data science, fundamentally altering the landscape of predictive analytics and decision-making across various domains. We have written many articles on machine learning concepts, but this one takes us back to […]
FlyngLlama: Combining Robyn and LlamaIndex for Intelligent Document Analysis
A document-devouring llama with Robyn wings that soars through your data! Performance Optimized Retrieval Augmented Generation Introduction In today’s data-driven environment, organizations are challenged to extract meaningful insights from their vast collections of documents. The ability to quickly locate precise information in sources such as legal contracts, research papers, knowledge bases, and technical documentation is […]