Episode Notes

• Introduction to Cargo Lambda

  • Interacts with AWS Lambda ecosystem from the terminal
  • Enables native running, building, and deployment of Lambda functions
  • No need for containers or VMs

• Installa…

Pragmatic AI Labs Blog - What is Cargo Lambda

What is Cargo Lambda?

• A framework for building tools and workflows for Rust on AWS Lambda

Key Benefits

1. Rust Performance

   • Allows writing AWS Lambda functions in…

Function as a Service (FaaS): Core Building Block of Serverless Technology

What is FaaS?

• Simplest unit of work for building applications, microservices, or event-driven protocols
• Basic workflow: Input →…

Build a cup vs wash a cup blog post

Building vs. Washing a Cup: Rust vs. Scripting Languages

Key Points:

• Analogy: Building a cup (initial development) vs. washing a cup (maintenance)
• Rust represents a we…

Understanding Serverless Computing

What is AWS Lambda

Notes:

Introduction to Serverless

• New paradigm in cloud computing
• Contrasts with pre-cloud, always-running systems

Inefficiency of Traditional Models

• Ex…

Broken Economic Models for Humanity

Key Concepts:

1. Surveillance Capitalism

   • Definition by Shoshana Zuboff
   • Extracts and monetizes human experience data
   • Concentrates wealth, knowledge, and power
   • Threatens huma…

Human Rights: From French Revolution to Digital Age

The Age of Revolutions: A Perfect Storm

The French Revolution emerged from a convergence of systemic issues and random events:

• Feudalism's oppressive …

Tech Propaganda: An Introduction to Critical Thinking in Technology

Episode Notes

1. FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

• Definition: Rushing to adopt new technologies without clear benefits
• Examples:
  • Implementing …

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00:00:01 - Introduction to the concept of "pets vs. cattle" in the DevOps space

00:00:33 - Similarities between smartphones, monolithic servers, and synchronous messaging

00:01:02 - The problem with 24…

00:00 - Introduction: The cuckoo egg dilemma in technology 01:00 - Explanation of the cuckoo bird's behavior and the analogy to technology 02:00 - The creator's perspective: Taylor Swift as an exampl…

00:00 - Introduction: Why you need a repairable Linux laptop 01:05 - The problem with non-upgradable laptops and being locked into ecosystems 02:30 - Introducing the Framework laptop as a repairable …

00:00 - Introduction: Showcasing Pragmatic AI Labs and DS500's latest offering

00:45 - Introducing the world's largest online cloud computing program

01:30 - Host's background teaching cloud computing …

00:00 - Introduction: Launching DS500, a new program from Pragmatic AI Labs 01:30 - Democratizing access to two master's degrees worth of content 02:15 - Host's background as an adjunct professor at …

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