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Shall I open a start up?

February 4, 2022May 6, 2022

An important indicator of success for a Company is whether it survives 5 years. In the USA only 35% do. According to the Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, Entrepreneurs get involved into their business plans, they think their great plan is an exception. Unfortunately, this is builder bias. 35% is a global statistic, meaning regardless of quality and sector, your startup has 2 chances in 3 to fail. Accept and live with it.

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

February 4, 2022April 9, 2022

I present my distilled view of some important applications of ML, and explain the full procedure from ML to AI, when it makes sense to invest in it. I am grateful for my direct experience, business and social engagement with Companies, Projects, and key people that have contributed to my vision. Machine Learning is a vast and prolific topic where people and Companies do make mistakes. ML is not a magic crystal ball. Machines can be more accurate at recognizing patterns than humans, but not supernatural intelligence that magically extracts information where it doesn’t exist. We should always challenge and interpret results.

Databases

Shall I use relational or document databases?

February 4, 2022May 6, 2022

This article is the result of my hands-on experience. I have had extensive experience at using both relational and document databases and have formed a strong opinion. It is not my job to persuade anyone to change their mind, but to share my insights for consideration.

AWS

AWS Lambdas invented concept of Serverless

January 30, 2022May 6, 2022

My experience with Serverless began in 2017 and since then it’s been my favourite architecture pattern. The game changer about Serverless is you don’t pay for idle capacity. AWS invented it with Lambdas.

AWS

AWS is my favourite Cloud platform

January 30, 2022May 6, 2022

In 2018 my team was developing an IoT platform and needed to pick a Cloud vendor. We considered GCP, AWS, Azure, Eurotech, and more. At that time, AWS was the clear winner, mostly because of cost. Other differentiators included technology, the level of granularity of various AWS services, and optimizations. There is a broader key strategy to consider.