THE PIXEL OFFICE .AI (GRIND)
Started on March 16th 2026 Started this week a new project with my friend Peter. I know him from skateboarding and we've known each other for about 8 years. This week we started our own online project. We both love open source projects and are also enthusiastic about the new AI developments, especia
Quark's Outlines: Python Exceptions
Quark’s Outlines: Python Exceptions Overview, Historical Timeline, Problems & Solutions When you run a Python program, you may hit a problem. You may divide by zero or try to open a file that does not exist. A Python exception is a signal that something went wrong. Python stops normal work and looks
Announcing Amazon EC2 G7e instances accelerated by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs
AWS introduces Amazon EC2 G7e instances accelerated by the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs with up to 2.3 times inference performance. G7e instances deliver cost-effective performance for generative AI inference workloads and the highest performance for graphics workloads.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2 G7e instances, Amazon Corretto updates, and more (January 26, 2026)
Hey! It’s my first post for 2026, and I’m writing to you while watching our driveway getting dug out. I hope wherever you are you are safe and warm and your data is still flowing! This week brings exciting news for customers running GPU-intensive workloads, with the launch of our newest graphics and
AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Bedrock agent workflows, Amazon SageMaker private connectivity, and more (February 2, 2026)
Over the past week, we passed Laba festival, a traditional marker in the Chinese calendar that signals the final stretch leading up to the Lunar New Year. For many in China, it’s a moment associated with reflection and preparation, wrapping up what the year has carried, and turning attention toward
AWS IAM Identity Center now supports multi-Region replication for AWS account access and application use
AWS IAM Identity Center now supports multi-Region replication of workforce identities and permission sets, enabling improved resiliency for AWS account access and allowing applications to be deployed closer to users while meeting data residency requirements.
Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances with up to 22.8 TB local NVMe storage are generally available
AWS launches Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances backed by NVMe-based SSD block-level instance storage physically connected to the host server. These instances offer 3 times more vCPUs, memory, and local storage with up to 22.8TB of local NVMe-backed SSD block-level storage.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Opus 4.6 in Amazon Bedrock, AWS Builder ID Sign in with Apple, and more (February 9, 2026)
Here are the notable launches and updates from last week that can help you build, scale, and innovate on AWS. Last week’s launches Here are the launches that got my attention this week. Let’s start with news related to compute and networking infrastructure: Introducing Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8i
AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2 M8azn instances, new open weights models in Amazon Bedrock, and more (February 16, 2026)
I joined AWS in 2021, and since then I’ve watched the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance family grow at a pace that still surprises me. From AWS Graviton-powered instances to specialized accelerated computing options, it feels like every few months there’s a new instance type landing
Claude Dispatch in 2 Minutes: Phone-to-Desktop AI Setup
I gave Claude a task from my phone while walking to a coffee shop, and by the time I sat down with an Americano, the work was done on my desktop at home. No SSH tunneling. No terminal commands. No bot tokens. Just a feature called Dispatch buried inside Anthropic's Cowork interface that took me exac
Announcing Amazon SageMaker Inference for custom Amazon Nova models
AWS launches Amazon SageMaker Inference for custom Amazon Nova models. You can now configure the instance types, auto-scaling policies, and concurrency settings for custom Nova model deployments to best meet their needs.
2 Platforms, 3 Commands: Claude Code Channels Setup Guide
Claude Code Channels is an MCP server that pushes events from external messaging platforms into a running Claude Code session — unlike traditional MCP tools that wait to be called, a channel delivers messages the moment they arrive. Three commands. That's all it takes to wire your phone to a live Cl
Amazon EC2 Hpc8a Instances powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors are now available
Amazon EC2 Hpc8a instances, powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, deliver up to 40% higher performance, increased memory bandwidth, and 300 Gbps Elastic Fabric Adapter networking, helping customers accelerate compute-intensive simulations, engineering workloads, and tightly coupled HPC application
Best LLMs for OpenCode - Tested Locally
I have tested how OpenCode works with several locally hosted on Ollama LLMs, OpenCode is one of the most promising tools in the AI developer tools ecosystem right now. The 27b at IQ3_XXS quantization delivered a complete, working Go project with all 8 unit tests passing, full README, and 34 tokens/s
AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Amazon Bedrock, Kiro in GovCloud Regions, new Agent Plugins, and more (February 23, 2026)
Last week, my team met many developers at Developer Week in San Jose. My colleague, Vinicius Senger delivered a great keynote about renascent software—a new way of building and evolving applications where humans and AI collaborate as co-developers using Kiro. Other colleagues, Du’An Lightfoot, Eliza
Oh My Opencode QuickStart for OpenCode: Install, Configure, Run
Oh My Opencode turns OpenCode into a multi-agent coding harness: an orchestrator delegates work to specialist agents that run in parallel. The shortest mental model you need: install the plugin, then use the keyword ultrawork (or ulw) when you need full-power multi-agent execution. This quickstart c
Transform live video for mobile audiences with AWS Elemental Inference
AWS Elemental Inference is a fully managed AI service that automatically transforms live and on-demand video broadcasts into vertical formats optimized for mobile and social platforms in real time, enabling broadcasters to reach audiences on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts without manual
AWS Security Hub Extended offers full-stack enterprise security with curated partner solutions
AWS announces the general availability of AWS Security Hub Extended, a unified, full-stack enterprise security solution. It brings together AWS detection services and curated partner solutions through a single, simplified experience.
Oh My Opencode Specialised Agents Deep Dive and Model Guide
The biggest capability jump in OpenCode comes from specialised agents: deliberate separation of orchestration, planning, execution, and research. Oh My Opencode packages that idea into a batteries-included harness where Sisyphus coordinates a full "virtual team" of agents with different permissions,
AWS Weekly Roundup: OpenAI partnership, AWS Elemental Inference, Strands Labs, and more (March 2, 2026)
This past week, I’ve been deep in the trenches helping customers transform their businesses through AI-DLC (AI-Driven Lifecycle) workshops. Throughout 2026, I’ve had the privilege of facilitating these sessions for numerous customers, guiding them through a structured framework that helps organizati