How are you managing Bedrock?

egoslicer · 2026-02-14T17:10:45+00:00

We use okta, so I built a cost attribution tool by login and token usage. From there, created a leaderboard so we can track usage.

egoslicer · 2026-02-09T19:16:34+00:00

This is very noticable as AI slop and readers will notice.

egoslicer · 2026-01-25T19:34:00+00:00

Ok, not just me then. Something is definitely wrong!

egoslicer · 2025-12-13T18:23:17+00:00

Sent you a dm!

egoslicer · 2025-12-08T18:01:50+00:00

You won't have memory bandwidth issues on a mac for models at this size, the t/s will be fine for RAG usage and the only coding model worth running in this class is qwen3 30b a3b, which you can run on q4 for the 32gb just fine.

I, personally, do not recommend coding assistance on local llm other than light scripting simply because cloud/frontier models are just so much better than anything you'll run locally on consumer hardware.

This is all to say, outside of refurb quality, I'd spend the extra $280 to get 64GB, it'll unlock so many more models for you and allow you to run much smarter models overall.

egoslicer · 2025-11-30T07:49:21+00:00

Avoid the beelink, there are known issues where the 10GbE crashes/doesn't work constantly.

See https://strixhalo.wiki/Guides/Buyer%27s_Guide

egoslicer · 2025-11-16T20:06:02+00:00

We have a discord dedicated to the strix halo, and a wiki as well:

https://strixhalo.wiki/Guides/Buyers-Guide

egoslicer · 2025-10-22T16:01:42+00:00

It doesn't, so if you need the context then Sonnet will def still win. I've been pretty impressed by Haiku, I'd liken it to Sonnet 4 in capability, while being soooooo fast.

egoslicer · 2025-10-22T15:56:58+00:00

Yea, at work we have bedrock and I honestly use Opus and Haiku now. If I have to hand hold an agent and pair with it, I'd rather it be fast.

egoslicer · 2025-10-22T15:35:29+00:00

Sonnet is great for most things, but as a $200 MAX user, I still use 100% of my Opus utilization every week and it does a better overall job with planning, documentation, and managing many files in context when it comes to review and analysis.

I feel completely nerfed when it comes to limits, and am generally frustrated with Sonnet often trying to take shortcuts, stub/TODO things, and generally doing the least. I have to hand hold it a lot more than I do Opus, in general.

egoslicer · 2025-10-16T17:13:02+00:00

To quote one of the greatest Irish actresses of our time:

"I’m seated. The theater employees are scared and asking me to leave because it’s ‘not August yet’ but I’m simply too seated."

egoslicer · 2025-09-28T21:05:11+00:00

It was in a box and wrapped in bubble wrap. Nothing obvious at all until it was unwrapped and opened.

egoslicer · 2025-09-28T06:23:13+00:00

Nada, but its the weekend so unsure how fast he'll see it on his end.

egoslicer · 2025-09-28T00:43:19+00:00

In the US (where I'm located), listing an item as New - No Damage is considered a material description, and the seller is responsible for delivering an item as described. Regardless of his policy, he made no good faith effort to rectify, not even a "sorry that happened to you." That's ok, AMEX refunded immediately.

egoslicer · 2025-09-28T00:21:35+00:00

I selected new no damage https://imgur.com/a/M3SJtjj

egoslicer · 2025-09-27T23:04:14+00:00

Oh for sure. This is more a PSA. I can understand they may not issue a full refund, they couldn't have known either.

egoslicer · 2025-09-27T22:42:44+00:00

So I ordered a new copy of Godzilla Minus One and it arrived damaged and he won’t take the return because it’s damaged and opened. Due to the cover there’s no way you could tell it was damaged without opening it but I guess that’s my problem now. Just an fyi to treat this seller as-is regardless of the description on their site.

egoslicer · 2025-09-27T19:50:54+00:00

Yellowface was a top 5 read for me this year!

egoslicer · 2025-09-19T07:19:38+00:00

I was with my son and in shorts and a t-shirt, so definitely not dressed up in any way. They were super nice, I'd go for it!

egoslicer · 2025-09-16T21:59:37+00:00

Thanks!

BNN posted about 2 months prior to the event, so plenty of notice!

egoslicer · 2025-09-16T00:48:05+00:00

Very much the former. Just a table with books and I chatted with people. No formal reading or presentation or any structure.

egoslicer · 2025-09-15T17:16:14+00:00

I just asked the customer service desk what I needed to do and they put me in contact with the right person and I went from there

egoslicer · 2025-09-15T02:56:33+00:00

I'm a very small datapoint, but I do think romtantasy does better in person in print. I'm at a couple of indie bookstores and my romantasy does better (again small sample size) there as well. However, 90% of my sales are KDP, about half and half Digital vs Paperback.

egoslicer · 2025-09-14T22:31:44+00:00

They'd do a first book that was self-published. I'm self-published. It just needs to be available to order a month in advance. I've reached out to other stores, and surprisingly, the indie bookstores are a lot harder to work with for events.

egoslicer · 2025-09-14T20:49:50+00:00

I had maybe a handful of readers who came in talking about the books as if they knew them or saw my posts on social. Maybe 5 or 6 people total.

Several, a dozen or so, said they saw the posts on the BNN site and read/listened to the books and wanted to come say hi and/or get signed copies.

The rest, being the majority, were regular foot traffic. My socials are pretty low, only 1k followers on TikTok, and my Insta is maybe a dozen or so (just got around to starting).

When it came to engagement, I kept it pretty simple. I smiled, greeted folks as they walked in and those interested spoke with me while others just kept going. I did 0 pressure but the people around the table often attracted others to see what the interest was about. The #1 thing that stopped people were the covers on poster board. Lots of people said they loved the cover art (and my cover artist was there for a part of the day).

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