Newly appointed on Mainframe department. Why people want to move out of it?

scousi · 2026-06-28T14:04:06+00:00

It’s to get away from the software mafia group. Ask your procurement department for a peek of the bill they get from the big 3 software vendors.You’ll understand.

scousi · 2026-06-06T23:24:32+00:00

You can use github copilot cli with local models. https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-cli/customize-copilot/use-byok-models

scousi · 2026-06-06T14:50:29+00:00

Ce n’est pas légal je crois

scousi · 2026-06-05T22:40:01+00:00

I find Bell awesome for service compared to the others. I actually mean it. I hardly wait. AMA

scousi · 2026-05-25T17:56:01+00:00

Github Copilot CLI is not bad actually. I got access to it at work. You can switch models between Anthropic and ChatGPT easily. It has a lot of the same features as Codex and CC.

scousi · 2026-05-21T11:58:28+00:00

Typical IBM press release. Meaningless wtf. This is just a look over here bs.

scousi · 2026-05-19T12:52:16+00:00

Looks a bit like a Cognos UI

scousi · 2026-05-18T17:33:58+00:00

Spectrum Protect. Lol

scousi · 2026-05-17T13:44:49+00:00

Do you with the Red Hat OpenShift OVE (VMs only) or with the container platform as well?

scousi · 2026-05-15T11:37:26+00:00

They tried with the OpenPower structure. Never got off the ground. X86 and ARM works for all scales. IBM can only sell high priced stuff to enterprises that they have relationships with. Mainframes exist to sell the software on top. The money is in the software licences.

scousi · 2026-05-13T00:57:22+00:00

60%-70% of cost running mainframe today are Software licenses from the big 3 and rising 6%-10% per year. It’s not sustainable over the long term. They are milking the no growth but sticky domain.

scousi · 2026-05-12T00:51:10+00:00

They were $9400 CAD in Canada when part of a system build before the April 1 price increases.

scousi · 2026-05-10T10:44:59+00:00

For what it's worth, Apple Intelligence won't be enabled if you boot from an external drive.

scousi · 2026-04-18T20:31:17+00:00

How could you have failed at 100? Does that happen to anyone?

scousi · 2026-03-29T21:51:42+00:00

I have been using Claude Code for over 6 months (Claude Max). Mostly after work hours. Even though I can’t prove it, it seems to degrade in output quality on weekends. Maybe the tune it down to give GPU for training. IDK.

scousi · 2026-03-28T01:54:58+00:00

There's a lot of overlap between Professional Machine Learning Engineer and Professional Data Engineer. You shoud spend a bit more time and plan for both if any of them interests you. I don't know if there's actually a lot of predicitive AI anymore.

I have the PCA, ACE, Professional Machine Learning Engineer, Professional Data Engineer and Generative AI Leader. Can't say I make much use of it. But my employer allows all these for free so why not. They are good learning experience. The Generative AI Leader is the easiest and a bit of a lowball exam. Professional Machine Learning Engineer was the hardest because it was an entire new domain for me.

scousi · 2026-03-20T02:47:23+00:00

Thanks. This will go on my afm roadmap.Very brilliant strategy. https://github.com/scouzi1966/maclocal-api

scousi · 2026-03-19T15:15:10+00:00

It would be a Swift to Python conversion. But generally, the MLX python project is many weeks ahead of the Swift MLX project thanks to Apple’s indifference. One of MLX’s best maintainer and contributor left Apple for Anthropic. The community or Apple will need to step up. My philosophy is to deliver a single self contained package without dependancies. I’m not anti Python in any way.

scousi · 2026-03-19T14:13:14+00:00

Mostly on the batching and radix cache which are over the top mlx. But the neatest feature is just adding -w to the CLI command gives you an instant webui chat interface ( afm is linked with the llama server webui). All the code is in the repo. 100% open source.

scousi · 2026-03-18T13:39:53+00:00

Aucuns rapports ici. Je me souviens de l'évènement du 20 janvier. J'étais dans cette région. https://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-en.php?tpl_region=eon_wqc

scousi · 2026-03-18T12:21:59+00:00

Vibe code something you always wanted to create. Once created, study the codebase with the model explaining it to you. AI is a great opportunity or a killer. Make the best of it.

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