Essay

Essay

Essays on various topics from Thomas Ott.
Oct
22
Is Your Cloud Competition Slaughtering You? Consider This Before A Pivot

Is Your Cloud Competition Slaughtering You? Consider This Before A Pivot

Careful strategic planning and execution of a differentiated product with low internal costs can set you apart from your competitors.
7 min read
Sep
30
The Voices of Women in The Wilderness

The Voices of Women in The Wilderness

Ed Abbey was a wonderful writer but his writing lacked one important thing, the voices of women in the wilderness.
6 min read
Sep
23
Generative AI Will Destroy Most Photography

Generative AI Will Destroy Most Photography

Gen AI was a killer comet that just slammed into the creative world and there was no going back.
6 min read
Jun
20
I've Given up on SEO in The Age of GPT

I've Given up on SEO in The Age of GPT

Your authenticity can never be replicated by a large language model (LLM), no matter how many parameters it was trained on.
6 min read
Jun
07
Navigating Through the Garbage Data World

Navigating Through the Garbage Data World

The risk that we'll end up building models on generated "fake" data is increasing daily. It's getting harder to discern what's real anymore.
6 min read
May
27
programming efficiency, climate change

Reconsidering Programming Efficiency Amidst Climate Change

Computers, GPUs, deep learning, LLMs, and Bitcoin aren't going away. They've been a big boon for humanity and have increased our quality of life, but at what cost?
8 min read
May
20
ChatGPT 4

The Promise and Peril of GPT

GPT is capable of generating text, translating languages, writing different kinds of creative content, and answering your questions in an informative way. But is it too good to be true?
10 min read
Apr
03
camera, photography

What if no One Saw Your Photography

In a world driven by social media validation, the story of Vivian Maier reminds us of the value of photography for oneself.
4 min read
Mar
06
Find Your Flow State For Your Obsession

Find Your Flow State For Your Obsession

Find your flow state for your obsession and let it guide you to your bliss. Practice > Obsess > Flow State > Happiness
6 min read
Feb
27
Be a Warrior in a Garden, Not a Gardener in a War

Be a Warrior in a Garden, Not a Gardener in a War

Prepare yourself and your loved ones. If we can’t reverse the coming climate catastrophe and biodiversity extinction, then we need to prepare to survive.
5 min read