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Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

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Software Developer Operations Manager | Executive IT Architect at IBM

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Executive IT Architect, IBM Cloud | BCS Fellow, Distinguished Architect (The Open Group Certified)

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Open-Source LLM Tools Worth Your Time
Building with LLMs in 2026 means more than picking a model and calling an API. This article covers the full open-source stack by defining tools and their usage.
April 28, 2026
· 3,496 Views · 2 Likes
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MCP vs Skills vs Agents With Scripts: Which One Should You Pick?
Learn about when to use MCP, skills, and agents with scripts. How are they different from each other and what are they actually meant to be used for.
March 26, 2026
· 3,637 Views · 2 Likes
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Trust No Agent: How to Secure Autonomous Tools on Your Machine
Most developers run autonomous agents with zero isolation. This guide teaches you how to build defense in depth to contain the blast radius.
February 17, 2026
· 3,236 Views · 4 Likes
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ToolOrchestra vs Mixture of Experts: Routing Intelligence at Scale
Learn about two fundamental architectural patterns reshaping how we build intelligent systems. Explore ToolOrchestra, Mixture of Experts (MoE), and other AI patterns.
January 30, 2026
· 1,803 Views · 1 Like
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Developer Tools That Actually Matter in 2026
The developer tools making real differences today are the ones solving the actual problems we face as developers every day.
January 6, 2026
· 7,622 Views · 2 Likes
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Infrastructure as Code: How Automation Evolved to Power AI Workloads
Learn about how Infrastructure as Code progressed in 2025 and how it helped automation, particularly for provisioning AI infrastructure.
December 18, 2025
· 1,686 Views · 3 Likes
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Architectural Understanding of CPUs, GPUs, and TPUs
Learn about CPUs, GPUs, and TPUs — definitions, use cases, architectural differences, and above all, when to use CPUs, GPUs, and TPUs.
December 4, 2025
· 5,452 Views · 5 Likes
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Formae and PKL: Revolutionizing Infrastructure Automation
Learn about Formae, an open-source IaC platform introducing a stateless, auto-discovering approach to infrastructure management and PKL, a configuration-as-code language.
November 11, 2025
· 1,825 Views · 3 Likes
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HSTS Beyond the Basics: Securing AI Infrastructure and Modern Attack Vectors
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a web security policy mechanism that helps protect websites against protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking.
October 29, 2025
· 2,048 Views · 4 Likes
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AI Infrastructure: Compute, Storage, Observability, Security, and More
In this final article, you will learn about AI infrastructure compute, storage, observability, optimization, security, and deployment architecture.
October 13, 2025
· 2,308 Views · 4 Likes
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AI Infrastructure Guide: Tools, Frameworks, and Architecture Flows
This guide covers AI infrastructure, from hardware acceleration and model serving to monitoring and security, with tools, patterns, and strategies proven in production.
October 2, 2025
· 3,861 Views · 6 Likes
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AI Infrastructure for Agents and LLMs: Options, Tools, and Optimization
This article explores the diverse infrastructure options and tools that are available for deploying and optimizing AI agents and large language models (LLMs).
September 22, 2025
· 4,531 Views · 7 Likes
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Cloud Automation Excellence: Terraform, Ansible, and Nomad for Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise cloud architecture demands sophisticated orchestration of infrastructure, configuration, and workload management across diverse computing platforms.
September 9, 2025
· 5,328 Views · 3 Likes
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Pulumi: Modern Infrastructure as Code With Real Programming Languages
Pulumi is an Infrastructure as Code platform that lets developers and teams create, deploy, and manage cloud resources using familiar programming languages.
August 26, 2025
· 3,424 Views · 5 Likes
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Secure Private Connectivity Between VMware and Object Storage: An Enterprise Architecture Guide
This guide details how to establish secure private connectivity between VMware and Object Storage using Cloud Service Endpoints.
August 13, 2025
· 2,241 Views · 4 Likes
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DSPy Framework: A Comprehensive Technical Guide With Executable Examples
DSPy improves AI development by replacing prompt engineering with patterns. This guide explores how DSPy's features enable language model applications.
August 11, 2025
· 4,897 Views · 6 Likes
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The Twelve-Factor Agents: Building Production-Ready LLM Applications
This article delves into the concept of the Twelve-Factor Agent, an architectural pattern designed to create robust, scalable, and maintainable applications.
July 17, 2025
· 5,206 Views · 4 Likes
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Advanced SSL Certificate Troubleshooting for Windows: Chain of Trust, Debugging, and Best Practices
SSL/TLS certificates are foundational to secure communications on the internet. Windows environments present unique challenges that go beyond basics.
July 15, 2025
· 3,233 Views · 3 Likes
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AI Agent Architectures: Patterns, Applications, and Implementation Guide
AI agent architectures provide structural blueprints for designing intelligent systems that perceive environments, process information, and execute actions.
June 13, 2025
· 6,596 Views · 7 Likes
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A Complete Guide to Modern AI Developer Tools
This guide explores the most impactful AI developer tools, highlighting their features, installation steps, strengths, and limitations.
May 9, 2025
· 6,908 Views · 7 Likes
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Emerging Data Architectures: The Future of Data Management
This article explores the latest advancements in data architecture, focusing on frameworks and newer paradigms such as LakeDB and zero ETL architectures.
April 15, 2025
· 7,843 Views · 10 Likes
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Ansible Security and Testing Tools for Automation
Essential collection of security and testing tools and framework for your Ansible automation. Reduce the security risk using the tools.
March 28, 2025
· 8,683 Views · 8 Likes
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Modern Data Processing Libraries: Beyond Pandas
In this article, we explore the alternatives to pandas for data processing and data analysis. We'll compare and contrast based on performance.
March 3, 2025
· 6,389 Views · 6 Likes
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A Comprehensive Guide to IAM in Object Storage
In this article, learn about identity access management, service IDs, service credentials, and their role in securing access to object storage on the cloud.
February 25, 2025
· 5,367 Views · 6 Likes
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Observability and DevTool Platforms for AI Agents
Check the platforms that provide developers with powerful tools to monitor, debug, and optimize AI agents, ensuring their reliability, efficiency, and scalability.
February 19, 2025
· 15,925 Views · 5 Likes
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Logfire: Uncomplicated Observability for Python Applications
Learn about Logfire, an observability platform designed to provide developers with powerful insights into their Python applications.
February 11, 2025
· 5,432 Views · 5 Likes
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Pydantic: Simplifying Data Validation in Python
Pydantic is a powerful Python library that uses type annotations to validate data structures. Learn about the powerful features of Pydantic with code examples.
February 3, 2025
· 3,235 Views · 6 Likes
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Top Tools for Object Storage and Data Management
The best tools for object storage, including MinIO, Cyberduck, and more, to efficiently manage and store unstructured data in modern cloud environments.
January 27, 2025
· 5,407 Views · 5 Likes
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Mastering Secure Connections: A Comprehensive Guide to Accessing Sybase Databases From macOS
This article provides a step-by-step guide for configuring SSL and securely connecting to Sybase databases from macOS with tools like DataGrip.
November 27, 2024
· 2,346 Views · 6 Likes
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Data Architectures With Emphasis on Emerging Trends
This article gives you a thorough rundown of the newest data architectures, tools, and technologies with an emphasis on emerging trends.
October 23, 2024
· 5,599 Views · 4 Likes

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Comments

AI Infrastructure: Compute, Storage, Observability, Security, and More

Oct 16, 2025 · Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

Glad you liked the series.

Emerging Data Architectures: The Future of Data Management

Apr 24, 2025 · Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

Thanks for your support.

Top Tools for Object Storage and Data Management

Jan 28, 2025 · Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

Thanks. Will explore and publish an article soon.

Build a Container Image Inside a K8s Cluster

Jul 08, 2024 · Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

Thanks for the information.

Build a Container Image Inside a K8s Cluster

Jul 08, 2024 · Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

Sure. Will do. Thanks

Ansible Beyond Automation

May 21, 2024 · Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

Thank you for your valuable feedback and appreciation.

Essential Math to Master AI and Quantum

Apr 17, 2024 · Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

Thanks for your comment. Along with the fields of Mathematics, I included the key concepts in each field to master the math. Please let me know what else is expected so that I can address them in my next post.

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