Chris Pflum
@chrispflum.bsky.social
Solving business challenges with cloud and AI solutions. Technology Leadership, Solutions Architecture. NYC. #aws #azure thechrispflum.com
The American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest U.S. teachers’ union, announced plans today to open an AI training hub in NYC, thanks to $23 million in funding from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/t...
OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers
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July 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest U.S. teachers’ union, announced plans today to open an AI training hub in NYC, thanks to $23 million in funding from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/t...
I’m skeptical about the timeframe, but this is going to be the next big thing finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-jus...
IBM just took a 'significant' step toward useful quantum computing
IBM said it is building the world’s first large-scale quantum computer capable of operating without errors.
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June 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I’m skeptical about the timeframe, but this is going to be the next big thing finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-jus...
NYC now outpaces San Francisco as the most active hub for innovation in the U.S.
June 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
NYC now outpaces San Francisco as the most active hub for innovation in the U.S.
New Yorkers are bullish on the future of tech in their city www.blog.technyc.org/news/new-yor...
New Yorkers Are Bullish on Tech — Tech:NYC Blog
A new citywide survey confirms what many in the industry have long understood: New Yorkers are bullish on technology driving the future of our city and deeply understand the need to build new infrastr...
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May 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
New Yorkers are bullish on the future of tech in their city www.blog.technyc.org/news/new-yor...
If you work in an enterprise cloud environment, you’ve probably faced one of these challenges thechrispflum.com/growing-pain...
Growing Pains - Enterprise Networking in the Cloud - Chris Pflum
Enterprise networking challenges are common, lets explore some of the cloud challenges enterprises face using AWS.
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May 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you work in an enterprise cloud environment, you’ve probably faced one of these challenges thechrispflum.com/growing-pain...
Tampa ranked 3rd best city to start a career in by Wallethub wallethub.com/edu/best-wor...
Best & Worst Places to Start a Career in 2025
Best & Worst Places to Start a Career in 2025
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May 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Tampa ranked 3rd best city to start a career in by Wallethub wallethub.com/edu/best-wor...
What IT operations can learn from the Toyota Production System thechrispflum.com/what-it-oper...
the Toyota Production System (TPS)
The Toyota Production System (TPS) revolutionized automotive production inspiring global movements like Lean and Agile
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May 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
What IT operations can learn from the Toyota Production System thechrispflum.com/what-it-oper...
A company fully staffed by AI agents? The results may surprise www.yahoo.com/tech/ai/arti...
Professors Staffed a Fake Company Entirely With AI Agents, and You'll Never Guess What Happened
If you've been worried about the AI singularity taking over every job and leaving you out on street, you can now breathe a sigh of relief, because AI isn't coming for your career anytime soon. Not bec...
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April 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A company fully staffed by AI agents? The results may surprise www.yahoo.com/tech/ai/arti...
Observability is a key part of running any application in the cloud. So how do you meet this need when you’re running kubernetes? thechrispflum.com/observabilit...
Observability Tools for Amazon EKS
The accelerated use of containers in our environment, mostly relies on a standardized set of Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) clusters in AWS.
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April 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Observability is a key part of running any application in the cloud. So how do you meet this need when you’re running kubernetes? thechrispflum.com/observabilit...
Stumbled upon a meetup hosted by infosec716 tonight, and I wasn’t disappointed. Great exchange of information on a wide variety of cybersecurity topics. You might want to check them out too Join me at Infosec 716 May Virtual Meetup www.meetup.com/infosec-716/...
Infosec 716 May Virtual Meetup, Wed, May 21, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Our speaker for this month will be announced just as soon as someone signs up.
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April 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Stumbled upon a meetup hosted by infosec716 tonight, and I wasn’t disappointed. Great exchange of information on a wide variety of cybersecurity topics. You might want to check them out too Join me at Infosec 716 May Virtual Meetup www.meetup.com/infosec-716/...
Enjoying a quiet coffee on the patio before I start my day
April 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Enjoying a quiet coffee on the patio before I start my day
It’s not is AI coming for your job, it’s how can you use AI to do your job better thechrispflum.com/is-ai-coming...
Is ai coming for your Job?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been portrayed as both a revolutionary force, and a potential threat to the job market.
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March 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It’s not is AI coming for your job, it’s how can you use AI to do your job better thechrispflum.com/is-ai-coming...
#AWS Redshift vs RDS- which is right for your use case? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82Uy1M4/
AWS Redshift vs RDS- which is the right one for your use case
TikTok video by Chris Pflum
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March 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#AWS Redshift vs RDS- which is right for your use case? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82Uy1M4/
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On #PiDay (Amazon S3's 19th birthday), Andy Warfield takes us through S3's evolution from simple object store to sophisticated data platform. A fascinating look at how customer feedback shapes our services and how we maintain simplicity at massive scale. www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/03/in-s...
In S3 simplicity is table stakes
From simple object storage to sophisticated table management, builders have always shaped S3's evolution. Andy Warfield discusses why making complex systems simple remains our north star at AWS.
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March 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
On #PiDay (Amazon S3's 19th birthday), Andy Warfield takes us through S3's evolution from simple object store to sophisticated data platform. A fascinating look at how customer feedback shapes our services and how we maintain simplicity at massive scale. www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/03/in-s...
I recently watched Ex Machina, and it got me thinking- thechrispflum.com/the-impact-o...
The Impact of Compute and Storage Advances on Generative AI - Chris Pflum
Over the past two decades, the fields of big data, machine learning (ML), and generative AI have evolved at a breathtaking pace
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March 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I recently watched Ex Machina, and it got me thinking- thechrispflum.com/the-impact-o...
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If the earth was flat cats would've pushed everything off of it by now.
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March 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
If the earth was flat cats would've pushed everything off of it by now.
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What does the GPT in ChatGPT stand for? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82eWUyH/
What does the GPT in ChatGPT mean? #ai #llm
TikTok video by Chris Pflum
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March 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What does the GPT in ChatGPT stand for? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82eWUyH/
How cool is this! #cloud www.wired.com/story/the-ne...
The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track Defects
New York City's transit authority is one of a few US systems experimenting with using sensors and AI to improve track inspections.
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February 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
How cool is this! #cloud www.wired.com/story/the-ne...
One of my favorite habits is a quiet coffee on the patio to start the day.
February 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
One of my favorite habits is a quiet coffee on the patio to start the day.
With the rapid growth of Gen AI, it’s important to understand the diffences across the categories #aws #genai #ai thechrispflum.com/not-all-gene...
Not all Generative AI is the Same - Chris Pflum
The Generative AI Scoping Matrix serves as a framework for understanding the different levels of ownership and complexities
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February 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
With the rapid growth of Gen AI, it’s important to understand the diffences across the categories #aws #genai #ai thechrispflum.com/not-all-gene...
With the rapid growth of Gen AI, it’s important to understand the diffences across the categories #aws #genai #ai thechrispflum.com/not-all-gene...
Not all Generative AI is the Same - Chris Pflum
The Generative AI Scoping Matrix serves as a framework for understanding the different levels of ownership and complexities
thechrispflum.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
With the rapid growth of Gen AI, it’s important to understand the diffences across the categories #aws #genai #ai thechrispflum.com/not-all-gene...
AWS Kinesis vs MSK for data streaming- there’s a lot in common #aws www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YtGdmE/
AWS Kinesis and MSK for data streaming- there’s a lot in common aws
TikTok video by Chris Pflum
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February 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
AWS Kinesis vs MSK for data streaming- there’s a lot in common #aws www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YtGdmE/
What is IaC? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YbXmEv/
What is Infrastructure as Code, or IaC? #terraform #cloudformation #iac
TikTok video by Chris Pflum
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February 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What is IaC? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YbXmEv/
One of my biggest challenges I’m working on this year #aws- thechrispflum.com/managing-aws...
Managing AWS Account Access : Challenges and Best Practices
As enterprises increasingly migrate their infrastructure to the cloud, managing AWS account access to cloud resources is a critical concern
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February 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
One of my biggest challenges I’m working on this year #aws- thechrispflum.com/managing-aws...