Home Assistant

After many years of friend’s suggesting I explore this software I have finally taken the plunge and installed Home Assistant. If you don’t know what this is it’s essentially open-source software that is designed to connect to any of the devices in your house such as IoT devices, smart-lights, routers, TVs, cameras, alarms and so […]

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ChatGPT and Auto-GPT

Like everyone it seems I have been playing with ChatGPT and Auto-GPT trying to understand their capabilities, strengths and weaknesses and get a feel for where the technology is heading. Here are my observations thus far. GPT-3, GPT-3.5 Turbo, GPT-4 and Bard I saw a big jump in response depth, comprehension and usability between GPT-3 […]

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What is DevOps?

Enterprise IT has been taken by storm by DevOps as both a buzzword and a movement. In this post I’m going to attempt the impossible – describe what DevOps is and isn’t, why it is so popular and what is the core value that is likely to remain once the hype train has left the […]

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