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30/12/2024Sasank Chilamkurthy

JOHNAIC: Year One

A personal reflection on the first year of building JOHNAIC. From compilers and GPUs to cloud costs and edge computing.

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16/10/2024Prayank Swaroop

Stable Diffusion: Automatic1111 with Distrobox and Systemd

A step-by-step guide to running Automatic1111 on JOHNAIC as a persistent service using Distrobox and systemd.

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13/10/2024Sasank Chilamkurthy

Distrobox: sudo without sudo

Distrobox creates a perfect developer environment on JOHNAIC. You get the power of sudo without the security risks of real root access.

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05/10/2024Sasank Chilamkurthy

From VMs to Containers to Podman

A practical tour through virtualization, containerization, and rootless containers. How we balance user freedom with system security on JOHNAIC.

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28/09/2024Sasank Chilamkurthy

Switching Power: The Path to a Brighter Future

Power infrastructure is the invisible foundation of modern computing. Here is what we learned while designing micro data centers.

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23/09/2024Sasank Chilamkurthy

On Clouds and On-Premises

Why moving away from public cloud is not just about cost. It is about control, data sovereignty, and long-term strategic independence.

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20/09/2024Sasank Chilamkurthy

Why Ola is Moving On Prem: Cloud and its Costs

Ola migrated away from Azure in a week. We analyze the real numbers behind public cloud pricing and why on-premise makes financial sense.

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15/09/2024Sasank Chilamkurthy

Automating energy billing: A new beginning

How we helped a leading electricity distribution company automate their billing process using AI running entirely on premises.

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