{"id":1612,"date":"2024-02-25T19:51:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T19:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2024-03-27T23:39:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T23:39:48","slug":"life-love-sex-negative-beliefs-startup-regrets-nanog90-groq-lpu-llm-from-scratch-ssh3-ebfp-bgp-rpki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/25\/life-love-sex-negative-beliefs-startup-regrets-nanog90-groq-lpu-llm-from-scratch-ssh3-ebfp-bgp-rpki\/","title":{"rendered":"Life, Love, Sex, Negative Beliefs, startup regrets, nanog90, Groq LPU, LLM from scratch, ssh3, eBFP BGP, RPKI, TIANHE-3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I hit rock bottom this week. I hope I finally closed one door in my life so I give myself the chance to open others. Made the wrong decision? It is easy when you look back. Do I regret it? The most annoying thing is these are failures so you can&#8217;t go back and recover. But I was so bloody newbie!!!&#8230;.  At least after 5 years&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;For every reason it&#8217;s not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.&#8221;<\/em> Jack Canfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head down, crying, cursing, whatever, but forwards. As it has always been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1613\" style=\"width:301px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-4.png 659w, https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-4-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somehow managed to list to long videos, something I normally can&#8217;t manage (because lack of time, etc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Negative Beliefs, avoid bitterness, aim for greatness (remarkable things), scape the darkness: Jordan B Peterson with Modern Wisdom: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WEP5ubPMGDU\">video<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/50vZMBl4VJj2RtykZQdVVW?si=8c3f7b6e4fe44c98&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=f15154f4952b460d\">podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find and keep Love: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i2sHBL8BjWI\">video<\/a>.  1st Get your shit together.  Communication is critical. Be careful with your shopping list&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good Sex: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Ait0WaCNCw\">video<\/a>.  Communicate&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orgasm: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E5swtIjpxxA\">video<\/a>. Haven&#8217;t seen it completely yet but very interesting. Use your tongue wisely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Other things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Startup decisions and regrets: <a href=\"https:\/\/cep.dev\/posts\/every-infrastructure-decision-i-endorse-or-regret-after-4-years-running-infrastructure-at-a-startup\/\">page<\/a>. Interesting. I think most of things are very specific but still good to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nanog90: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nanog.org\/events\/nanog-90\/agenda\/\">agenda<\/a> I didnt want the videos but I reviewed several pdfs and these ones look interesting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract Ponderings: A ten-year retrospective. Rob Shakir &#8211; Google: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uOWxogW5Ubg\">video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><code>https:\/\/rob.sh\/post\/reimagining-network-devices\/<br>https:\/\/rob.sh\/post\/coaching\/<br>https:\/\/cdn.rob.sh\/files\/the-next-spring-forward_2018.pdf<br>https:\/\/research.google\/research-areas\/networking\/<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI Data Center networks &#8211; Juniper &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rVW6N-ECyq0\">video<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using gNOI capabilities to simplify software upgrade use case: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DldQtjPjKDk\">video<\/a>  &#8211; I had to idea about gNOI so looks interesting. It is crazy that still in XXI, automating a network device is so painful. Thanks to all vendors to make your life miserable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go lang for network engineers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cKx1VU4yMHI\">video<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/site-media-prod\/meetings\/NANOG90\/4969\/20240213_Hertzberg_Go_Lang_For_v1.pdf\">slides<\/a>&#8211; I always thought that Golang had a massive potential for network automation but there was always lack of support and python is the king. So nice to see that Arista has things to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PTP in Meta: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XNC-aO5E6qo\">video<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/2024\/02\/07\/production-engineering\/simple-precision-time-protocol-sptp-meta\/\">blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are more things, but havent had the chance to review them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks there is new chatbot that is not using the standard NVIDIA GPU. <a href=\"https:\/\/wow.groq.com\/why-groq\/\">Groq<\/a> uses LPU (Language Processing Unit). And they say it is better than a GPU. They have this <a href=\"https:\/\/wow.groq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GroqISCAPaper2022_ASoftwareDefinedTensorStreamingMultiprocessorForLargeScaleMachineLearning.pdf\">paper<\/a> but I can&#8217;t really see feature of that LPU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slurp&#8217;it: Show this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/poc-network-topology-discovery-using-slurpit-router-alert-csyjf\/\">blog<\/a>, and the product looks interesting but although is free, it is not opensource and at the end of they you dont want a new vendor-lockin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Container lab in kubernetes: <a href=\"https:\/\/containerlab.dev\/manual\/clabernetes\/quickstart\/\">Clabernetes<\/a>. I would like to play with this one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NetDev0x17: videos and sessions. <a href=\"https:\/\/netdevconf.info\/0x17\/pages\/sessions.html\">link<\/a> This is quite low details and most of the time beyond my knowledge. Again, something to take a look at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LLM from scratch: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/rasbt\/LLMs-from-scratch\">repo<\/a>. Looks very interesting. But the book it is going to take a long time to hit the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ssh3: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/francoismichel\/ssh3\">repo<\/a>. Interesting experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>eBFP and BGP: <a href=\"https:\/\/thebsdbox.co.uk\/2024\/01\/15\/Perfecting-Protocol-Parsing-Probably-with-eBPF\/\">blog<\/a>. Really interesting. Another  thing that always wanted to play with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orange RPKI: old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentik.com\/blog\/digging-into-the-orange-espana-hack\/\">news<\/a> but still interesting to see how much damaged can cause RPKI in the wrong hands&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China TIANHE-3 Supercomputer: Very interesting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextplatform.com\/2024\/02\/09\/the-mystery-of-tianhe-3-the-worlds-fastest-supercomputer-solved\/\">Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hit rock bottom this week. I hope I finally closed one door in my life so I give myself the chance to open others. Made the wrong decision? It is easy when you look back. Do I regret it? 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