hello people. i'm going to let a domain expire in a couple days. please clap.

The latest episode is out! Vector Databases Explained: From E-commerce Search to Molecule Research with @jennanerdsout.com adventuresindevops.com/episodes/202...

What can go wrong?

🔑 Join Sohan Maheshwar from @authzed.com and me for a webinar as we talk about securing enterprise AI systems with relationship-based access control (ReBAC). We'll do a demo with Pinecone and SpiceDB and answer questions. 🗓 September 25 ⏰ 9 am PT / 12pm ET 🔗 pinecone-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This is one of my favorite case studies with Pinecone that just came out ⤵️ www.pinecone.io/customers/de...

Some claim RAG is dead, but anyone building production AI workloads is doubling down. Here's why RAG might actually matter more than ever in 2025 ⤵️

Some claim RAG is dead, but anyone building production AI workloads is doubling down. Here's why it remains essential for real-world AI deployments. #retrievalaugmentedgeneration

Ready to implement production-ready agentic RAG apps? I've got a workshop for you! 🔹 Learn vector database fundamentals 🔹 Build an agentic RAG chat app with Pinecone + AWS 🔹 Gain practical skills for semantic search in real-world apps 🗓️ Sept 18, 2025 ⏰ 9:00am PT / 12pm ET 🔗 hubs.la/Q03ChvhN0

I have not pressed the buy button yet. Restraint!

Going down a mechanical keyboard rabbit hole because now I want a new one.

okay. yeah, “labubu.” i hear you. but listen: i am 40 years old and if i have to learn about another thing i will die

also if you live in Mpls/St. Paul, this is for American Indian Magnet, so help a local teacher start out right 😘

Shaving yaks this fine Monday morning.

Why am I that person who’s seeing fall clothes advertised and can’t wait for fall? Probably because fall in Minnesota is quite amazing.

Happy 34th birthday to websites

30 seconds after reading this, I got the same scam text.

I suspect the major negative fallout of vibe coding isn’t going to be taking jobs from software developers but instead an epidemic of insecure apps that get hacked with ease

For some tech we should try turning it off and leaving it off.

My husband has informed me that I’m an old because I’m annoyed at my neighbors who are lighting off fireworks *toward* my house and I don’t want my house to go up in flames or my two year old to wake up crying.

Ok, Cursor. Whatever you say. Yes, I am 30. 😂 And yes, I was using Cursor to figure out what json.loads does because it was not behaving as I was expecting (or my input was garbage, more like it).

When I started writing this post, I did a search for "RAG is dead" and found 5+ pages of results with that title. So I set out to figure out why so many people were writing about it or if it's just click bait. Spoiler alert: it is. And RAG is not dead, but evolving. www.pinecone.io/learn/rag-20...

Ok, Cursor. Whatever you say. Yes, I am 30. 😂 And yes, I was using Cursor to figure out what json.loads does because it was not behaving as I was expecting (or my input was garbage, more like it).

When I started writing this post, I did a search for "RAG is dead" and found 5+ pages of results with that title. So I set out to figure out why so many people were writing about it or if it's just click bait. Spoiler alert: it is. And RAG is not dead, but evolving. www.pinecone.io/learn/rag-20...

My morning yoga class started out as a blustery (but sticky, humid) scene from Game of Thrones and ended as a blue sky scene on a mountaintop from the Sound of Music. #MNWX

just found out minneapolis has a free ski show every thursday?????

An MIT study of 54 participants found ChatGPT users had lower brain activity, weaker memory, and less creativity than Google or unaided writers. ChatGPT users brain activity declined over time, relied on copy-paste, and couldn’t recall what they wrote. The brain is a muscle, use it or lose it.

Statement from the two children of Melissa and Mark Hortman. “Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear. Our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together.”

I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

This is heartbreaking. (via someone at the St. Paul rally)

I know people like to be like, "Politicians aren't your friends" but politicians, especially at state and local levels, are members of the community elected to serve. People routinely are also friends with politicians. People lost friends today as well as a colleague and it's devastating.

Here is a link to one of the big local papers: www.startribune.com

gonna caution everyone about national accounts covering the news in MN - stick to locals. already seeing lots of misinformation coming from people who do not live here

Seriously. Every chapter ends in WTF. I knew it was bad but WTF?!?

I’m reading Careless People and at the end of every chapter (every paragraph?!), I’m like “WTF?!? WTAF? Who are these people? WTF.”

✨ I’ve got a couple of extra General Admission tickets to @renderatl.com and I’d love to give them to folks who might not otherwise get a chance to go. If you’re from an underrepresented group in tech and want to be in the room or know someone who should be DM me!

Thursday is @opensourcenorth.bsky.social and @hakanson.bsky.social and I are ready for a conversation with you. We're co-presenting about how #genAI can facilitate meaningful conversations with your #architecture to gain insights, make decisions, generate diagrams, and code. Join us for #osn2025!

Devastated.

asyncio patterns paired with the Pinecone Python SDK and FastAPI can help you scale, handling higher traffic and concurrent users more predictably. 🔗 www.pinecone.io/learn/pineco... #Python #asyncio #FastAPI #Pinecone

🔍🤖 Wondering why your AI agent might need hybrid search? Traditional search forces you to choose between semantic understanding (semantic search) and keyword matching (lexical search). Each has it's strengths ⤵️

There are a lot of incredibly talented people on the job market right now. Many of my friends in DevRel, OSPO, program management, and engineering are looking for their next role, some have been searching for months. If you’re hiring, please consider sharing a link to your open roles below. TY ❤️

Hey #MNTech! Did you know @minnestar.org is on Bluesky?!? Go give them a follow and while you’re at it maybe a small $5 gift toward the end of year match 💙 minnestar.org/support-us/b...

#minnebar19 yesterday was so much fun. I had a blast, and am feeling both exhausted and energized…which is how it always goes. I already can’t wait for the 20th anniversary next year!

The Super Bowl of #MNTech is happening right now! Over 2000 people registered for @minnestar.org’s #Minnebar, the nation’s largest and longest-running tech unconference. sessions.minnestar.org

@minnestar.org’s 19th #Minnebar is tomorrow! Can’t wait to hang with #MNTech and see what y’all are working on. sessions.minnestar.org/schedule

You know what I wish the more human-centered tech conferences would do right now? Open up special tickets and speaking slots for scientists whose work is getting axed and whose fields are being obliterated right now.

When prototyping a new feature or working with a new API, you want to get up and running and iterate quickly. The new Pinecone MCP server enables you to do just that — search the official Pinecone docs, create and manage indexes, and generate test data in your IDE. 🔗 www.pinecone.io/blog/first-M...

👩‍💻 Come work with me at Pinecone! We are working on some super interesting problems, we're growing thoughtfully, and we're #hiring. If you like to dig deep, make an impact, and build meaningful products, check out the open roles ⤵️ www.pinecone.io/careers/#ope...

Which independent bookstore are you supporting today? Here are a few of my favorites in #Minnesota: 📚 Tropes and Trifles 📚 SubText Books 📚 Excelsior Bay Books 📚 Black Garnet Books 📚 Inkwell Booksellers 📚 Cream and Amber

I did it. I blogged again! This time, I wrote about what Developer Advocacy looks like in 2025.