Private RAG That Cannot Leave the Edge
Blog Demo 2 for AI on the Edge: document ingestion, local embeddings, vector search, citations, data classification, LocalOnly routing, and fail-closed cloud fallback.
Cloud | Mobile | Edge
Jared Rhodes - Microsoft Azure MVP and software architect building edge and hybrid cloud demos across Azure, AWS, and local infrastructure.
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One App, Many Places to Run AI
Blog Demo 1 for AI on the Edge: the .NET gateway, OpenAI-compatible facade, backend registry, route explanations, target backends, and LocalOnly denial behavior.
AI on the Edge: Local AI Without Local Chaos
Introducing the AI on the Edge project: local execution, Azure governance, model routing, IoT workload, private cloud lab, and conference-ready demo modes.
Cameras on Azure IoT Operations, Part 1: The Control Plane and Network Model
How a .NET camera control plane is built for Azure IoT Operations - the two camera classes, the MQTT control bus, and the per-property network model AIO plugs into.
Cameras on Azure IoT Operations, Part 2: Swapping in the AIO MQTT Broker
Swap Eclipse Mosquitto for the Azure IoT Operations MQTT broker on Arc-enabled Kubernetes: a broker seam in .NET, TLS, per-camera X.509 identity, and one authorization rule that reproduces the whole ACL.
Cameras on Azure IoT Operations, Part 3: Data Flows, Connectors, and the Cloud
Forward camera telemetry to the cloud with Azure IoT Operations data flows to Event Hubs, then onboard ONVIF cameras as AIO assets through a connector and a bridge - all with no change to the control plane.
Home Lab - Tenstorrent Buildout for Multi-Cloud Edge Demos
Building out a basement studio and mixed Tenstorrent/NVIDIA lab for reusable Azure and AWS edge demo scenarios.
Home Lab - Utilizing the Cloud - Dynamic VPN
Home lab guide for dynamic Azure Site-to-Site VPN resources, covering VPN Gateway costs, supported routers, hybrid networking, and teardown.
Can’t access TrueNAS/FreeNAS over VPN
Fix for TrueNAS or FreeNAS access over VPN by adding a static route when the VPN client CIDR is outside the storage server subnet.
Home Lab - Keeping Costs Down
Home lab cost guide focused on matching hardware to use cases, avoiding wasteful enterprise gear, and planning servers for media, storage, dev, and AI.