# prelude (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover prelude. Page: Feed: --- ## [Consciousness, collapse and tokens](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/cognitive/consciousness-llm-relational/) _2026-06-07 · madeddu.xyz_ Consciousness cannot be an algorithm In 1989, Roger Penrose — British mathematical physicist, the one who proved black holes are inevitable in general relativity, Nobel Prize 2020 — publishes The Emperor’s New Mind 1 and makes a claim that infuriates half the academic world: human consciousness is not computable . The reasoning goes like this. Gödel proved that for any sufficiently powerful… ## [Fabble, or: bedtime stories that won't bankrupt me](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/fabble-evolution/) _2026-05-20 · madeddu.xyz_ A bedtime story generator, the second time around: tiers, judges, weekly broadcasts, image consistency, and the unreasonable cruelty of being judged on taste rather than on green checkmarks. ## [Back to basic: typing on a TV virtual keyboard](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/go-pathfinder/) _2026-04-23 · madeddu.xyz_ Preamble Recently I found myself in the delightful situation of wanting to rebuild my home network from scratch — again. This time, however, I decided to do it properly, so I literally broke everything. I’ll spare you the details of my home setup and the nightmares I haven’t fully emerged from. What I do want to talk about is a side problem I started thinking about during this little… ## [Building a Second Brain with Strands Agents, AgentCore Memory, and Bedrock Knowledge Bases](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/aws/strands-agentcore-memory/) _2025-12-28 · madeddu.xyz_ I wanted a personal assistant that knows my markdown notes, remembers ongoing ideas across sessions, and helps me navigate POCs, drafts, and technical decisions. Strands Agents, Bedrock AgentCore Memory, and Bedrock Knowledge Bases turned out to be a very interesting stack for that. ## [Lambda Managed Instances: When Serverless Meets EC2 Economics](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/aws/lambda-managed-instances/) _2025-12-20 · madeddu.xyz_ Lambda Managed Instances gives Lambda a very different compute model: EC2-backed, multi-concurrent, and tuned for predictable high-volume workloads. I tried to map where it actually fits and where classic Lambda is still the better choice. ## [Your Own Semantic Search Engine for $2/Month: Amazon S3 Vectors](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/aws/s3-vectors-personal-search/) _2025-12-08 · madeddu.xyz_ Amazon S3 Vectors is now generally available. I used it to build a cheap semantic search layer for manuals, notes, and personal docs without standing up OpenSearch or another dedicated vector database. ## [Zero to Production Container in Seconds: Amazon ECS Express Mode](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/aws/ecs-express-mode/) _2025-11-25 · madeddu.xyz_ Amazon ECS Express Mode removes a surprising amount of container boilerplate. I used it to publish a small FastAPI service with HTTPS, load balancing, canary deployments, and autoscaling without building the usual ECS stack by hand. ## [From Bedrock Prototype to Full-Fledged Adventure: The Evolution of Kroz](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/aws/kroz-evolution/) _2025-09-13 · madeddu.xyz_ Overview When I presented Kroz at the AWS Summit 2024 in Milan, it was a fascinating but simple prototype: a text adventure dynamically generated by AWS Bedrock, with procedural rooms and basic game logic. The demo worked, people were intrigued, but I knew it was just the beginning. The game had potential, but it lacked depth, coherence, and the kind of carefully crafted experience that makes… ## [From Cloud to Home: Migrating an AI Story Generator to Kubernetes](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/aws/aws-story-telling/) _2025-07-15 · madeddu.xyz_ How I built an AI-powered bedtime story generator on AWS with App Runner, Bedrock and Lambda, then migrated the frontend to my home Kubernetes cluster using Pod Identity for secure AWS integration. ## [Look Mum, an LLM Can Water My Plants!](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/aws/aws-watering-plants/) _2025-05-27 · madeddu.xyz_ A complete project to automate greenhouse watering with a Raspberry Pi Pico W, MicroPython, and AWS Bedrock AI. ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8mtOnB98Munc) _2025-05-26 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Building an ECS Cluster with Raspberry Pi 4 Nodes Using AWS ECS Anywhere](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/aws/ecs-anywhere/) _2024-11-04 · madeddu.xyz_ Building an ECS Cluster with Raspberry Pi 4 Nodes Using AWS ECS Anywhere In this guide, we’ll explore how to set up an Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) cluster using three Raspberry Pi 4 devices as external instances, leveraging AWS ECS Anywhere. We’ll delve into the capabilities of ECS, provide the necessary Terraform code to create the cluster, and walk through the steps to… ## [An hard time for creativity](https://madeddu.xyz/posts/aws/hard-times-for-creativity/) _2024-09-10 · madeddu.xyz_ In recent years, concerns have emerged about a perceived decline in creativity across various domains, particularly in the arts and technology sectors. This phenomenon has sparked debates on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on human artistry. The Impact of AI on Artistic Creativity Prominent artists have voiced apprehensions regarding AI’s influence on creative…