# #8 (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover #8. Page: Feed: --- ## [Good Smoke by Dawn Macdonald](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/good-smoke-by-dawn-macdonald) _2026-08-20 · Strange Pilgrims · Strange Pilgrims_ "A little bit just toughens you up." | Flash CNF #6 ## [Nymphs by Sunmisola Odusola](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/nymphs-by-sunmisola-odusola) _2026-08-13 · Strange Pilgrims · Strange Pilgrims_ "I did not have what was needed for insect taxidermy, but I started learning anyway." | Essay #8 ## [Lost](https://philneel.substack.com/p/lost) _2026-08-07 · Phil A. Neel · The Planetary Factory_ Advance Drafts #8 ## [The Cicadas by Amanda Sarasien](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/the-cicadas-by-amanda-sarasien) _2026-08-06 · Strange Pilgrims · Strange Pilgrims_ "Surely the seasons had lost their train of thought." | Short Story #8 ## [Free Writing Challenge: Micro of the Month](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/free-writing-challenge-micro-of-the-ed8) _2026-08-01 · Strange Pilgrims · Strange Pilgrims_ New theme revealed inside! | Send us your fiction or nonfiction up to 300 words only! ## [Thread Woman by Lucy Zhang](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/thread-woman-by-lucy-zhang) _2026-07-30 · Strange Pilgrims · Strange Pilgrims_ "Freedom is more than worth the death of the organism in Saya’s womb." | Short Story #7 ## [Fanatics by Aliyah Knight](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/fanatics-by-aliyah-knight) _2026-07-27 · Strange Pilgrims · Strange Pilgrims_ "Or babies with pig faces, trick-or-treaters, witches." | Micro #4 ## [Where the Spirit Meets the Bone](https://philneel.substack.com/p/where-the-spirit-meets-the-bone) _2026-07-23 · Phil A. Neel · The Planetary Factory_ Soundtrack to Hellworld #12 ## [I will love the hallway by Ailsa Ross](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/i-will-love-the-hallway-by-ailsa) _2026-07-23 · Strange Pilgrims · Strange Pilgrims_ "Generational predictions suggest this rented one-bedroom apartment may be as good as it gets." | Flash CNF #5 ## [Star Shrapnel by Ata Zargarof](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/star-shrapnel-by-ata-zargarof) _2026-07-17 · Strange Pilgrims · Strange Pilgrims_ "Our violent stellar ancestry can be traced down to the subatomic realm, where matter is mostly empty space, unstable and crackling." | Essay #7 ## [Realtime AI Arbitrage Terminal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LnqSVHUFeG47) _2026-07-17 · **Sponsored**_ Realtime auto-trading across exchanges with scored setups, backtesting, and risk controls. ## [Mines](https://philneel.substack.com/p/mines) _2026-07-15 · Phil A. Neel · The Planetary Factory_ Reading Hellworld #8 ## [Love for the Artist by Divya Kernan](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/love-for-the-artist-by-divya-kernan) _2026-07-10 · Strange Pilgrims · Strange Pilgrims_ "I own a man. I don’t fuck him—" | Flash Fiction #8 ## [Send us your stories & essays!](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/send-us-your-stories-and-essays) _2026-07-06 · Shannan Mann · Strange Pilgrims_ Free to submit summer window | Open Submission Call #2 ## [Open Sub Call: Micro of the Month](https://www.strangepilgrims.com/p/theme-announcement-for-julys-micro) _2026-07-01 · Strange Pilgrims · Strange Pilgrims_ 👀 Theme Inside → Deadline: July 3, Midnight ## [Camps](https://philneel.substack.com/p/camps) _2026-06-25 · Phil A. Neel · The Planetary Factory_ Reading Hellworld #7 ## [Cisco: Gladys Isn’t Happy. Nexus Hears Her Cry.](https://jimthewhyguy.com/2026/06/11/cisco-gladys-isnt-happy-nexus-hears-her-cry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cisco-gladys-isnt-happy-nexus-hears-her-cry) _2026-06-11 · jim.czuprynski · Generally, It Depends_ I ve heard from Cisco more than a few times at prior Tech Field Days. As AI continues to penetrate every aspect of IT organizations workflows, they offered some interesting insights on the future of monitoring network performance at AI Field Day #8. When Gladys Isn t Happy, Watch Out. When I taught DBAs the advanced Oracle Continue reading Cisco: Gladys Isn t Happy. Nexus Hears Her Cry. The post… ## [HPE: Agentic AI Demands a Compute Framework, Not Just Clustered GPUs](https://jimthewhyguy.com/2026/06/11/hpe-agentic-ai-demands-a-compute-framework-not-just-clustered-gpus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hpe-agentic-ai-demands-a-compute-framework-not-just-clustered-gpus) _2026-06-11 · jim.czuprynski · Generally, It Depends_ As part of my first serious Oracle DBA assignment in 2001, the first production database I d ever built was hosted on an HP8500 ProLiant server at the time, a serious computing beast with 8 removable CPUs and an enormous 8GB of physical memory. I spent plenty of frigid days in our server room building Continue reading HPE: Agentic AI Demands a Compute Framework, Not Just Clustered GPUs The post… ## [Explosions](https://philneel.substack.com/p/explosions) _2026-06-10 · Phil A. Neel · The Planetary Factory_ Southern Nights #1 ## [Scality: AI Has Gone Agentic. Why Hasn’t Your Storage Strategy?](https://jimthewhyguy.com/2026/06/08/scality-ai-has-gone-agentic-why-hasnt-your-storage-strategy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scality-ai-has-gone-agentic-why-hasnt-your-storage-strategy) _2026-06-08 · jim.czuprynski · Generally, It Depends_ I heard from the folks at Scality at AI Field Day #8 for the first time at a Tech Field Day event, and I was happily surprised to discover some new takes on storage management in this brave new era of everything Agentic AI. Full disclosure here: I have 25+ years of Oracle DBA experience, Continue reading Scality: AI Has Gone Agentic. Why Hasn t Your Storage Strategy? The post Scality: AI Has Gone… ## [Selector AI: Bespoke Network Monitoring Tailored for AI](https://jimthewhyguy.com/2026/06/03/selector-ai-bespoke-network-monitoring-tailored-for-ai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=selector-ai-bespoke-network-monitoring-tailored-for-ai) _2026-06-03 · jim.czuprynski · Generally, It Depends_ Any company who presents their first whiteboard image for their product at an event like AI Field Day #8 is sure to capture my immediate attention. This was the first time I d heard from Selector AI at a Tech Field Day event. I found them to be gutsy and independent while offering unique solutions to Continue reading Selector AI: Bespoke Network Monitoring Tailored for AI The post Selector AI:… ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/l1yk6sQzsDrJ) _2026-06-03 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Hammerspace: An AI DatApocalypse, Forestalled](https://jimthewhyguy.com/2026/06/03/hammerspace-an-ai-datapocalypse-forestalled/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hammerspace-an-ai-datapocalypse-forestalled) _2026-06-03 · jim.czuprynski · Generally, It Depends_ The AI continuum lately feels as if it s being warped by the sudden appearance of a hidden and super-massive black hole. Spiraling development costs have given rise to feverish discussion of tokenomics as IT organizations struggle to limit their DevOps teams from depleting a year s worth of tokens in just a few weeks. But runaway Continue reading Hammerspace: An AI DatApocalypse, Forestalled The… ## [Figures from Lesser Gods](https://philneel.substack.com/p/figures-from-lesser-gods) _2026-05-27 · Phil A. Neel · The Planetary Factory_ Advance Drafts #7 ## [Solidigm: Anatomy of a (Murderous) Prompt](https://jimthewhyguy.com/2026/05/25/aifd8-solidigm-anatomy-of-a-murderous-prompt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aifd8-solidigm-anatomy-of-a-murderous-prompt) _2026-05-25 · jim.czuprynski · Generally, It Depends_ I ve seen Solidigm present at Tech Field Day events several times since I ve been a delegate. They always have interesting perspectives on how storage deeply influences the efficiency and flexibility of an IT shop s capability to scale their computing resources to maximum potential. Wait How Many Tokens? My most recent encounter with Solidigm at Continue reading Solidigm: Anatomy of a (Murderous)… ## [The Immortal Science: Preface to the French Translation of "Forest and Factory"](https://philneel.substack.com/p/the-immortal-science-preface-to-the) _2026-05-14 · Phil A. Neel · The Planetary Factory_ Advance Drafts #6 ## [Orthodoxies](https://philneel.substack.com/p/orthodoxies) _2026-04-17 · Phil A. Neel · The Planetary Factory_ Reading Hellworld #6 ## [Broken Circles](https://philneel.substack.com/p/broken-circles) _2026-03-29 · Phil A. Neel · The Planetary Factory_ Soundtrack to Hellworld #11 ## [When All Seems Dark, Look Backward, Forward, and Up](https://jimthewhyguy.com/2026/03/20/when-all-seems-dark-look-backward-forward-and-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-all-seems-dark-look-backward-forward-and-up) _2026-03-20 · jim.czuprynski · Generally, It Depends_ You know what I dearly love about attending Tech Field Day events? They aren t just about humdrum, boots-on-the-ground problems we deal with every day. I found myself re-energized about what IT technology can accomplish for humanity at large after hearing more about the history of what we call The Cloud; tireless efforts to preserve trillions Continue reading When All Seems Dark, Look Backward,… ## [VMware VCF 9.0: When All Prop Blades Work, OSS Database Performance Is Optimal](https://jimthewhyguy.com/2026/03/20/vmware-by-broadcom-all-3-prop-blades-gotta-work-to-keep-your-databases-performant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vmware-by-broadcom-all-3-prop-blades-gotta-work-to-keep-your-databases-performant) _2026-03-20 · jim.czuprynski · Generally, It Depends_ Our final day at #CFD25 dove deeply into the feature sets of the recently-released VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (VCF 9.0). It was refreshing to discuss the intricacies of cloud computing that didn t immediately turn towards how many hundreds or thousands of Docker or Kubernetes containers we can deploy at scale. Instead we focused on where Continue reading VMware VCF 9.0: When All Prop Blades Work,… ## [Hammerspace: Metadata Will Be Assimilated, and Their Uniqueness Added to AI’s Demands](https://jimthewhyguy.com/2026/03/18/hammerspace-metadata-will-be-assimilated-and-their-uniqueness-added-to-ais-demands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hammerspace-metadata-will-be-assimilated-and-their-uniqueness-added-to-ais-demands) _2026-03-18 · jim.czuprynski · Generally, It Depends_ Cloud Field Day 25 #CFD25 was my first introduction to Hammerspace s unique technology offerings specifically aimed at managing cloud-based workloads for today s modern cloud environments. As a long-time Oracle DBA with a deep background in storage technology, I found their analysis of what their customer base is focused on to be particularly pertinent for wringing Continue reading Hammerspace:… ## [Lesser Gods: Labor in the AI Labyrinth, Part 3](https://philneel.substack.com/p/lesser-gods-labor-in-the-ai-labyrinth-9ac) _2026-03-08 · Phil A. Neel · The Planetary Factory_ Advance Drafts #5 ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EZdmYcD3E770) _2026-03-08 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [Glean Insights & Value from Unstructured Data With Qlik Answers](https://jimthewhyguy.com/2025/09/26/glean-insights-value-from-unstructured-data-with-qlik-answers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glean-insights-value-from-unstructured-data-with-qlik-answers) _2025-09-26 · jim.czuprynski · Generally, It Depends_ I ve found that every once in a while, it doesn t hurt to see what everyone else is doing in the same technology space I m currently focused on. For the past 18 months, that s been the Generative AI space and the impending implementation of Agentic AI across diverse industries and applications. Getting to Generative AI: Like Continue reading Glean Insights Value from Unstructured Data With Qlik…