Did you know it’s possible to purchase spend-based CUDs programmatically, including (for now) the legacy Autopilot CUD and the new Compute flexible CUD? Let’s take it for a spin. Firstly, you’ll need the procurement API enabled and IAM permissions setup. Follow the steps in Before you begin in the official doc. The gcloud CLI will… Continue reading Programmable spend-based CUD purchase
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From an unsupported macOS to supported Windows
I had some old MacBooks, one upgradable to Big Sur (no longer supported), one upgradable to Ventura (supported, but soon to be obsolete). My family needed some windows machines, and remarkably I was able to move from unsupported and old macOS to completely supported Windows 11. Who knows how many more years of support these… Continue reading From an unsupported macOS to supported Windows
Running DeepSeek open reasoning models on GKE
DeepSeek’s R1 open model launch caused quite a stir with one of the first open reasoning models. Here’s how to run a demo of it locally on GKE! We can use an Nvidia L4 (or A100 40GB) to run the 8B Llama distilled model, or a A100 80GB to run the 14 and 32B Quen… Continue reading Running DeepSeek open reasoning models on GKE
Clearing macOS Desktop Clutter
Every year I create a folder on my macOS desktop with the current year, like 2024 and move all the desktop items into it (so it contains a folder named 2023 and so on). The reason? To clear my desktop, as for some reason macOS defaults to it for saving various files. This two-liner is… Continue reading Clearing macOS Desktop Clutter
Transferring a Google Fi eSIM on iOS
Google Fi, despite being originally designed for Android supports iOS, and works really well there. I’ve been using it for years. The only drawback is the lack of 5G (update: it now has 5G!), but for international travel I don’t think there is anything better. The Fi eSIM option is useful too, especially since Fi… Continue reading Transferring a Google Fi eSIM on iOS