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AI Inference Cost Trends 2026: Model Pricing and Token Costs February 9, 2026 · 11 min AI inference costs are falling, but durable savings come from routing, caching, context control, and cost per outcome. cost ai performance

What I Actually Expect from AI in 2026 January 5, 2026 · 4 min Less hype, more plumbing. Agents get real but stay bounded, routing beats monolithic models, and the winners treat AI like software, not magic. trends ai

AI in 2025: The Year Discipline Wins January 6, 2025 · 4 min The AI hype cycle is over. 2025 is about the teams who can make this stuff actually work in production -- repeatably, measurably, and without burning money. ai trends strategy

My Kubernetes Predictions for 2020 (Most of Yours Are Wrong) January 6, 2020 · 4 min The adoption debate is over. 2020 is about operating Kubernetes well: managed control planes, GitOps by default, and policy enforcement. kubernetes trends cloud

2018: The Year Tech Got Humbled December 24, 2018 · 6 min A personal look back at 2018: GDPR scrambles, a startup accelerator, Spectre/Meltdown fallout, and the infrastructure shifts that defined the year. year-in-review trends reflection

2016: The Year I Stopped Fighting Infrastructure December 28, 2016 · 5 min A personal look back at 2016 -- Docker going mainstream, Kubernetes momentum, Go adoption, and lessons from building at a mobility startup and a fintech startup. year-in-review trends engineering