Recap of Quantopian’s Oct 21, 2025 webinar with Jiri Pik, Ernie Chan, and Jared Broad: practical AI trading lessons, a QuantConnect live demo, and career advice.
AWS
The Obsolescence of AWS Certifications: A Cloud Architect’s Perspective
Why AWS certifications are becoming obsolete: in the LLM era, memorization-based exams matter less than critical thinking and real-world architecture; plus why I won’t renew all 12 AWS certs in 2025.
Hands-On AI Trading with Python, QuantConnect, and AWS – Now Available!
Now available: Hands-On AI Trading with Python, QuantConnect & AWS—20+ AI trading algorithms with GitHub code, covering ML, DL, RL, LLMs, and risk.
Beyond Exams and Certifications: What Really Predicts Success in Law, Tech, and Finance?
Why exams and certifications rarely predict real performance: drawing on a Nevada Bar validity study and cross-industry experience, this post argues success comes from care, experimentation, trust, execution, and creativity.
Jiri Pik’s New Book “Hands-On AI Trading with Python, QuantConnect and AWS”
Announcing Wiley’s Hands-On AI Trading with Python, QuantConnect & AWS: 20+ worked AI trading strategies with full code, a structured workflow, and expert endorsements.
Why You Should Never Join the AWS Community Builders Program
A critique of the AWS Community Builders program: why it can resemble employment, delivers low value, rewards marketing over judgment, and may block careers.
AWS Credits & Discount Programs Overview
AWS credits and discount programs explained: startup credits (Kickstarter/Activate), PoC + MAP funding, partner credits, and discounts like EDP, private pricing, and volume tiers.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Efficiently Processing AWS Events’ Videos
Process AWS Events videos efficiently: subscribe to YouTube Premium, track AWS YouTube channels in Feedly (unwatched-only), and generate fast insights/summaries with Eightify Pro.
Lessons Learned from Having Passed all Twelve AWS Certification Exams
Lessons from passing all 12 AWS certification exams in a “one exam per month” marathon: what it proves, how to interpret others’ badges, exam patterns, and the best prep strategy.
FinOps is dead, long live the Cloud Financial Management
Why “FinOps” has lost meaning: a critique of the FinOps Foundation’s assumptions and incentives, and why “Cloud Financial Management” is clearer—plus notes on waste, effectiveness vs efficiency.