Global Nerdy
I’m speaking at “Arc of AI” in Austin, Texas — April 13 – 16!
Vibe Coding Workshop with Tampa Bay AI Meetup – THIS THURSDAY!
Saturday picdump for Saturday, March 7
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 9 – Sunday, March 15)
How to “work the room” at Dev/Nexus 2026
Saturday picdump for Saturday, February 28
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 2 – Sunday, March 8)
Notes from Pratik Patel’s presentation, “AI Native Architecture” (Feb. 19, 2026 @ Tampa Java User Group / Tampa Bay AI Meetup)
Saturday picdump for Saturday, February 21
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 23 – Sunday, March 1)
A Fake Recruiter Tried to Scam Me — I Caught Him Using ChatGPT
Saturday picdump for Saturday, February 14
Remember to occasionally sass back at LLMs
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 16 – Sunday, February 22)
Your first warning
Saturday picdump for Saturday, February 7
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 9 – Sunday, February 15)
Claude’s Super Bowl ads are so funny that Sam Altman’s crashing out over them
Today’s big win
The key to thriving in the AI age is beating the bottlenecks
A quick intro to OpenClaw (formerly MoltBot, formerly ClawdBot) and 7 tips for getting started
Saturday picdump for Saturday, January 31
Projects I’m vibe coding, projects I’m vibe coding, and projects in-between
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 2 – Sunday, February 8)
Saturday picdump for Saturday, January 24
Notes from Nate B. Jones’ video, “The People Getting Promoted All Have This One Thing in Common (AI Is Supercharging this Mindset)”
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 26 – Sunday, February 1)
Grind coding, vibe coding, and everything in between
Global Nerdy and the great, fantastic, no bad, very good year
Saturday picdump for Saturday, January 17
Notes from CTO School Tampa Bay’s fireside chat with Leon Kuperman, CTO of CAST AI
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 19 – Sunday, January 25)
A busy evening with some of my favorite tools
More notes
Scenes from O’Reilly ETCon 2002
Coming soon to a Tampa Bay AI Meetup near you
“Star Trek: Voyager” predicted vibe coding…and it’s cringe!
Saturday picdump for Saturday, January 10
Lessons you can take away from my job search experience
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 12 – Sunday, January 18)
A valid hypothesis
Lots of interviews, lots of notes
I was on the first “This Week in Tech” episode of 2026!
Don’t feel bad; even the inventor of the term “vibe coding” is overwhelmed by all the AI-driven changes
Saturday picdump for Saturday, January 3
The “Nick Fury” method for refusing LLM answers
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 5 – Sunday, January 11)
My AI improvement to the Tampa Bay Tech Events list builder
AI advice for the “KPop Demon Hunters” generation
Saturday picdump for Saturday, December 27
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 29 – Sunday, January 4)
Saturday picdump for Saturday, December 20
Thank you, Global Nerdy readers!
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 22 – Sunday, December 28)
Thank you for making me Tampa Tech Community Champion 2025!
The brutally honest AI career playbook: Insights from a Stanford CS230 AI class
“Street fighting” job interview tip #1: Have notes — and write them down by hand!
Inside you, there are two owls
Saturday picdump for Saturday, December 13
GPT 5.2 says there are no “r”s in “garlic”
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 15 – Sunday, December 21)
Meme of the moment (RAM prices and AI)
Notes from Venkat Subramaniam’s presentation on finding and fixing code with AI (Monday, December 8, 2025)
The toaster from the “toaster programmer” joke of the 1990s is now real!
Where Cory Doctorow’s line, “When life give you SARS, you make sarsaparilla,” comes from
Your “official unofficial” calendar for December 2025!
On Netflix buying WB
Saturday picdump for Saturday, December 6
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 8 – Sunday, December 14)
Sandwiches and peace over Scrum Masters and ill-timed chats
“Centaurs vs. Minotaurs,” my 2023 presentation on AI at SocialCode x Tampa
It’s ChatGPT’s 3rd anniversary!
Saturday picdump for Saturday, November 29
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 1 – Sunday, December 7)
Notes on using Gemini 3 Pro, part 3: Every prompting tip and trick I know (so far)
Feel free to borrow my “AI usage disclosure” slide
Notes on using Gemini 3 Pro, part 2: It’s multimodal!
Notes on using Gemini 3 Pro, part 1: Context entropy and a huge context window
Saturday picdump for Saturday, November 22
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 24 – Sunday, November 30)
Saturday picdump for Saturday, November 15
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 17 – Sunday, November 23)
Remember to not leave all the work to the AI
The “Careers in Tech” panel at TechX Florida / Reasons to be optimistic 2025
Saturday picdump for Saturday, November 8
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 10 – Sunday, November 16)
I’m speaking at the TechX Florida 2025 AI conference this Saturday!
Saturday picdump for Saturday, November 1
Don’t forget Global Nerdy’s YouTube channel!
One last endorsement for the ZGX Nano AI workstation
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 3 – Sunday, November 9)
My speedrun as the HP ZGX Nano Developer Advocate: Two months, one podcast, zero regrets
New video on the “Global Nerdy” YouTube channel: “How computers work ‘under the hood’”
This Tuesday in Tampa: Two tech events, four minutes apart!
Saturday picdump for Saturday, October 25
Talking about HP’s ZGX Nano on the “Intelligent Machines” podcast
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 27 – Sunday, November 2)
“But ad blockers spoil the mood!”
Where to get Michael Carducci’s “You wouldn’t steal the sum total of human knowledge…” T-shirt
Saturday picdump for Saturday, October 18
Scenes from last night’s “Architecture Patterns for AI-Powered Applications” meetup with Michael Carducci
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 20 – Sunday, October 26)
An even better joke about OpenAI’s “erotica for verified adults” announcement
OpenAI finally figured out what REALLY we want in an AI chatbot
There’s a lot going on in Tampa in the next couple of weeks: CyberBay, CyberX Tampa Bay, and Techstars Startup Weekend Tampa!
Saturday picdump for Saturday, October 11
Specs for NVIDIA’s GB10 chip, which powers HP’s ZGX Nano G1n AI workstation
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 13 – Sunday, October 19)
HP’s ZGX Nano G1n AI workstation: A sneak peek!
Saturday picdump for Saturday, October 4
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 6 – Sunday, October 12)
BSides St. Pete: Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4!
Saturday picdump for Saturday, September 27
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 29 – Sunday, October 5)
Saturday picdump for Saturday, September 20
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 22 – Sunday, September 28)
Goats, cabbages, and wolves: A ChatGPT5 challenge
Saturday picdump for Saturday, September 13
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 15 – Sunday, September 21)
“Back to the Future of Work” covered in Tampa Bay Business & Wealth!
I’ll be speaking at the Indo-US Chamber of Commerce’s “Practical AI” panel — Tuesday, September 16 at 6:30 p.m.!
Humble Bundle deals for aspiring AI developers!
R.I.P. Vincent Tang
What DON’T you want in your next job?
Saturday picdump for Saturday, September 6
Scenes from Fractio’s “Back to the Future of Work” event (September 4, 2025)
Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 8 – Sunday, September 14)
A scavenger hunt for a great cause: Ye Mystic Krewe of the Nautilus’ “Quest for Hope!”
Saturday picdump for Saturday, August 30