Recent tiny blogpost. I mourn Twitter-that-was, and a culture of working in public beyond just the sharing successes and announcements that I see on LinkedIn.

matthewrocklin.com/fail-in-public

(although admittedly this probably is less relevant to the BlueSky crowd)

I Walked Across Spain Last month I walked across Spain, east to west, following the historic Camino de Santiago, a historic pilgrimage route travelled by thousands of people a year. It was an experience. Since returning...

Last month I walked across Spain.
Here are some reflections from the experience.

matthewrocklin.com/camino.html

Hammers and Nailguns People often ask me, “What is your tool for?” They want an answer like “AI” or “ETL” or “Training Models”. They want a clean and specific application for easy comparison. I, of course, do not give ...

Short Post: Hammers and Nailguns

matthewrocklin.com/hammers-and-...

Some tools have clear and specific uses, some don't. Surprisingly, it's often the ones that don't have a clear use that we use the most.

Coiled 2024 in Review Coiled's 2024 in review. Where we started, what we did, and where we're going.

Coiled 2024 in Review

docs.coiled.io/blog/2024-eo...

It’s the time when companies issue year-end summaries, acclaiming success (or not), and forecasting incredible growth for the next year (or not).

I thought I’d do something similar for Coiled. It’s been a significant year for us ...

Cloud Computing is Broken Introduction: Recently I was chatting with an investor about the market and they asked: What do you see coming for the world of Data/Cloud/Compute Infrastructure? Is there some new dataframe librar...

New Post: Cloud Computing is Broken

matthewrocklin.com/cloud-is-bro...

Investor asks: "What's next for Data/Cloud Infrastructure?"

My answer: "Boring stuff. People struggle with basics."

Cloud today feels like MP3 players before the iPod. In theory everything is good. In practice adoption is low

Driving from Austin TX to Oakland CA for Thanksgiving (I like long drives)

Cheapest gas: $2.39 in Lubbock, TX
Most expensive gas: $5.99 in Needles, CA

Not that I use gas (⚡) but it's interesting to observe the shift around the county.

YouTube video by Coiled Submit Job Scripts with Coiled Job Arrays

Oh, and if you like your content in video form, Youtube video here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRWX...

SLURM-Style Job Arrays on the Cloud with Coiled Matthew Rocklin 2024-11-19 3 min read SLURM and other job schedulers have made it easy to run scripts on HPC systems for decades. Job scripts are straightforward and solve a common problem in a way...

New Post: SLURM-Style Job Arrays on the Cloud

docs.coiled.io/blog/slurm-j...

HPC Job scripts were the first form of parallelism I ever used as a graduate student. They're dead simple and accessible to almost anyone.

We replicated the API with Coiled. It feels pretty slick to me 🙂