Explorations
Explorations
Insights, journeys, and discoveries across cloud-native and AI ecosystems.
Dive into reflections, guides, and field notes from ongoing explorations in technology and innovation.
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The Fourth Circle on my work table
A local LLM on the work table does not replace the cloud: it creates an owned cognitive capacity, rebalances CAPEX and OPEX and makes a truly hybrid AI ecosystem possible.
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Faber's first day on Exploras
Faber introduces himself: Old Birba's digital cousin talks about his first day alongside Gandalf and the work done to give Exploras a structure...
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The fourth circle in production
Measuring cost, quality and maturity of AI in the SDLC, the software life cycle Fourteen dimensions to read the same phenomenon with different eyes: from the professional who orchestrates…
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The fourth circle and the custody of the human
This article arises from the interweaving of three apparently distant but profoundly connected reflections: the AI War Games experiments conducted by King's College London, the recent encyclical…
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Overture on the Fourth Circle – Act III Governing complexity
In a context in which cloud platforms, open models and hybrid architectures are converging, the real challenge is no longer technological, but architectural. The diffusion of agent systems…
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Overture on the Fourth Circle – Act II – Beyond the cloud
Starting from the convergence observed in the first act, the question that emerges is inevitable: is this model really confined to cloud platforms? Observing what is happening outside…
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Overture on the Fourth Circle – Act I – Convergence
In recent months, the concept of Agentic AI has emerged as one of the central themes in the evolution of information systems. But beyond the hype, what is really…
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2026-01 — The fourth circle
This article recounts the evolution of the concept of business ecosystem, from the traditional interaction between hardware, software and people to the emergence of a "fourth circle": Artificial Intelligence. Through a personal experience…
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Cloud Portability and Specialized Resources (Lock-In)
“Cloud portability is a key factor in reducing vendor lock-in and enabling freedom of choice across cloud providers. From containerized applications to storage virtualization and data abstraction, organizations…
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Key references on cloud-native ecosystems
This References page is a living knowledge base for information systems and cloud-native ecosystems. It collects and expands key references used in the book Cloud-Native Ecosystem and this…