who: rick (richard) miles tait.
what i do: principal engineer for ~$300m revenue internet company in los angeles.
sometimes: i write code. i’m not allowed to publish it very often 🤐, but sometimes i do.
a lot of times: i like to think i do R&D that ultimately helps folks “do their stuff better, faster & cheaper”.
current focus: integrating LLMs into existing sites & apps; using in-cloud corpdata ➡️ RAGs; cloud infrastructure; standards; structured logging & instrumentation; datacenter ↔️ cloud interconnects; cloud costing & economics;
where: hollywood, ca
why: i dislike the weather in England
favourite film(s): bullitt. the duellists. russian ark. strangelove. 2001. barry lyndon.
favourite book/writers/etc: the seven pillars of wisdom, t.e. lawrence. hp lovecraft. the hitch. martin amis.
i like: non-sequiturs. the california mountains. convertibles. medieval architecture. stained glass windows. the smell of books.
i dislike: impolite people. upper case.
favoured footwear: boot. approach shoe.
life outlook: seinfeldian. david-ian.
contact me: rickt @ rickt.org
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