Thoughts on Khizer Rehan

AI Rat Race

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0500

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Frontier models are becoming better day by day. It feels like AI is advancing exponentially rather than linearly.

I have usually been a fan of Anthropic models (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, and now Fable), but it is interesting to see how other competitors are trying to cut each other’s throats to compete in the AI race. TBH, I wasn’t paying much attention to OpenAI’s recent models.

Small Things, Huge Impact: Dotfiles & Customization

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0500

Small Things, Huge Impact: Dotfiles & Customization Link to heading

While learning Linux, I realized how small, small things can bring a huge impact in life and save a lot of time. Whether it is a script or a small command like grep, it comes very handy in day-to-day life too. But it takes time and practice to get good at it.

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I have been learning Linux in a serious way for a very short time now, but I can already imagine how powerful this operating system is. It truly runs the world.

Should I Learn Kubernetes or Containers?

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0500

Should I Learn Kubernetes or Containers? Link to heading

I have been in that situation before, and even now I still get distracted by the noise around Kubernetes. But the reality is simpler than the hype:

Kubernetes orchestrates containers.
Containers build on top of Linux.

Watch enough Docker and Kubernetes courses, memorize enough kubectl ... and docker ... commands, and you start to feel like a DevOps engineer.