Bohemian Swarm AI Podcast - Episode 4 - AI Band-Aid
A conversation with Sachin Koshy on why AI adoption is never really a technology problem — it's a people problem.
Latest
Bohemian Swarm AI Podcast - Episode 3 - Part II - The Race Toward Superintelligence
Why Are We Racing? Superintelligence, Humanoid Robots, and the Case for Community
Bohemian Swarm AI Podcast - Episode 3 - Job Numbers
The jobs report was ugly. The scarier story is who's disappearing from it, and why the people best equipped to keep AI in check are the ones losing their jobs to it.
Bohemian Swarm AI Podcast - Episode 2
"Tech companies treat water like a budget line item. Communities treat it like a birthright. Notes from a conversation with a data analytics advisor, a data center contractor, and a management consultant on where those two views collide."
The Bohemian Swarm AI Podcast
A recording by Thomas Ott
It's Not Me. It's Them
The difference between a layoff that breaks you and one that doesn't
What Gets Erased
On the grandfather's gardens, the gingerbread houses, and the places we're too hurried to save
Solving the Affordability Paradox
How to transform "Luxury Nodes" into equitable networks by integrating transit with critical housing infrastructure
Whispers and Ghost Tracks: The Hidden History of Grand Central
A deep dive into the construction, hidden tracks, and $250 million restoration of the world’s most famous railway terminal
The AI Decalogue: A Ten-Year Mea Culpa from the Sales Floor
From no-code dreams to agentic reality: why we kept selling the car before building the road.
The AI Arms Race Just Changed the Rules. Here Are the 5 Things You Need to Know.
From $8.8M NVIDIA racks to AMD's memory gamble, the rules of AI just changed overnight.
From Apollo 13 to the Mirror World: Why Your Business Needs a Digital Heartbeat
How NASA’s "physical twin" evolved into an AI-driven mirror world that’s redefining industrial strategy
Digital Twins
How St. Louis Rescued an Aging Water System with Digital Twin Technology
The city’s pipes were buried and breaking. Then they built a virtual version to see the future.
Digital Twins
Beyond the Blueprint: 5 Ways Digital Twins are Breathing Life into the Machines of Tomorrow
The Pulse in the Machine
AI
The 1GW Reality Check: Moving from Passive Hype to Active Intelligence
Why the future of AI belongs to engineers who can bridge the $530B compute gap with physical infrastructure
The Alpha Build
What Entry-Level Engineers Get Wrong About Their Careers
This is the hard-won advice I wish someone had given me before time, loyalty, and bad advice nearly stalled me out
Career
Engineering School Won’t Save You. Planning Will.
A four-year survival guide for engineering students who want real careers, not regret, after graduation
Report
From Layoff to Liftoff: My Journey of Career Reinvention and Resilience in 2025
How setbacks, self-discovery, and unexpected opportunities shaped my path to a new beginning
AI
Digital Twins: When Deterministic Engineering Meets Probabilistic AI
How Digital Twins are finally bridging physics-based engineering and probabilistic AI
Report
O Captain! My Captain!
Stand on the desk. Say your verse. Live it.
AI
The AI Arms Race: How Generative Models Are Rewriting Cybersecurity
From phishing kits to deepfake fraud, GenAI is being weaponized and defenders are scrambling to adapt
It’s Never Too Late To Reinvent Yourself
Notes on Change, Courage, and Charting Your Own Path
“Land Ho”: On the Power of a Quiet Network
Lessons from a technical mind crossing into business territory
AI
The Things We Hold: Life, Loss, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
A personal reflection on love, randomness, and learning to walk the road in front of you