iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 21/04/2026

Next Pinecone livestream is TOMORROW! Come laugh with Arjun Patel, Roie Schwaber-Cohen, and me like this as we catch up on topics we've been thinking about lately - memory, models, and Andrej Karpathy's latest viral tweet. 🗓️ Wednesday, April 22 ⏰ 10am PT / 1pm ET 📺 www.youtube.com/@pinecone-io...

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 16/03/2026

You'll: 🔹route queries to separate kbs per property (or franchise, client, or context) 🔹use retrieval to handle fuzzy language like "it's freezing in here" and return thermostat docs that don't even mention the word "freezing" 🔹use n8n to orchestrate data ingestion, routing logic, search, and chat

n8n workflow showing ingestion of Google Docs data into 3 Pinecone Assistants alongside a chat workflow that uses 3 Pinecone Assistants for RAG.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 15/03/2026

Thank you, Claude, for saving the day for my 3 year old (and me).

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 12/09/2025

🔑 Join Sohan Maheshwar from @authzed.com and me for a webinar as we talk about securing enterprise AI systems with relationship-based access control (ReBAC). We'll do a demo with Pinecone and SpiceDB and answer questions. 🗓 September 25 ⏰ 9 am PT / 12pm ET 🔗 pinecone-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 22/08/2025

Ready to implement production-ready agentic RAG apps? I've got a workshop for you! 🔹 Learn vector database fundamentals 🔹 Build an agentic RAG chat app with Pinecone + AWS 🔹 Gain practical skills for semantic search in real-world apps 🗓️ Sept 18, 2025 ⏰ 9:00am PT / 12pm ET 🔗 hubs.la/Q03ChvhN0

Shows Objective, LLM, Storage, and Capabilities of a RAG app that can access data sources and tools to make decisions and take actions.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 01/07/2025

Ok, Cursor. Whatever you say. Yes, I am 30. 😂 And yes, I was using Cursor to figure out what json.loads does because it was not behaving as I was expecting (or my input was garbage, more like it).

Cursor output in Python showing a json string with the keys "name" = "Jenna" and "age" = 30.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 01/07/2025

When I started writing this post, I did a search for "RAG is dead" and found 5+ pages of results with that title. So I set out to figure out why so many people were writing about it or if it's just click bait. Spoiler alert: it is. And RAG is not dead, but evolving. www.pinecone.io/learn/rag-20...

An illustration of a brain surrounded by other data inputs like images, graphs, and a hand underneath it all.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 07/06/2025

I’m reading Careless People and at the end of every chapter (every paragraph?!), I’m like “WTF?!? WTAF? Who are these people? WTF.”

Book cover of Careless People. Shows a blue square with rounded corners and a shark fin in the upper left corner.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 27/05/2025

Thursday is @opensourcenorth.bsky.social and @hakanson.bsky.social and I are ready for a conversation with you. We're co-presenting about how #genAI can facilitate meaningful conversations with your #architecture to gain insights, make decisions, generate diagrams, and code. Join us for #osn2025!

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 22/05/2025

asyncio patterns paired with the Pinecone Python SDK and FastAPI can help you scale, handling higher traffic and concurrent users more predictably. 🔗 www.pinecone.io/learn/pineco... #Python #asyncio #FastAPI #Pinecone

Code snippet showing text and arrow highlighting making a connection to Pinecone on startup and doing cleanup on shutdown. Another arrow and text highlighting how to await two calls to Pinecone that run concurrently.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 19/05/2025

🔍🤖 Wondering why your AI agent might need hybrid search? Traditional search forces you to choose between semantic understanding (semantic search) and keyword matching (lexical search). Each has it's strengths ⤵️

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 03/05/2025

The Super Bowl of #MNTech is happening right now! Over 2000 people registered for @minnestar.org’s #Minnebar, the nation’s largest and longest-running tech unconference. sessions.minnestar.org

Panoramic of the Best Buy HQ cafeteria with people filled from wall to wall and many standing.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 29/04/2025

When prototyping a new feature or working with a new API, you want to get up and running and iterate quickly. The new Pinecone MCP server enables you to do just that — search the official Pinecone docs, create and manage indexes, and generate test data in your IDE. 🔗 www.pinecone.io/blog/first-M...

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 10/04/2025

If you see this, post a beach photo from your phone.

Sunset in Vieques, Puerto Rico, with waves hitting the rocky shore and trees in the shadows.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 10/03/2025

Last week, I joined Pinecone.io as a Staff Developer Advocate! I'm excited to join the team making AI more knowledgeable and can't wait to meet Pinecone users and learn how you're using vector databases and vector search in your work. And look at this cute welcome plant they sent me?!

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 20/02/2025

These are my #coderClaws from a few weeks ago. Currently sporting hot pink.

Three grayish-blue finger nails with middle and ring finger nails in a nude with white stars.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 31/01/2025

If you’re open to Minnesota based designers, I probably have a couple from @minnestar.org stuff I can recommend.

Tshirt design showing 3 bears talking about tech and working on a laptop with the Minneapolis skyline in the background. Minnebar18, est. 2006 at the bottom.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 23/01/2025

Without downloading new pictures/videos, where are you mentally?

AI image of a puppy with white text “Everybody deserves an emergency puppy just in case”

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 25/12/2024

Made two batches of Christmas Crack, two different batches of chex mix, and a batch of pretzel rolos today. Didn’t have the energy for cookies but maybe that’s for the best.

Batch 1 of chex mix including pretzels, goldfish, chex, and cheezits on a sheet pan and tossed with seasonings.

Batch 2 of chex mix including pretzels, goldfish, chex, cashews, and cheezits in Tupperware in the microwave and tossed with seasonings.

Two sheet pans of Christmas Crack topped with crushed candy canes and sprinkles sitting on a black chair in the snow on the deck with patio furniture in the background.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 18/12/2024

Hey #MNTech! Did you know @minnestar.org is on Bluesky?!? Go give them a follow and while you’re at it maybe a small $5 gift toward the end of year match 💙 minnestar.org/support-us/b...

Graphic with Community Supporters badge and text Become a Community Supporter and Double Your Impact.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 11/12/2024

Wrapped up my last @minnestar.bsky.social board meeting as Chair and as a board member this morning. Nine years is A. LONG. TIME. Looking forward to more time for family and to see how the next set of leaders shape the future of this org and community.

A selfie of Jenna wearing a green sweater, smiling, with desks and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange board and trading floor in the background.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 05/12/2024

Got to catch up with my friends at Hashicorp at #reInvent yesterday. And maybe we recorded a couple little fun conversations for y'all 🤫

Jenna wearing a sparkly AWS tshirt, Cole wearing a shiny Hashicorp tshirt, and maybe Matt standing in front of the Hashicorp booth in the Expo at re:Invent.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 05/12/2024

Spent Tuesday @ #reInvent with some amazing and inspiring people chatting about non-traditional paths into tech, how to ask for help, how models will change how developers work, who can be a developer, how they can be prepared for this next wave of gen Al, and models built for specific purposes.

The AWS re:Invent step and repeat backdrop with a black desk in front of two cameras and mics.

The AWS re:Invent step and repeat backdrop with a black desk in front of two cameras and mics. Linda Haviv and guest Suzana Melo Moraes chatting.

The AWS re:Invent step and repeat backdrop with a black desk in front of two cameras and mics. Jenna Pederson and guest Eissa Jamil chatting.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 01/12/2024

As I head to Las Vegas for re:Invent this week, I'm thinking about past trips and connections I've made there. This is my fifth #reInvent and my absolute favorite part is always the hallway track where I get to meet the community (YOU!). If you'll be around re:Invent this week, please say hello 👋

Selfie of Jenna Pederson sitting on the plane with a slight smile wearing her favorite Build on AWS hoodie.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 23/11/2024

Bought nothing at the MCAD Art Fair this morning but I did learn a bunch about Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec while wandering through @artsmia.bsky.social. Here’s my favorite from the day.

A color crayon lithograph of Bust of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender, with thin gold frame and white informational note card.

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 18/11/2024

🙋🏻‍♀️ Ever looked at an architecture diagram and it prompted more questions than it answered? Join my colleagues and me TWO weeks from today at AWS re:Invent to learn how we're using generative AI to understand, interact with, and generate architecture diagrams. buff.ly/3UYsJYe

Screenshot of the session info: ARC308 Harnessing generative AI to create & understand architecture diagrams. This builders’ session explores using generative AI to create and comprehend architecture diagrams, a critical aspect of software design and communication. Diagrams are often image data, custom formats of drawing programs, or text-based representations from diagram-as-code tools. Techniques are used from two different layers of the generative AI stack, Amazon Q Developer and foundational models on Amazon Bedrock. Chat-based workflows first understand and analyze existing diagrams, and then ask follow-up questions about best practices. New diagrams are created using diagram-as-code formats. Leave with practical strategies for harnessing generative AI in your software architecture workflows. You must bring your laptop to participate. Monday, Dec 2 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

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Jenna Pederson @jennanerdsout.com · 15/11/2024

Hearing about the future of storytelling, tools, challenges, AI, neuroscience, menopause, and Prince with @pukerainbows.bsky.social at Applied AI.

Photo of Prince wearing a think gold necklace with “You create art.” overlayed in text.

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