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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Happy Canada Day 🍁🇨🇦 My wife asked what we wanted to do today. I said anything! And now we are dealing with a washing machine that leaked last night from the second floor. Now I can see patterns on my main floor ceiling. Wet patterns. Anyway! Happy Canada Day!🍁🇨🇦

Marino, selfie, grey blue tshirt, tinted glasses hanging off of shirt, grey beard.

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

What do EdgeAICompute and PyTorch have in common 👀🤔🐍🤖 Only way to know is to…. JOIN US ON TODAY’S LIVESTREAM Come hang out with @usrbinkat.io, @nedinthecloud.com, Varun, Neeraj and me as we discuss how cool EdgeAI is, and what this noise is all about 😎 TODAY @ 1PM ET!!! 🔗👇🏽

Marino, Kat, Varun, Neeraj, and Ned on livestream on main song (which is white text on green signs)

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

🚨🎥 LIVESTREAM ON M.A.I.N. # 18🎥🚨 IN ~2 HOURS!!! ⏱️AIOPS in 3600 seconds: - 👩🏽‍💻👨🏻‍💻🧑‍💻 🩵 API 🔑s to LLMs - 😰 for 🔐 - 🔑=💲💲💲 Let's chat about Infra + AI Proxies: - Streamlined + Load-balanced AI - Rate-limits - Agent/MCP AuthN Join @usrbinkat.io , @nedinthecloud.com and ME 🤩 TODAY @ 1PM ET 🔗👇🏽

Marino, Kat and Ned on Livestream on M.A.I.N.

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

🤩WHAT IS UP BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE?!🤩 You absolutely know what it is today... 🎥LIVESTREAM DAY!🎥 We've got the enlightening and highly artistic and all around amazing @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social joining us! 🗓️ TODAY @ 10AM PT | 12PM CT | 1PM ET 🌐 🔗👇🏽 cc @usrbinkat.io, @nedinthecloud.com See ya there 😎

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

A timeline cleanse for everyone 🐧

Left: A note on white paper card saying: Positive Penguin
I may be a tiny penguin, but I believe in you! Go do you thing!

Right: A black/white penguin plushie

Backround: Woodgrain desk

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Happy Saturday, Y’all ☀️😊

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I think I’ve met my caloric intake for the week with this cone. Anyway, happy Monday friends 😊

Marino selfie in red/purple glasses, sunny blue skies, holding a huge waffle cone with several different scoops (pralines and cream + salty caramel toffee)

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

This is one of my favourite places to touch grass (IYKYK)

Blue sky, clouds, green grass

Windows xp background

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🚨🎥TODAY @ 1PM ET🚨🎥 We’re goosing around with MCP and the amazing, awesome, and badass tech lead advocate, @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social!! 🤩😎😊🪄✨🪿 JOIN @usrbinkat.io, @nedinthecloud.com, and me for an awesome episode with Rizèl!!! 🔗👇🏽

Pics of Marino, Kat, Rizèl, Ned on Livestream on Main map, and signage

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🤩ANOTHER SPECIAL GUEST🤩 We have the fantastic @nnennahacks.com joining @nedinthecloud.com, @usrbinkat.io, and me to give us a lesson: PRODUCTIVITY w/ AI Topics: - AI Agents for DevRel - Claude projects for learning tech - Working w/ Claude to develop an open-source project 🗓️ TODAY @ 2PM ET 🔗👇🏽

Pics of Marino, Nnenna, Kat, Ned with livestream on M.A.I.N. Sign

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

If you ever needed a reason to make content (or keep making it)…. I sometimes come up with strange (what I believe to be creative) ideas hoping it’ll land w/ an audience + get them somewhere! A few days ago I received this. A win by elevating someone 2 years later? I’ll take it!

Hi Marino!
I recently passed ICA with your mesh-week assistance.
Thank you!

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Just a dude and his yellow bike visiting the Jedi academy where he learned the art of OSI/TCP-IP

Marino wearing a black helmet, beard sticking out, black riding jacket with the peace sign, to the right of his yellow bike.

Ontario Tech University in the background, sunny blue skies

Yellow/black Ducati scrambler on the pavement in a parking lot, trees in the background

Yellow/black Ducati scrambler on pavement, Blue skies, Ontario tech university in background

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

😱🚨LIVESTREAM TODAY 🚨😱 @usrbinkat.io is joining @nedinthecloud.com and me to chat about Obelisk and showing us all the AI agentic magic she’s using! TODAY @ 10AM PT | 1PM ET Links below 🔗👇🏽

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

🚨🎥LIVE ON MAIN EP 12 - TODAY!!!🎥🚨 @nedinthecloud.com and I are getting right back into our agentic transcribe app where we'll try to slam MCP right into it 🤔 I think? JOIN US! 🗓️ TODAY @ 1PM EDT 🌐 YT Links Below!

Ned in an Orange Shirt, left, Marino in a navy blue shirt, right.
Smiling

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

There's plenty of hype around MCP and MCP "Servers" but not enough of a thorough explanation. There are three main pieces of how this works: - the host application w/ LLM logic - the MCP client in the app - the MCP Server Wanna know more? Join me & @nedinthecloud.com today @ 1PM EDT! 😎 🔗👇🏾

A simple diagram with a Hostapplication in Blue with the MCP client, and green box with an MCP server for prompts, tools, and resources.

Arrow from MCP client to MCP server.

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Got my beard and hair done in time for KubeCon 💇🏾‍♂️👨🏾‍🎤🧔🏾‍♂️🤩

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🌩️😎 3 Packets walk into a router, a TCP storm ensues 😎🌩️ Excited to have @automateyournetwork.ca (YAY a fellow Canadian🇨🇦) with me and @nedinthecloud.com: Topics: - Network Automation - AI Agents - Talking to your packets - MCPs (the Model Context Protocol) 🗓️ THIS Friday 28.3.2025 @ 1PM EDT 🌐 Links 👇🏽

Marino, John, and Ned's pictures on map, with the Livestream on M.A.I.N. street signs that are green with white text

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨LIVESTREAM EP 8🚨 "Can an AI do my work for me please?" We're doing things a bit different this week! @nedinthecloud.com and I have the fantastic @kymidd.bsky.social showing AND telling us about her - AI Slack bot - with BEDROCK - AND PYTHON - AND LAMBDA 🗓️PiDay March 14th, 2025 @ 1PM EDT!! 🔗👇🏽

Livestream on MAIN graphic with Marino, Kyler, and Ned's images.

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

show me two people with insane beef

Marino in a red shirt wearing tinted glasses

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

We keep showing up because YOU SHOW UP!!! Join @nedinthecloud.com and me for another fun-filled python debugging adventure as we trying to figure out why our app keeps throwing errors! 🗓️ Friday Feb 28th @ 1PM EST 🌐 Link below! Bring your comments, questions, and feedback! SEE YOU THERE FRIENDS😊

Marino and Ned in a livestream for Livestream on M.A.I.N.

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Find you an Internet friend who you finally meet IRL after 8 years and takes you to the Orlando Science Centre and follows up with delicious Cuban food for lunch

Cody and Marino selfie, both of us wearing glasses

A bunch of turtles at the Orlando Science Centre

A monkey hiding in its little cave ready to jump around.

A delicious Cuban sandwich on a white plate with a side of yellow rice and black beans in a white bowl

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I love ice cream I love Ben & Jerry’s I love what they stand for I love Canada 🇨🇦🍁

Ben & Jerry’s Oh Cone-ada! Ice cream

Vanilla ice cream with fudge covered waffle cone pieces and caramel swirls

Cow holding a Canadian flag

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

🚨🎥 LIVESTREAM ON M.A.I.N. EP 5🎥🚨 📝Transcribe 🐍Python de-🪲 🪨Bedrock☁️ ƛLambda 🤖TERRAFORM👾 WILL @Nedinthecloud.com and I SEE YOU THERE?!?! 🤔😎 🗓️FriYaY Feb 14th @ 1PM (Happy Valentines Day ❤️) 🌐 buff.ly/42UkktD

Marino AI and Ned, with Livestream on MAIN street

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Imagine you decided to learn in public and now you are on EPISODE 4 of LIVESTREAM ON M.A.I.N. 🤩🤯😎 Ned and I are hanging this Friday Feb 7th @ 1PM ET to dive into more: - Python 🐍 - Lambda ƛ - Terraform 🧑‍💻👨🏽‍💻 - Bedrock 🪨 Yabba Dabba Doo!!! See you there 😎 (Link below in comments!)

Marino on the left and Ned on the right smiling

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

🚨🎥LIVESTREAM!!!🎥🚨 WE ARE BACK WITH EPISODE 3!!! - S3 Buckets - Python for file I/O - Recording a brief audio clip - Python to Bedrock Transcription to S3 🌐 buff.ly/4aES5RD 📆 FriYAY 01.31.25 JOIN @nedinthecloud.com and me for some AI Alchemy 😎 🧙‍♂️

Marino AI and Ned images on a street grid. Livestream M.A.I.N. street signs in green

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Lunch can be so damn good when you work from home 😌

Olives in white espresso cup
White deep bowl like disk starting from the top going clockwise:
4 beef meatballs
Several pieces of cut up smoked Gouda
Guacamole with purple Tortilla chips
Bacon

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Starting Monday morning off right…..at the club 😎

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

What’s in the box 😮😮😮 A gift 🎁🤩 From JSAUX 🤩😎 THANK YOU!!! (Stay tuned for the detailed review!!!)

Marino selfie.

Curl in the hair, mostly white-ish beard.

Wearing dark blue shirt

Cardboard box on the floor

Floor is light brown

Close proximity to green couch

JSAUX FlipGo Dual stacked portable monitor in box

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Keep flying high even if you fall and stumble a bit 🦅🚀🧗🏽‍♂️

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

WE ARE BACK!!!.... Another episode of Livestream on M.A.I.N. 😎 What's on the agenda? - Locking into Git - Getting (re)familiarized with Python - Getting API keys for Bedrock - Simple Python with Bedrock JOIN @nedinthecloud.com and me!!! FriYAY Jan 24th, 2025 1PM EST LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitch

Marino, AI, an Ned, on a city grid, with an AI bot of some sorts

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Them: Come to the office, we have two slices of pizza for you. Me: No thanks 😊

Guacamole, garlic sausage, spicy kabanos cut up, purple tortilla chips in black bowl like dish, white smaller dish with some olives

On desk

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Post a picture of yourself from a different era

A Marino with short hair, no beard and a mug, wearing a black jacket

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Welcome to our VERY FIRST EPISODE of Livestream on M.A.I.N.!!!! We're taking you on a journey with Python, Amazon Bedrock, and Agentic AI. Join in on the fun this Friday January 17th, 2025 @ 1PM EST! Where? --> buff.ly/3WbKLXx See you there! 😎

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Walking through life, we all tend to encounter various types of challenges and hardships of sorts. The outcomes of a situation may not work out in our favour, ESPECIALLY as a minority. Tech isn't immune to this and we tend to see this a lot. Let's talk; Join us 01.22.2025 12PM EST 👇🏾

Cloud Native Live | January 22
BIPOC: Under The Rug - Tackling Bias and Building Allies in Cloud Native
Colleen Coll
William Rizzo
Adriana Villela
Cortney Nickerson
Mark Campbell-Vincent
Marino Wijay
CLOUD NATIVE _ COMPUTING FOUNDATION
TAG CONTRIBUTOR
STRATEGY

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Sometimes my coffee needs a coffee 😌☕️ Good morning friends 😊

White espresso cup with coffee on the left, green coffee mug with “M” initial on the right filled with coffee.

On light brown desk

Mac and keyboards also pictured

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I am a man in his 30s… I’m likely going into debt for my face care routine…

A hand holding a bottle of peptide moisturizer by

THEINKEYLIST™

1.7 US fLoz / 50ml e
PEPTIDE MOISTURIZER
Helps reduce the visible signs of aging
Aide à réduire les signes de l'âge

Hand holding a blue bottle of face sunscreen

Bioré UV
AQUA Rich
WATERY ESSENCE /SPF50+PA十十十十

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Robocop why you move so slow 😬🐌🤖

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

This is what I was referring to. MAGA wants Americans filling those jobs. This below, is the opposite of the above statement.

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Today was one of those very special days ❤️🥰

Marino and Krishna selfie

Krishna wearing a beanie and red jacket while holding a crocodile plushier and showing its belly

Marino and Krishna selfie

Krishna wearing a beanie and red jacket

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

This is the first time we ever went out to a restaurant together without mom 😳🤯😱

Marino on the left and Krishna wearing a blue shirt and a beanie, on the right.

Red diner style seating

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

So the kiddo and I are off today, do we: 1. Be lazy and just lounge out at home in PJs and eat leftovers? 2. Be lazy and just lounge at home and order junk food? 3. Try to go out and cause chaos at some mall?

Marino and Krishna selfie

Krishna wearing a black tshirt

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Wishing y’all chill Sunday vibes 😌☀️

Marino sitting on the couch, wearing a green hoodie

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Brb wrapping myself up into a toasty burrito

Whitby

-11 degrees C

feels like: -19 degrees C
H: -7 L: -15

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Marino Wijay @virtualized6ix.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

So, we had one of those team holiday thingies with the ugly holiday sweaters 🎅🏽🎄

Me, selfie, with a red ugly holiday sweater that has cat eyes

Also Giraffe and Zebra and Grogu plus other stuff animals in background

Purple lighting

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