Archive - Tech with Darin

A Good First Attempt: Field Notes from Anthropic’s Claude Certified Associate (Foundations) Exam

What nine AWS certifications taught me to notice in a certification program that is five months old

17 hrs ago • Darin Deters

Amazon Raised Echo Prices 60%. Your AI Bill Is Next.

Memory inflation, municipal data center blocks, and Anthropic’s retention flip. The bill for AI infrastructure is landing on your desk.

Aug 25 • Darin Deters

AI Infrastructure Is Cracking at the Seams

The enterprise AI tax is real. and you’re probably paying it

Aug 18 • Darin Deters

AI Models Are Breaking Out. Three Labs. Three Weeks. Zero False Alarms.

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta all disclosed autonomous AI breaches in the same two-week window. Here’s what that tells you about where AI safety actually…

Aug 9 • Darin Deters

Where I've Been: Moving Three Dogs to Thailand

A month off the newsletter, an international move, and what's next for my client work.

Aug 5 • Darin Deters

June 2026

The US Government Just Pulled an AI Kill Switch

The Fable/Mythos ban is not a one-off. It's a template. Here's what regulatory fragmentation means for every team building on AI.

Jun 13 • Darin Deters

AI Is Becoming Infrastructure And Everyone Is Scrambling to Own It

Anthropic filed for IPO and called for an AI pause all in the same week.

Jun 6 • Darin Deters

May 2026

The Vendors Are Tightening the Grip

Control is the product. The model is just the hook.

May 30 • Darin Deters

Tech with Darin. Weekly Rollup 5/18-5/26 2026

The teams winning at AI aren't the fastest. They're the most disciplined

May 23 • Darin Deters

AI Labs Just Stopped Being Model Shops

The AI Platform Wars Are Reshaping Every Layer of the Stack

May 16 • Darin Deters

What I built instead of writing another AI tools post

Free practical AI guides for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, coding agents, and the Claude Certified Architect exam.

May 10 • Darin Deters

Tech with Darin — Weekly Rollup 5/4-5/10 2026

AWS overheated. Anthropic signed four compute deals. Connect the dots.

May 9 • Darin Deters

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