— I Love You, All of Your Pieces — We are hard on ourselves. We can consistently push our bodies and minds, and put others first and strive for compassion and integrity in our lives. But we often forget ourselves. Or we are forced into hyper-independence that makes us... Read more
Hi, I'm VanessaSaurus, a Software Engineer.
Building tools, containers, and cloudy things, with a penchant for Python and parsnips. -- about me
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— The Fifth Decade — Happy 2026! Let’s start the year off with some dancing. 💃 This year I promise: To continue to live with authenticity and integrity. To be inspired, diving deeply into ideas and learning. To adventure, and look for beauty in unexpected... Read more
— Gifts — Presents are interesting to think about. It’s an exchange of a physical item as to say, “I value you.” And don’t get me wrong - they can be fun, and informative about a person or relationship. I’ve historically been someone... Read more
— Agentic Orchestration of an HPC Workload in Cloud — One of the most satisfying and learning-rich pieces of work from this year is represented in this white paper, “Agentic Orchestration of HPC Applications: A study using Google Gemini in Cloud.” First, I’ll provide a little bit of back-story. We... Read more