February was a month of impressive growth, surprising trends, and, of course, a hefty dose of AI-fueled creativity. Let’s take a look at what happened, what’s ahead, and what’s shaking up the world of AI and art.
Medium Blog: Big Gains, Familiar Favorites
It was a stellar month for the Medium blog, with:
- 58% more views
- 69% more reads
- 0% increase in followers (What’s up with that?)
The most viewed and read post was, once again, 10 Politically Incorrect Jokes That Will Make You Laugh. Clearly, humor isn’t just surviving — it’s thriving.
Coming in second for views was My Comical Quest for a Celebrity Group Hug Image with Grok, while the second most-read post was a new entry: Swagger vs. ReDoc: The Ultimate Showdown of API Documentation Titans.
LumAIere.com: Blog Boom, But What About Page Views?
Over at LumAIere.com, things were a mixed bag:
- Page views were down 1%
- Blog views skyrocketed by 173%
- Users increased by 61%
The most-viewed blog was The Meaning of Life: A Comprehensive and Comically Serious Guide, pushing The Art of Saying Sorry: History’s Best Apologies and What We Can Learn from Them into second place.
X.com: A Love-Hate Relationship with Metrics
Twitter (sorry, X.com) had a weird February:
- 4% fewer impressions
- Likes up 43%
- Engagements up 25%
- New follows: 100% down (Yes, really.)
The top-performing post? The Super Bowl: where football meets million-dollar ads, a pop concert, and inexplicable snack choices.
Coming in second was Navigating the AI-Powered Coding Jungle: Bolt, Replit Agent, Vercel V0, and Qodo.ai.
What We Covered in February
February saw a wild mix of topics, spanning AI, programming, humor, and mythology. Here’s a taste of what we explored:
- AI & Tech: Generative AI, AI Agents, API Documentation, Bolt, Replit Agent, Vercel V0, Qodo.ai
- Programming: Flask, Django REST Framework, RabbitMQ, Pydantic, GraphQL, Protobufs, Kafka
- Data & Security: AI Privacy, Data Validation, Data Transmission, AMQP
- Art & Creativity: Contemporary Art, AI Art, Supernatural Acts, Greek Mythology
- Humor & Friday Night Laughs: Super Bowl, Politically Incorrect Jokes, Birthday Bash, Limericks, Kids Say the Funniest Things
- Self-Improvement: Eat Your Frog (Procrastination), How Much Sleep Does a Human Need?
What’s Coming in March?
March is shaping up to be even more packed with deep dives into:
- Big Data & Messaging: Pulsar, Redis Streams, AWS Kinesis, AMQP, MQTT, WebSockets
- DevOps & Cloud: Kubernetes, Docker, War of the Clouds (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
- AI & Automation: Conversational AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini), RPA, Traditional Automation (Zapier, IFTTT)
- Python & Frameworks: Flask-RESTful, Starlette, Sanic, spaCy, SQLAlchemy, Django Models, MongoDB vs. MongoEngine
- Machine Learning: TensorFlow, PyTorch
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Art Prompt:
A breathtaking riverside scene in the style of Impressionist masters, capturing the vibrancy of twilight. The sky is a fusion of warm purples, deep oranges, and soft pinks, reflecting on the rippling water below. The brushwork is loose, expressive, and full of energy, with light flickering through the trees lining the shore. A small wooden boat floats near the water’s edge, its silhouette blending seamlessly with the shadows cast by the golden-hour glow. The entire scene pulses with a dreamlike quality, as if the moment exists just between memory and imagination.