What happens when your VMware license expires and you try to run Cisco Nexus Dashboard and CML on Proxmox instead? Broken interface names, a wizard that forgets everything, and a weekend of initrd surgery.
Why network teams struggle with VXLAN EVPN automation and how a hands-on workshop helps bridge the gap between GUI clicks and infrastructure as code.
How a Cisco Live lab scenario turned into a full microservices platform for managing Splunk webhooks with LLM-enhanced ServiceNow ticket creation.
How we combined CML, Splunk, and a Model Context Protocol server to validate network changes before they hit production.
Five critical fixes for xRDP over VPN tunnels: TCP buffer exhaustion, MTU black holes, keepalive timing, session persistence, and XFCE corruption. Packaged into automation.
After USB boot failures, a dying NAS, and counterfeit drives from China, my entire Proxmox cluster was at risk. Here's how Cloud PBS turned a potential catastrophe into a few hours of restore time.
MCP servers are everywhere, but security is underestimated. Learn how to implement transport encryption, RBAC, audit logging, and credential protection for production AI tooling.
How I built and open-sourced a Model Context Protocol server that enables Claude AI to automate Cisco Nexus Dashboard operations - from architecture to GitHub release.
A network engineer's journey from WordPress frustration to a modern, blazing-fast blog built with Next.js—powered by AI collaboration with Claude Code.
Have you ever spent hours troubleshooting an issue, only to realize you've solved this exact problem before? That was me last week, watching my closed-loop
