The Routing Intent by
Leonardo Furtado

Where network engineering meets clarity, scale, and purpose.

Real network engineering, deep insights, and the career momentum you’ve been looking for!

Featured

May 31, 2025

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4 min read

Why I Created The Routing Intent

We don’t need more tutorials. We need better engineers. Here's how I plan to help.

Leonardo Furtado

Next Hop Ireland

Aug 3, 2025

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5 min read

This is How I’m Giving Back to Ireland (and You Can Be Part of It)

A new way to grow talent, build community, and transform lives

Leonardo Furtado

Career Growth

Jul 21, 2025

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24 min read

Your Network Is Not a Toilet: Stop Flushing Infrastructure Expertise

We’ve abstracted the pipes, fired the plumbers, and now we wonder why the cloud stinks. This is your warning.

Leonardo Furtado

Architecture and Design

Jul 2, 2025

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32 min read

The Wet Backbone: Why Cloud Infrastructure Depends on Subsea Cables

Look down, not up! The Cloud rides on subsea cables

Leonardo Furtado

Careers at FAANG

Dec 1, 2025

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21 min read

Build Systems, Not Sleep-Deprived Heroes: Inside an Autonomous Remediation Pipeline

If your network still relies on people to fix the same faults over and over, it’s not resilient. It’s fragile. Here’s how we changed that.

Leonardo Furtado

Architecture and Design

Sep 8, 2025

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24 min read

When $100 Million Cloud Bills Make Sense

Not all expensive cloud bills are bad, and not all cheap ones are smart. Learn how to interpret cloud cost through the lens of architecture, performance, and business alignment.

Leonardo Furtado

Articles

Network Automation

May 8, 2026

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13 min read

[IBN] Pipelines: CI, Safety Gates, Simulation, and Staged Delivery

How a PR becomes a safe network change without turning “merge” into a leap of faith

Leonardo Furtado

Careers at FAANG

May 4, 2026

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25 min read

Autonomous Edge Routing Is Local Intelligence Under Global Intent

How hyperscale networks give edge POPs the freedom to make fast, local routing decisions without breaking global policy, convergence, or security.

Leonardo Furtado

Network Automation

May 1, 2026

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15 min read

When Route Reflectors Lie: Real-World BGP Divergence and the Habits That Cause It

A deep dive into a hidden RR cluster split, how consistency tooling changes the story, and the cultural anti-patterns that quietly invite inconsistent network state.

Leonardo Furtado

Careers at FAANG

Apr 27, 2026

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25 min read

Your Configs Are Fine, Your State Is Not: A Practical Guide to Inconsistent Network State – Part 3

Turning intent into reality with transactional rollouts, consistency-aware observability, and controlled auto-correction.

Leonardo Furtado

Careers at FAANG

Apr 20, 2026

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18 min read

Your Configs Are Fine, Your State Is Not: A Practical Guide to Inconsistent Network State – Part 2

When the network lies: detecting and reconciling inconsistent state at scale

Leonardo Furtado

Network Automation

Apr 17, 2026

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14 min read

[IBN] The Repo Layout

How your teams can organize intent, code, and network delivery without turning Git into a junk drawer

Leonardo Furtado

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