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

Apr 10, 2026

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13 min read

[IBN] Modeling Intent: The Data Models That Don’t Collapse at Scale

What intent actually looks like in a real repo, without turning into “config templates in YAML”

Leonardo Furtado

Career Growth

Apr 6, 2026

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14 min read

Letting the Badges Expire, Keeping the Bar High

What continuous learning really looks like, and why CCDE became a strategic tool instead of another line on a CV.

Leonardo Furtado

Network Automation

Apr 3, 2026

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14 min read

[IBN] What “Intent-Based Networking” Actually Means

And the components you must have (not just the ones vendors put on slides)

Leonardo Furtado

Network Automation

Mar 30, 2026

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17 min read

JSON Bourne: A Field Guide to JSON for Network Engineers

What JSON is, how it actually works, and how to use it as the lingua franca of modern network automation.

Leonardo Furtado

Career Growth

Mar 27, 2026

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11 min read

From Pyramid to Obelisk: Why Killing Junior Roles Destroys Your Future Talent

The market wants “ready-made” engineers, but without apprentices, there is no succession, no innovation, and no sustainable career path.

Leonardo Furtado

Career Growth

Mar 23, 2026

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13 min read

Tenets for NetDevOps: How Principles Turn Network Engineers into Leaders

Why “Security First” and “Simplicity Over Complexity” aren’t posters for the wall, but operating rules that shape your decisions, your team, and your career.

Leonardo Furtado

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