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

•

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

•

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

•

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

•

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

•

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

•

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

Mar 16, 2026

•

19 min read

When the Network Sneezes, the Business Bleeds

Why manual changes and ad-hoc scripts are no match for the financial, operational, and human cost of modern network failures, and how to build a software-centric automation strategy instead.

Leonardo Furtado

Network Automation

Mar 9, 2026

•

17 min read

Beyond Scripts: Rethinking Network Automation as a Software System

What hyperscale engineers figured out 15 years ago—and how you can apply the same mindset without needing hyperscale traffic.

Leonardo Furtado

Career Growth

Mar 6, 2026

•

14 min read

Beyond the Algorithm: Building a Career Platform That Doesn’t Depend on LinkedIn

How to use social media—LinkedIn included—to attract real opportunities, without turning yourself into Darth Vader, LORD.

Leonardo Furtado

Career Growth

Mar 2, 2026

•

17 min read

If You Can’t Explain the Value, You Didn’t Finish the Work

Why mastering technology is only half your job, and how to translate your impact into business language that actually lands.

Leonardo Furtado

Careers at FAANG

Feb 23, 2026

•

18 min read

Leaving Amazon (or Any FAANG)? Here’s What No One Tells You About Life After the Badge

Why everything feels slower, messier, and smaller, and how to turn your FAANG experience into a superpower instead of a personality trait.

Leonardo Furtado

Network Security

Feb 20, 2026

•

20 min read

Trust Me, Bro: The 1980s BGP Trust Model Running the 2026 Internet

Why our tools are strong on paper, weak in deployment, and how operators can change that.

Leonardo Furtado

Load more