30+ years building networks. Now helping engineers do it better, faster, and with intent.
Careers at FAANG
Dec 12, 2025
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25 min read
What it really takes to keep complex systems boring, safe, and fast.
Dec 8, 2025
26 min read
A deep dive into the core principles for running critical infrastructure without heroics
Dec 1, 2025
21 min read
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.
Packets & Python
Nov 17, 2025
24 min read
Elevate your network automation development environment by adopting these software-focused cultural practices.
Nov 10, 2025
5 min read
Bring consistency, clarity, and operational safety to your network automation code.
Nov 3, 2025
22 min read
Oct 27, 2025
Treat Python versions, virtual environments, and dependencies as infrastructure: predictable, auditable, and production-safe.
Network Automation
Oct 25, 2025
35 min read
How dependence on network heroes leads to technical debt and operational and business risks
Oct 20, 2025
4 min read
Standardizing runtimes across laptops, jump hosts, and CI environments for reliability and efficiency
Oct 13, 2025
Why package management is the foundation of clean, scalable NetDevOps workflows.
Oct 6, 2025
14 min read
How OOP cuts through the complexity of infrastructure management by treating devices, connections, and services as real-world objects with unique characteristics and actions.
Sep 29, 2025
36 min read
Why OOP solves the mess of sprawling logic, especially in infrastructure where devices, connections, and services have distinct identities and behaviors.
Sep 22, 2025
39 min read
Learn how Python arrays (and their powerful cousins in NumPy) bring structure, speed, and clarity to network engineering workflows.
Sep 19, 2025
7 min read
At hyperscale, speed doesn’t kill. Poor culture does. We unpack how safe rollouts are built through trust, clarity, and muscle memory, not just pipelines and scripts.
Sep 15, 2025
Python lambdas help you write composable, testable, and elegant logic for device filtering, config validation, and more.
Sep 12, 2025
3 min read
Your data plane moves packets. Your control plane moves decisions. If the latter breaks, the former doesn’t matter. This is how we protect the network’s brain.
Architecture and Design
Sep 8, 2025
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.
Sep 5, 2025
Network and platform teams are often divided by priorities, tools, and language but they’re solving the same problem. When you bridge that divide, systems stop breaking quietly.
Sep 1, 2025
Learn how to write clean, reusable functions that turn your automation logic into maintainable building blocks—shifting from repetition into elegant engineering.
Aug 29, 2025
70% utilization doesn’t make you safe. In hyperscale networks, real capacity is what remains standing after failure. Let’s build for the world as it breaks.
Aug 25, 2025
Discover how Python loops eliminate repetitive CLI work, making your automation smarter, safer, and ready for scale, even in complex nested data.
Aug 22, 2025
From blast radius awareness to rollback plans and team trust, network code reviews are how we replace heroics with systems. Here’s how to get it right.
Aug 18, 2025
20 min read
From == to if/elif/else, this guide shows network engineers how to teach Python to think clearly, compare accurately, and act intelligently.
Aug 15, 2025
Routing policy shouldn't live in terminals or tribal memory. This is your blueprint for building versioned, automated, and auditable networks using GitOps.
Aug 11, 2025
10 min read
Learn how each Python data type maps to real-world networking tasks in this guided exercise packed with lessons and logic.
