Notes on things I'm doing.
BUILDING / PRACTICE
How meaningful is it to read code?
On AI-assisted programming, understanding systems by building them, and choosing limits that keep the work meaningful.
Read post →XPECTER / RELEASEXpecter 3.0 Is Here
A workspace rebuilt around sessions, panes, and files, with a first-class text editor and a sharper terminal for real infrastructure work.
Read post →Xpecter: SSH terminal, file browser, and editor in one
Xpecter 3.0 is here. Built for real infrastructure work.
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NETWORKING
Home lab network architecture
Two-tier Cisco/FortiGate topology with VLAN segmentation, DHCP snooping, and Dynamic ARP Inspection across a multi-vendor environment.
MONITORING
Kubernetes-based monitoring stack
A two-node k3s cluster running Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager, extended with SNMP polling for real-time network visibility.
AUTOMATION
Home lab automation with Ansible
Ansible automation across Cisco IOS switches, a FortiGate firewall, and Proxmox hosts, with Vault-secured credentials and a real paramiko auth bug fixed along the way.