Human Time
Humans cannot live inside perfect time because perfect time has no interior.
Bryan Vest
January 5th, 1986 / 2026
January 5th, 1986 was a Sunday, which already tells you something important.
Modern Expert Systems, Not AI, Are What Most Orgs Actually Need
Though my IT career I have worked everything from SS7 and SIP
BroadWorks XS Logs: Why “Index Everything” Is the Wrong Answer
BroadWorks XS logs are where many call truths live, but they arrive
The Importance of Being Utterly Stupid
Platogoat was sitting on a rock that may or may not have
Why I Am Shifting Content Back Here
I put a lot of words into the world on LinkedIn. Occasionally
Cloud Is Time Share, But So Fast It's Invisible
I just installed the Facebook app on a freshly reinstalled Windows 11
Local AI
There is a strange idea that keeps threading itself through modern tech.
Linux - The Real Foundation
Before there were dashboards, pollers, or clusters, there was Linux. Not the
OpenSearch - The Core of My Tool Belt
When I talk about OpenSearch, I am talking about the part of
My Toolbox
I have spent most of my life surrounded by tools. Physical ones,
The Work Never Ends: This Is The Beginning
What I Do
I build systems that tell the truth. I pull