Modern Expert Systems, Not AI, Are What Most Orgs Actually Need
Though my IT career I have worked everything from SS7 and SIP
Bryan Vest
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
Take Back Your Data: Build Intelligence, Don’t Rent It
Once your metrics, logs, and telemetry live in a vendor’s cloud, the balance of power shifts. You stop being the operator and become the consumer of your own infrastructure. You end up renting insight from the very systems you built.
The Fourth Dimension of Data
Most people look at a dashboard and see a collection of panels.