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Bryan Vest

Take Back Your Data: Build Intelligence, Don’t Rent It

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

The Fourth Dimension of Data

Most people look at a dashboard and see a collection of panels.

Why Your Adtran TA Won’t Route * Codes to DNIS (And How to Fix It)

Why Your Adtran TA Won’t Route * Codes to DNIS (And How to Fix It)

Intro: Ever tried to make a * code like *98 route through DNIS

Noise, Memory, and the Language of Networks

Noise, Memory, and the Language of Networks

On LinkedIn my posts may be long, but I try to keep

When a Aromatherapy Diffuser Decides To Be The Network

When a Aromatherapy Diffuser Decides To Be The Network

Earlier this week, I was working a support case for a rural

Recovering the Metrics Stack After Quick Shutdown

Recovering the Metrics Stack After Quick Shutdown

Last night we had a power drop, and this morning, when bringing

Checking Files with Bash 101

Back in the day, I’d have preferred writing any of this

Bash To The Rescue: Quick SSH Selector for CodexMCP Stack

Right now, as I do a lot of active dev on CodexMCP,

Cleaning UP Zombie Docker Containers

Cleaning UP Zombie Docker Containers

I brought my test stack back online this morning after a power

Do you nohup?

When I’m testing a new build of the Kea DHCP server

Taming the CMS Flood: A Log Enrichment Pipeline Rebuild for Calix ONTs

Taming the CMS Flood: A Log Enrichment Pipeline Rebuild for Calix ONTs

In the field, ONTs don’t lie—they scream, especially when thousands

CodexMCP Future Ideas: cgnat-core-1

CodexMCP Future Ideas: cgnat-core-1

As the CodexMCP ecosystem continues to evolve, one of the planned future