Bryan Vest

Building the Core

Technical Overview of the ISP Testbed Network Architecture The testbed is structured

The Last Generation To See The World As It Was, As It Is, and As It Will Be

The river moves slowly at the bend, where the banks have deepened

The Madness Of The Hunt

There’s a moment in every deep-dive—somewhere between the INVITE and

TCP/IP Explained in a Old West Story

The plains stretched out, dust rising under the noonday sun as a

Introducing CodexMCP: The Way Operations Data Should Be

Where It All Began With over 20 years of experience in rural

Thales: The GPT That Knows That It Knows Nothing

There’s a line I’ve come to appreciate in my role

The Ashes of Progress (Fiction)

The collapse did not come all at once, though people would say

LOGG Stack Name Pivot

Names are a funny thing. They start simple, born out of a

Your Web Host is Blocking You - and Why a Static IP is a Bad Idea

Too often lately, I’ve seen small businesses—and sometimes even residential

Netflix: A Lesson in Live Streaming Accountability

Watching the Tyson-Paul fight streaming experience unfold wasn’t all bad — in

When Your WiFi Extender Hijacks The Network: The Rogue Router Problem

With over 20 years in IT, I’ve seen the good, the

The Transport NOC: What Would Happen If The Watchmen Walk Away

The internet is a digital behemoth, a vast expanse of connections, data,