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Thoughts on AI automation, network engineering, and building systems that run themselves.

I Built a 24/7 AI Assistant That Runs My Business From a Mac Mini

How a single AI assistant manages 28 projects, YouTube channels, trading bots, web services, and Upwork — all from a Mac Mini sitting on my desk.

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I Built an AI Journalist That Embedded With My Life

I gave an AI the brief of an embedded reporter and pointed it at my life. Here's what happens when an algorithm writes your journal for you.

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I shipped an iOS app from my phone while on vacation

A travel-log app went from a text-message idea to a TestFlight build in eight days, most of it while I was away from a desk. The build itself was the easy part. The plumbing that made it possible was the actual work.

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The Other Half of AI-Augmented Development: Knowing What to Kill

AI lets a single developer ship a lot of small tools. Today I spent an afternoon pruning 21 of my own — and learned what makes a project earn its keep.

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I Built an AI Chatbot That Actually Knows Networking

Most AI assistants choke on real networking questions. I built one that doesn't — and embedded it across my free Cisco tools site.

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Stop Sharing Passwords in Your Config Files — Use This Free Sanitizer

A free tool that strips passwords, SNMP strings, and real IPs from Cisco configs before you share them — because we've all seen credentials posted on Reddit.

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Free IOS to NX-OS Translation Tool — Why I Built It and How It Works

A free tool that translates Cisco IOS configurations to NX-OS syntax — built from real-world migration experience across thousands of switches.

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