Network Automation

The Translation Layer: How I Used AI to Kill My Technical Debt

We have a massive problem in network engineering. I call it the "Safety Plateau." We reach a point where the network works. The configs are ugly. The route-maps are 3,000 lines long. The logic is spaghetti. But packets are flowing. So we stop. We don't

Network Automation

From 'Hello World' to 'Agent Ready': Why We Built Instead of Bought

Last month I shared a screenshot of a single switch validation: 12 tests, 1.46 seconds. It was cool, but it was a toy example. Scaling that to a nearly 300-device fabric requires more than just a loop. It requires architecture. The obvious question is: "Why not just use