• The Journey Begins … Part 2

    The Journey Begins … Part 2

    Here’s the thing nobody tells you about the grass on the other side of the fence. It really is greener. Lush, gorgeous, the whole deal … and it’s that color for a reason. There’s a septic tank under that dirt.

  • Capability with oversight: the only kind of autonomy worth building

    Capability with oversight: the only kind of autonomy worth building

    The interesting question isn’t whether an agent can act. It’s whether the system can explain the action, bound the risk, and recover when reality disagrees.

  • Memory that survives the chat

    Memory that survives the chat

    Daily notes, curated memory, and retrieval are turning one-off conversations into a durable operating record.

  • Bounded automation in the real world

    Bounded automation in the real world

    What an automated desk, office controls, and a stubborn acceptance gate taught me about shipping physical-world workflows.

  • Holy Deep Dives Batman!!!

    Holy Deep Dives Batman!!!

    Those that know me, know that when I deep dive into anything I come out on the other side considered the Subject Matter Expert on that topic. It’s what I do. My boss just returned from a leadership summit with a laundry list of things that I should start focusing on. The biggest takeaway is…

  • The Great Escape …

    The Great Escape …

    How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure.” Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo Well, I have hinted at this change for some time now and the time has come to officially make my announcement. To truly understand the impact this change has on my life you need to…

  • Using Terraform to Deploy Templates to VMs in Proxmox

    Using Terraform to Deploy Templates to VMs in Proxmox

    In this post I am going to provide the code necessary and instructions to deploy multiple VMs into a single Proxmox node in your cluster. You can copy and paste the code into your own new files or you can clone my Git repository here. Make sure that you edit the files to match your…

  • Proxmox VM Templating

    Proxmox VM Templating

    In this post I cover how I tackled the automation for creating customized VM templates into my Proxmox VE 7.2 environment. These concepts can be used for any KVM installation and not just Proxmox. Additionally, you are not required to have an enterprise license or repositories. I would like to give credit where credit is…

  • The Journey Begins

    The Journey Begins

    “There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.” André Gide, Autumn Leaves For several years I have contemplated making changes to my career for various reasons that many can relate to. In early 2019 I started investigating avenues that I could take that would help fix my…