Series

Git explained for people who manage configs, not codebases. From your first commit to rebasing like you mean it.

The BGP path-manipulation toolkit. Communities, AS-path filtering, and multipath load balancing, the way you actually use them.

Regular expressions from the ground up, then put to work matching and filtering on Cisco IOS.

Just enough Vim to stop fighting the one editor that's always already on the box.

Live coverage from Networking Field Day 40. Vendor pitches, AI-era networking, and what actually held up to scrutiny.

Two days at CHI-NOG 13 in Chicago. Hands-on RPKI, Nokia AI fabric labs, IPv6, and the operator talks worth showing up for.

Delegate notes from Networking Field Day 15. Network analytics, NSX, and the vendors worth a second look.

Notes from Networking Field Day 13. Formal verification, network visibility, and tap-the-planet ambitions.

Delegate coverage from Networking Field Day 2. Vendor presentations and takeaways from an earlier Tech Field Day.

Nexus 7000s, the 1000V, MDS Fibre Channel, and the FEX love/hate era. Seven posts from when unified fabric was the future, 2011-2012.

Eleven quick wins from the IOS command line. Aliases, ACL tricks, EEM, packet capture, and the habits that make the CLI feel like home.