Tools

Automation & Tools · 3 min read

Nobody's Born Fluent in Binary

2026.07.23

192.168.10.37/26. Network, mask, broadcast, first host, last host, usable count. No calculator, no cheat sheet. If you rattled all six off without breaking stride, you got your reps in somewhere.

Automation & Tools · 10 min read

Building the Tools I Wished I Had

2026.03.17

Every network engineer has that moment. You’re troubleshooting something, you reach for the tool that should exist, and it either doesn’t or it was last updated when Obama was in office.

Everything Else · 5 min read

My Toolbag

2011.06.17

Following the current popular topic of “Whats in your toolbag?” ala Stretch and Fryguy. I’ve decided (after some persuading) to detail the contents of my own bag.