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AI Development

The agentic development factory: AI that works like a team, not a tool

What happens when you stop treating AI as a code autocomplete and start treating it as a team of specialists? I rebuilt my blog to find out.

10 Apr 2026

DevOps

From Ghost to Hugo: How GitHub Copilot Transformed My Blog Migration

A comprehensive look at using AI-powered development tools to seamlessly migrate from Ghost CMS to Hugo static site generator, complete with automated deployment to Azure.

21 Sept 2025

Private Cloud

Primer for Libvirt

A practical quick-start guide to working directly with libvirt and virsh — creating, configuring, and managing VMs without the wrappers.

5 Aug 2024

SDN with OVN and OVS (Lab Build)

The final part of the OVN/OVS series — pulling together the theory into a working three-chassis lab with management and provider networks.

31 Jul 2024

Architecture

SDN using OVN and OVS (Part 5)

OVN and OVS Part 5: east-west and north-south traffic flows, distributed routing, and how OVN handles external connectivity via gateway chassis.

12 Jul 2024

Architecture

SDN using OVN and OVS (Part 4)

OVN and OVS Part 4: configuring OVS bridges, provider networks, and chassis-to-chassis tunnelling — the physical plumbing that makes OVN work.

11 Jul 2024