Thoughts on networking, automation, and IT
Datacenter networking changes in a leaf-spine fabric are rarely “just a switch config push.” The blast radius includes routing symmetry, ECMP behavior, MTU consistency, and Kubernetes node-to-node paths that your CNI ass
Read More →Provisioning **bgp** for ISP customers sounds repetitive until it isn’t: every customer wants slightly different routing policy, addressing, SLAs, security posture, and turn-up timeline. At 100+ customers, “copy/paste an
Read More →Adding Kubernetes egress (NAT, egress gateway, or pod-routed prefixes) into an ISP network can unintentionally perturb **bgp** behavior: routes start flapping, attributes change across updates, and traffic oscillates bet
Read More →Automating BGP prefix-lists from **netbox** turns “tribal knowledge + spreadsheets” into a controlled, auditable workflow. In datacenters, prefix-lists are effectively policy: what can be advertised, what can be accepted
Read More →Automating an EVPN‑VXLAN fabric for **kubernetes** is less about “pushing config” and more about enforcing repeatable decisions: MTU, underlay routing, VXLAN replication mode, VRF/VLAN mapping, and how services (LoadBala
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