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AI Inference Doesn't Need New Data Centers
Training does. Inference can live in buildings we already have.
12 Sep 2026 · 14 min read
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TNO072: Connectivity and Community
Scott Robohn had me on Total Network Operations to trace the path from a Commodore VIC-20 to a dial-up helpdesk in Cleveland to the US Networking User Association, including the day I locked myself out of 34 DSLAMs.
11 Sep 2026 · 3 min read
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Making AI (net)work: Six Fundamentals for a Successful AI-Integrated Network
A talk at a Selector event on why most AI-in-networking projects stall, and six things to get right before you pick a model. Most of them are about people and data, not technology.
24 Aug 2026 · 2 min read
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The Sum, Not Just the Parts: Thinking Holistically About Your Network
Ethan Banks and Drew Conry-Murray had me on Heavy Networking to talk through a blog post of mine, The Network as a Whole. Why one VLAN change can end in Wi-Fi complaints, why certs do not teach design, and why you should break your labs on purpose.
12 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
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Tech Careers Are Built on Relationships, Not Resumes
Recorded in person with Andy Lapteff at Networking Field Day 40. How the USNUA went from fifteen people in a Cleveland restaurant to 33 chapters, and why getting in the room still beats anything you can put on a resume.
6 May 2026 · 3 min read
NFD
Lightyear @ NFD40: Buying Bandwidth Shouldn't Suck
Every network engineer doing this work for any length of time has a telecom procurement horror story. The circuit that took six months to install. The carrier that
5 May 2026 · 11 min read