Hands-on networking tutorials covering Palo Alto firewall labs (IPSec, BGP, BFD, VRFs, dual ISP) and building a local LLM-powered network automation agent with Netmiko. Readers get step-by-step configuration walkthroughs with design rationale and troubleshooting tips.
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Detailed first-person field notes on running a homelab, covering self-hosted NetBird upgrades and backups, Docker network segmentation, and Home Assistant energy cost modelling. Readers get concrete configurations, scripts, and the reasoning behind each decision.
Technical research newsletter on AI infrastructure hardware, covering photonics, interconnects, memory, power and packaging. It explains device physics and industry developments, including conference coverage, with deeper analysis behind a paywall.
A hands-on technical blog series about porting OpenWrt to the AT&T BGW320-500 fibre gateway, covering Ethernet offload, tri-band Wi-Fi bring-up and the 10G XGS-PON SFP+ cage. Readers get detailed, step-by-step reverse engineering notes on Broadcom drivers, module load order and PON protocols.
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