How to Use AI Agents Without Losing Control
AI agents are the new shiny, and vendors want you to believe they'll run your infrastructure while you sip coffee. They won't. Not yet, and probably…
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Practical notes on AI, automation, content sites, and the machinery behind the work.
Where AI Agents Work (And Where They Need a Leash)
I've been running AI agents in production for about three years now. Not because I'm an early adopter—I hate being an early adopter—but because clients kept…
Practical AI Workflow for Turning Ideas into Finished Work
You’ve got an idea. Maybe it’s a new automation script, a blog post about network monitoring, or a side project to track server uptime. You open…
AI Workflow Examples That Actually Work in IT Ops (2026)
Let’s cut through the noise: AI isn’t replacing your job. But it is changing how you do it. If you’re a sysadmin, SRE, or infrastructure engineer…
Practical AI Workflow for Turning Ideas into Finished Work
You’ve got an idea. Maybe it’s a new automation script, a draft post, or a refactor for your monitoring stack. You open the AI tool. Type…
What AI Agents Are Good For—And Where They Still Need a Leash
You’ve seen the demos: AI agents that debug prod, write Terraform, and auto-respond to PagerDuty alerts while you sip coffee. Let’s cut through the noise. In…
Practical AI Workflow for Turning Ideas Into Finished Work
You’ve got an idea. Maybe it’s a new automation script, a section of documentation, a post for your site, or a tiny tool to glue two…
How I Turn Messy Notes into Finished Work with AI (2026)
You’ve got a notebook, a text file, maybe a few voice memos—all half-formed ideas, half-remembered meeting notes, and frantic TODOs scribbled during a panic sprint. You…
Practical AI Workflow for Turning Ideas into Finished Work
You’ve got an idea. Maybe it’s a script to auto-rotate logs on a legacy server, a new section for your content site, or a dashboard that…
AI Agents: What They Actually Do Well (And Where They’ll Still Mess Up)
I've been running AI agents in production since 2026, and I'm tired of hearing they're going to replace sysadmins. They won't. But they will replace a…