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The “Translation Layer”: How I Used AI to Kill My Technical Debt

We have a massive problem in network engineering. I call it the “Safety Plateau.”

Feb 21, 2026 · 2 min read · 5 claps #networking #arista #ai

SOC

Your contract says you have two separate paths. Your routing table shows two distinct IS-IS adjacencies formed over independent circuits…

Mar 04, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #backbone #cloud-computing #dwdm

LIF

We love to lie to ourselves about redundancy. We configure BFD. We enable TI-LFA. We type commit. Then we sleep, assuming the network will…

Feb 14, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #networking #bgp #mpls

When I reflect on our transition from MPLS/LDP to MPLS/Segment Routing (SR), the best analogy isn’t technical — it’s culinary. It’s like…

Dec 11, 2025 · 5 min read · 0 claps #mpls #segment-routing #isis

Last month i shared a screenshot of a single switch validation. 12 tests. 1.46 seconds. It was cool but it was a toy example.

Feb 20, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #networking #arista #ai-agent