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I work with Kubernetes, Linux, databases and observability. This is where I write about the things I build and what happens when I actually try to use them.
Recent articles
- I had been looking for a personal AI assistant in the wrong places
A request for photographs from my son's baptism turned into an AI-assisted recovery of twenty years of family history.
31 August 2026 - What a second environment found in a shared agent code factory
How a second Kubernetes and GitOps environment exposed hidden assumptions, defects and load limits in a shared agent code factory.
27 August 2026 - What a month of running an agent code factory against a real infrastructure estate taught me
A retrospective on operating a code factory against a real Kubernetes and GitOps estate, including throughput, defects, temporary controls and the limits of autonomous decision-making.
26 August 2026