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  • March 10, 2026

    Building an Internal Cloud Platform from Scratch at Scale

    What it actually takes to design a cloud platform for a major financial institution โ€” the architecture decisions, the trade-offs, and the automation that holds it together.

    Cloud Architecture Automation
  • March 5, 2026

    NSX-v to NSX-T Migration: The Playbook Nobody Gives You

    Having led this migration at enterprise scale, here's the real playbook โ€” including the gotchas that aren't in VMware's documentation.

    NSX VMware Networking Migration
  • February 26, 2026

    The Case for Keeping Hyper-V in a Multi-Hypervisor Strategy

    Everyone's talking about VMware alternatives after the Broadcom acquisition. But Hyper-V has quietly become a very solid option for certain workloads.

    Hyper-V VMware Strategy Virtualization
  • February 18, 2026

    Why I Stopped Using vCenter Alarms and Built My Own Monitoring

    vCenter's built-in alerting is fine until it isn't. Here's how I replaced it with a lightweight stack that actually tells me what matters.

    VMware Monitoring Automation PowerShell
  • February 10, 2026

    Why I'm Writing About Infrastructure

    After 20+ years building and running enterprise IT, I'm finally putting the lessons down in writing. Here's what to expect.

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