Engineering Insights
Technical deep dives from the team building VIRP — open source AI trust infrastructure. No marketing fluff — just engineering.
The Day I Caught My AI Lying — And Built a Protocol to Make It Stop
I caught my AI fabricating firewall policies and security alerts. So I built VIRP — a cryptographic trust anchor for AI-managed infrastructure. Now it's open source under Apache 2.0.
I'm Building the System That Replaces Me
After 15 years as a network engineer, I'm building an AI platform that does my job. Not part of it. The whole thing. Here's why it has to be built by one of us.
How We Stopped Our AI From Lying About Network Status
We discovered our AI operations tool was fabricating router status data. Here's how we built an anti-fabrication architecture to guarantee every data point traces to a real source.
Building a Natural Language Interface for Cisco IOS
Translating plain English to Cisco IOS commands sounds simple until you realize how many ways someone can ask to configure OSPF. Here's how we built it.
Why MSPs Need AI Operations — Not Just AI Sales Pitches
The MSP tools market is drowning in AI buzzwords. Here's what AI actually does for infrastructure management versus what vendors promise.