Software Developer at Red Hat. Working on OpenShift, Kubernetes, and AI-assisted tools.
When people talk about running AI agents autonomously, the conversation usually centers on sandboxing: what can the agent access, what damage can it do, how do you contain the blast radius. These are important questions. But there’s a deeper problem lurking underneath them.
When you need to analyze thousands of unstructured artifacts (logs, error reports, support tickets) you face a dilemma. Humans are great at understanding individual cases but can’t scale. LLMs can process everything but make mistakes and often lack domain context. The Screener Loop pattern combines both by creating a tight feedback cycle between bulk LLM analysis and targeted human review.
Last weekend and throughout the week, I set out to try as many agentic AI tools as I could. Professionally, I wanted to understand how these tools fit into the software development lifecycle. But I also wanted to survey where the broader “agentic” space really is right now. I tested a bunch: some focused on software development (Ambient Code, Devin, various CLIs), and others that are platforms for…
So, one day you hear about this great new open source project, and visit the company’s web site and download the latest version of their software tofu-wonder.tar.gz, and extract it in your home directory:
In UEFI 2.5, HTTP boot was introduced. This feature allows a UEFI host to network boot using HTTP instead of TFTP. If you enroll a trusted certificate authority on the server, then you can boot securely using HTTPS. This is a vast improvement over older mechanisms that make use of insecure protocols like TFTP.
A few years ago, I finished my B.S. in Computer Science through UMUC, online and while traveling as a Consultant for Red Hat. When I moved back to the US, I knew I wanted to use the remainder of my GI Bill entitlement on a Master’s degree. These days, there’s a lot of options for online programs - for example, Georgia Tech’s online MSCS program. My coworker did a nice write up of his experience so…
Note! In Foreman 1.5, FreeIPA realm join integration is now built-in! Two projects that I'm really loving at the moment are The Foreman and FreeIPA. The Foreman is lifecycle management tool for physical and virtual servers (think Cobbler on PCP), and FreeIPA provides central authentication: directory services, kerberos, policy enforcement, and a PKI infrastructure. Why not glue them together? This…
I’ve just returned from five weeks in Southeast Asia, and I have to say it was one of the best experiences of my life. My time in Asia began with a 10-day Buddhist retreat in the middle of the jungle learning Vipassana. These courses are free of charge; no money is accepted from any new student. Likewise, no teacher or volunteer receives any payment for their services. Previous students have paid…
With only one full day left of vacation visiting my folks in Albuquerque, my brother and I were brainstorming things I hadn’t done before in the “Land of Enchantment.” He mentioned the Carlsbad Caverns, but we crossed it off the list because of the long drive…until I remembered I had seen flights to Carlsbad on the departures board at Albuquerque. After some research, I learned that these flights…