##### About this site (March, 2026) This is [char.blog](https://char.blog), a collection of thoughts, technical writing, and references. Some polished, most in progress. I'm a technical consultant/senior engineer at a Managed Service Provider and researcher focusing on designing and implementing cloud infrastructure, machine-learning, networking, finops, cybersecurity, and automation. Previously; FDE, Senior Technical Analyst, Software Engineer Right now I'm mostly searching for a new HPC research topic, cycling, and listening to music. If you have a question related to a network I manage or control, please send an email to my email listed on the respective whois contact. If it's a P1 issue or security vulnerability, please include "P1" or "Security" in the subject line. [[Consulting]] / [Email](mailto:[email protected]) ##### Selected Work ⇝ [[Being a High-Leverage Generalist]] ⇝ [[Looking back on my career so far]] ⇝ [[Treading Water In Open Ocean]] ⇝ [[Marginalia]] ##### Recent Notes ⇝ [[Change]] ⇝ [[10 Notes/10 Public/Predicting LAG and ECMP Paths|Predicting LAG and ECMP Paths]] ⇝ [[10 Notes/10 Public/Using AT&T’s Public Route Monitor|Using AT&T’s Public Route Monitor]] ⇝ [[Cognitive Momentum]] ⇝ [[10 Notes/10 Public/PTX VoQ 101|PTX VoQ 101]] ⇝ [[Automate to Think]] ⇝ [[Rabbit Holes]] ⇝ [[Treading Water In Open Ocean]] ⇝ [[Inboxes]] ⇝ [[One month with the reMarkable Paper Pro]] ⇝ [[10 Notes/10 Public/Key-pair Setup|Key-pair Setup]] ⇝ [[10 Notes/10 Public/Reverse Engineering Fortinet's FortiClient Download Protocol|Reverse Engineering Fortinet's FortiClient Download Protocol]] ⇝ [[10 Notes/10 Public/Azure Credit Regeneration|Azure Credit Regeneration]] ⇝ [[The Competitive Paradox]] ⇝ [[Making Support Tickets Work]] ⇝ [[10 Notes/10 Public/NixOS Homelab Mini PC|NixOS Homelab Mini PC]]