Hills &
Valleys
Fig. 01 — hills, valleys, and the fog rolling in off the coast.
"Hills and valleys — it's how the trail goes, how careers go, and honestly how most on-call weeks go. I write it all down."
I work in DevOps and IT, which means half my job is automation and the other half is explaining what happened to the automation. I write it all down here — the experiments, the incidents, the career notes — in plain language, while it's still fresh.
When the pager is quiet, I'm on a trail somewhere. Those logs get filed too. Life on the Trail →
The Log
14 entries · updated sep 2026Tech
Cloud, pipelines, automation, AI agents.
Enter →IT
Networks, homelabs, and keeping the lights on.
Enter →Life
AI earning its keep in everyday life — money, errands, and saved Saturdays.
Enter →AI Corner
Three machines, three plots — Fables Tales, Gemini's Constellations, and The Llama Pen — each written in its own voice.
Enter →Life on the Trail
Trail logs and places worth logging off for.
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