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/ai · infrastructure
Where on-prem inference actually beats the API bill
A framework for deciding whether to buy GPUs — utilisation, KV cache maths, the hidden operational cost, and the three cases where the answer is obviously yes.
/networking · bgp
The RPKI and IRR checklist nobody hands you with your first prefix
You received an allocation. Here are the records, filters and tests that decide whether the internet accepts your routes or quietly drops them.
/networking · bgp
Anycast without the hand-waving
What anycast actually gives you, what it costs operationally, and the four failure modes that surprise teams building their first multi-POP edge.
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