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On joining a new org, finding the cracks in the foundation, and the pull to paint over them instead of fixing them.

Even good engineering instincts are just opinions without data. On why teams struggle to justify decisions — and what to do about it.

Most tooling models either the automated parts of a process or the manual parts. The insight that changed how I think about this: they are all just nodes in the same graph.

What happens when an application engineer with a CI/CD background joins a networking org? A lot of humbling, some familiar patterns, and a growing respect for a different kind of workflow.

A decade of building, a leap into unfamiliar territory, and the unexpected turn that tested everything. This is the messy middle — documented honestly.