Enterprise infrastructure projects: monitoring, networking, logging, security architecture, and cost analysis.
I built an API-first architecture exposing 305 tools across NetBox, Proxmox, UniFi, pfSense, and more — enabling unified infrastructure management through 7 custom integration servers. Here's how an API-first approach changed the way I operate a network.
I designed an enterprise-grade Network Access Control system for a 56-device lab environment with five security zones, automated device approval, and default-deny enforcement using pfSense, NetBox, and Ansible.
I built a NetBox-to-Naemon automation pipeline that monitors 65 hosts with zero manual configuration. When a device is updated in the inventory, monitoring reconfigures itself in 5-10 seconds — infrastructure as code in practice.
I deployed Grafana Loki for centralized logging instead of Splunk, saving $15K–$50K annually. A balanced comparison of cost, capability, and the real-world trade-offs that determine when each tool is the right choice.
How I deployed enterprise-grade centralized logging across 13 hosts in 48 hours using Loki, Grafana, and Ansible — replacing a solution that would cost $5,000+ annually with commercial alternatives.
I replaced $75K–$109K in commercial IT infrastructure software with an open-source stack costing $240/year. Here's the real cost comparison, what's not included, and when each approach makes sense for an enterprise environment.
How I negotiated $200K in free infrastructure and cut telecom costs 65% while increasing bandwidth 5x.
I designed a $1.4M Wi-Fi plan that was rejected. 3 years later, they built it exactly as I wrote it.
When a vendor shipped devices with duplicate MAC addresses mid-project, we built a software fix in 48 hours.
I didn't know I needed DCIM until I found NetBox. Now it's the foundation of everything else.