experiment log
I keep building things
on the internet.
Some of them work. Most don't. This is where I write about what I tried, what I learned, and what I'm thinking about next. No names, no revenue screenshots, no hustle.
recent entries
Escaping SolarWinds Without Losing Your Mind
SolarWinds just doubled their prices. Here's a real comparison of what it takes to move to Zabbix or Prometheus at scale.
Your Switches Are Screaming. Nobody's Listening.
Building a real-time AI log analyzer from scratch with a Unix box, a few devices, and zero enterprise software. Here's the actual POC.
The AI Write Tool Factory: 1,000 Pages, Zero Prompts
What if every 'ai write [X]' Google search had its own single-purpose tool page? The keyword data says yes.
Network Monitoring Is a Racket Built on Free Protocols
SolarWinds charges six figures to run SNMP queries you could do from a Raspberry Pi. AI is about to make that business model very uncomfortable.
I Generated 50,000 AI Clipart Images and Gave Them Away for Free. Google Didn't Care.
abandonedBuilt an AI pipeline, mass-generated clipart, manually reviewed every single one, launched a free download site. Six months later, Google still won't index it.