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2025 Evolution Episode 1: Feishu Bitable Automation for Network Operations
2025 · Python & Automation

2025 Evolution Episode 1: Feishu Bitable Automation for Network Operations

This course uses Huawei network-device automation as a hands-on scenario and shows how Feishu Bitable and the Feishu Open Platform SDK can connect de…

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2024 Evolution Episode 1: Terraform Data Sources and Import Resources
2024 · Python & Automation

2024 Evolution Episode 1: Terraform Data Sources and Import Resources

This episode explains how Terraform works with existing infrastructure by contrasting read-only data sources with importing resources into state for …

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2023 Evolution Episode 1: Rapid Data Apps with Streamlit
2023 · Python & Automation

2023 Evolution Episode 1: Rapid Data Apps with Streamlit

This episode shows how Streamlit turns Python data scripts into shareable web applications without front-end development. It covers setup, execution,…

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2022 Evolution Episode 1: CloudFormation Syntax and Resource Orchestration
2022 · Cloud & Containers

2022 Evolution Episode 1: CloudFormation Syntax and Resource Orchestration

This episode explains AWS CloudFormation template syntax and intrinsic functions, especially Ref and GetAtt, together with parameters, mappings, outp…

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2026 Evolution Episode 1: Google A2UI: Safe Interactive Interfaces Generated by Agents
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 1: Google A2UI: Safe Interactive Interfaces Generated by Agents

This episode introduces Google A2UI, where agents produce declarative JSON interface descriptions instead of executable HTML or JavaScript. It covers…

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2021 Evolution Episode 1: Monitoring Huawei Devices with InfluxDB and Grafana
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 1: Monitoring Huawei Devices with InfluxDB and Grafana

This episode builds a telemetry pipeline for Huawei devices, from metric collection and normalization to InfluxDB storage and Grafana dashboards. It …

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2020 Evolution Episode 1: AWS Lambda Serverless Computing and API Gateway
2020 · Cloud & Containers

2020 Evolution Episode 1: AWS Lambda Serverless Computing and API Gateway

This episode explains AWS Lambda event-driven, pay-per-invocation computing and builds a serverless API with API Gateway. It covers runtimes, permiss…

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2019 Evolution Episode 1: Practical Uses of Loopback Interfaces
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 1: Practical Uses of Loopback Interfaces

This episode explores stable loopback identities in routing, VPNs, NAT, self-traffic monitoring, and virtual-machine bridging, using practical design…

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2018 Evolution Episode 1: Matplotlib Line Charts
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 1: Matplotlib Line Charts

Starting with line charts, this episode covers time series, utilization data, annotations, multiple lines, subplots, bar charts, pie charts, and web …

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2025 Evolution Episode 2: Istio Service Mesh Hands-on
2025 · Cloud & Containers

2025 Evolution Episode 2: Istio Service Mesh Hands-on

This course follows an Istio 1.24.2 dual-cluster service-mesh implementation from architecture and dual-cluster installation through connectivity val…

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2024 Evolution Episode 2: TimeGPT Time-Series Forecasting Model
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 2: TimeGPT Time-Series Forecasting Model

This episode introduces Nixtla TimeGPT for time-series forecasting, covering API tokens, data format, forecast calls, horizons, and visualization. It…

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2023 Evolution Episode 2: Python Microservices with gRPC
2023 · Python & Automation

2023 Evolution Episode 2: Python Microservices with gRPC

This two-part episode explains gRPC fundamentals, Protocol Buffers, service definitions, and client/server calls, then implements two communicating P…

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2022 Evolution Episode 2: AWS S3 Access Points in Practice
2022 · Cloud & Containers

2022 Evolution Episode 2: AWS S3 Access Points in Practice

This episode addresses complex S3 bucket and IAM policies with S3 Access Points and their independent endpoints and policies. Network origins, princi…

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2026 Evolution Episode 2: LangChain Deep Agents and Agent Skills
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 2: LangChain Deep Agents and Agent Skills

This episode explains Agent Skills in the context of LangChain Deep Agents. It packages domain instructions, metadata, scripts, and templates as reus…

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2021 Evolution Episode 2: Network Automation with Python Nornir
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 2: Network Automation with Python Nornir

This episode introduces Nornir inventories, tasks, runners, connection plugins, and result objects, then uses Python to collect data and configure mu…

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2020 Evolution Episode 2: Deploying Applications with AWS Elastic Beanstalk
2020 · Cloud & Containers

2020 Evolution Episode 2: Deploying Applications with AWS Elastic Beanstalk

This episode deploys a Python Flask application with Elastic Beanstalk, covering EC2, load balancing, autoscaling, application versions, environment …

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2019 Evolution Episode 2: Python LDAP3 and Datetime
2019 · Python & Automation

2019 Evolution Episode 2: Python LDAP3 and Datetime

This episode uses ldap3 for directory queries and updates and Python datetime for time zones, parsing, and formatting in identity and operations auto…

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2018 Evolution Episode 2: Practical Data Analysis with Pandas
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 2: Practical Data Analysis with Pandas

A practical workflow for reading, cleaning, filtering, aggregating, and exporting tabular data with Pandas, establishing a reusable foundation for ne…

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2025 Evolution Episode 3: AI Models and Providers for NetDevOps
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 3: AI Models and Providers for NetDevOps

This episode evaluates AIHubMix, Alibaba Cloud Bailian, and SiliconFlow through practical NetDevOps tasks. It covers API integration, basic text gene…

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2024 Evolution Episode 3: AI Networking with RoCEv2 and Cisco Configuration
2024 · Reading Notes

2024 Evolution Episode 3: AI Networking with RoCEv2 and Cisco Configuration

This two-part episode explains RoCEv2 in AI clusters, including training traffic, low latency, lossless Ethernet, PFC, and ECN, then translates those…

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2023 Evolution Episode 3: Data Presentation with Plotly Dash
2023 · Python & Automation

2023 Evolution Episode 3: Data Presentation with Plotly Dash

This episode builds an interactive data-visualization application with Plotly Dash, covering application structure, components, callbacks, charts, an…

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2022 Evolution Episode 3: vSphere Automation with PyVmomi
2022 · Cloud & Containers

2022 Evolution Episode 3: vSphere Automation with PyVmomi

This episode automates VMware vSphere with PyVmomi, covering vCenter connections, VM inventory, port groups, NIC state, and snapshots. It also handle…

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2026 Evolution Episode 3: OpenClaw for Automated Operations
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 3: OpenClaw for Automated Operations

This episode builds an executable operations agent with OpenClaw. It connects task understanding, tool use, skill loading, and execution feedback int…

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2021 Evolution Episode 3: Monitoring Huawei Devices with Prometheus and Grafana
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 3: Monitoring Huawei Devices with Prometheus and Grafana

This episode uses SNMP Exporter to expose Huawei device metrics to Prometheus and Grafana. It covers MIBs and OIDs, exporter configuration, scrape ta…

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2020 Evolution Episode 3: AWS Systems Manager and EBS Snapshots
2020 · Cloud & Containers

2020 Evolution Episode 3: AWS Systems Manager and EBS Snapshots

This episode uses AWS Systems Manager for instance management and remote commands, then covers incremental EBS snapshots and recovery. It connects pe…

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2019 Evolution Episode 3: Cisco Firepower FMC API
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 3: Cisco Firepower FMC API

This episode automates Cisco FMC through REST authentication, object and policy queries, pagination, JSON processing, and API Explorer workflows. …

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2018 Evolution Episode 3: VyOS Open-Source Virtual Router
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 3: VyOS Open-Source Virtual Router

This episode introduces VyOS installation and core interface and routing configuration in a virtual lab, explaining its role in automation and cloud …

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2025 Evolution Episode 4: Smolagents: Letting AI Write Code to Complete Tasks
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 4: Smolagents: Letting AI Write Code to Complete Tasks

This episode introduces Hugging Face Smolagents and its code-agent approach. Learners see how an agent decomposes a goal, writes and executes code, c…

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2024 Evolution Episode 4: Cisco Global Networking Trends Report
2024 · Cisco & Other Networking

2024 Evolution Episode 4: Cisco Global Networking Trends Report

This two-part episode interprets Cisco's Global Networking Trends report across cloud, security, observability, automation, and digital experience, c…

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2023 Evolution Episode 4: Operations Automation with Robot Framework
2023 · Python & Automation

2023 Evolution Episode 4: Operations Automation with Robot Framework

This episode introduces Robot Framework's keyword-driven automation, including standard libraries, test structure, execution, and reports. Network an…

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2022 Evolution Episode 4: AWS ECS Blue-Green Delivery with CodePipeline
2022 · Cloud & Containers

2022 Evolution Episode 4: AWS ECS Blue-Green Delivery with CodePipeline

This episode builds CI/CD from ECR to ECS and compares rolling updates with blue-green deployment. Code changes, image builds, task definitions, traf…

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2026 Evolution Episode 4: Infrastructure as Code with OpenTofu
2026 · Python & Automation

2026 Evolution Episode 4: Infrastructure as Code with OpenTofu

This episode introduces OpenTofu through providers, resources, state, and declarative configuration. It demonstrates initialization, planning, creati…

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2021 Evolution Episode 4: SASE Cloud-Native Security Architecture
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 4: SASE Cloud-Native Security Architecture

This episode explains Secure Access Service Edge through SD-WAN, secure web gateways, CASB, ZTNA, and firewall as a service. It maps identity, device…

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2020 Evolution Episode 4: Cisco IoT IOx and Fog Director
2020 · Cisco & Other Networking

2020 Evolution Episode 4: Cisco IoT IOx and Fog Director

This episode runs edge applications on Cisco IOx and manages their lifecycle with Fog Director. It covers packaging, resource and network mappings, i…

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2019 Evolution Episode 4: Free SSL Certificates and Deployment
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 4: Free SSL Certificates and Deployment

This episode requests and deploys a free SSL certificate, covering domain validation, private keys, chains of trust, HTTPS configuration, redirects, …

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2018 Evolution Episode 4: Merlin Firmware for Home Routers
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 4: Merlin Firmware for Home Routers

This episode explores Merlin firmware installation, enhanced services, plugins, and practical home-network use cases, including compatibility and ope…

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2025 Evolution Episode 5: OpenBMP for BGP Monitoring and Control
2025 · Python & Automation

2025 Evolution Episode 5: OpenBMP for BGP Monitoring and Control

This episode builds BGP observability with OpenBMP. It explains the BMP protocol, collectors, messaging architecture, and centralized visibility into…

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2024 Evolution Episode 5: Building Your Own Custom GPT
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 5: Building Your Own Custom GPT

This episode builds a task-specific custom GPT through instruction design, knowledge files, capabilities, conversation starters, and iterative testin…

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2023 Evolution Episode 5: Embedding Plotly Dash in Django
2023 · Python & Automation

2023 Evolution Episode 5: Embedding Plotly Dash in Django

This episode embeds Plotly Dash inside Django so routing, templates, and authentication can coexist with interactive Dash charts. It covers django-pl…

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2022 Evolution Episode 5: AWS Federation with SAML 2.0 and ADFS
2022 · Cloud & Containers

2022 Evolution Episode 5: AWS Federation with SAML 2.0 and ADFS

This two-part episode explains SAML 2.0 federation across identity providers, service providers, assertions, claims, and role mappings. An ADFS-to-AW…

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2026 Evolution Episode 5: Advanced Cursor: Skills, SubAgents, Commands, and Hooks
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 5: Advanced Cursor: Skills, SubAgents, Commands, and Hooks

This episode maps the roles of Skills, subagents, commands, and hooks in Cursor. It shows how to package repeatable work, delegate bounded tasks, tri…

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2021 Evolution Episode 5: SVTI Site-to-Site VPN with Cisco FTD and ASA
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 5: SVTI Site-to-Site VPN with Cisco FTD and ASA

This episode compares route-based VPN implementations on Cisco FTD and ASA using Static Virtual Tunnel Interfaces. It covers IKE and IPsec parameters…

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2020 Evolution Episode 5: Accelerating Django with Redis Caching
2020 · Python & Automation

2020 Evolution Episode 5: Accelerating Django with Redis Caching

This episode integrates Redis with Django, covering cache backends, keys, expiration, page and query caching, performance testing, invalidation, cons…

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2019 Evolution Episode 5: SPAN, RSPAN, and ERSPAN Traffic Mirroring
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 5: SPAN, RSPAN, and ERSPAN Traffic Mirroring

This episode compares local SPAN, RSPAN, and GRE-based ERSPAN, covering sources, destinations, direction, encapsulation, packet validation, and desig…

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2018 Evolution Episode 5: Learning Python and SDN with Cisco DevNet
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 5: Learning Python and SDN with Cisco DevNet

A guided tour of Cisco DevNet learning labs, sandboxes, documentation, Python, APIs, and SDN, with a practical path from study to hands-on validation…

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2025 Evolution Episode 6: RAGFlow: An Open-Source RAG Knowledge Framework
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 6: RAGFlow: An Open-Source RAG Knowledge Framework

This episode walks through RAGFlow from deployment to application: account and model configuration, API keys, knowledge-base creation, document inges…

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2024 Evolution Episode 6: RADIUS Protocol and AAA Server Policies
2024 · Cisco & Other Networking

2024 Evolution Episode 6: RADIUS Protocol and AAA Server Policies

This four-part episode covers RADIUS and AAA fundamentals, AVPs and authenticators, NAS integration, authentication database choices, authorization r…

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2023 Evolution Episode 6: XDR Reading Series: Extended Detection and Response
2023 · Reading Notes

2023 Evolution Episode 6: XDR Reading Series: Extended Detection and Response

This six-chapter reading series explains Extended Detection and Response, its scope, and its value in security operations. It covers multi-source tel…

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2022 Evolution Episode 6: Securing AWS API Gateway
2022 · Cloud & Containers

2022 Evolution Episode 6: Securing AWS API Gateway

This five-part episode compares API keys, IAM, Cognito, Google OAuth 2.0, and Lambda authorizers for API Gateway. Starting with Lambda-backed APIs, i…

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2026 Evolution Episode 6: Installing SONiC on NVIDIA Switches
2026 · Cisco & Other Networking

2026 Evolution Episode 6: Installing SONiC on NVIDIA Switches

This episode installs and initializes SONiC on an NVIDIA switch. It covers device and image preparation, the ONIE installation flow, boot validation,…

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2021 Evolution Episode 6: Wi-Fi 6 Opportunistic Wireless Encryption
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 6: Wi-Fi 6 Opportunistic Wireless Encryption

This episode explains Opportunistic Wireless Encryption in Wi-Fi 6, providing per-user encryption on open networks without a shared password. Theory …

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2020 Evolution Episode 6: AWS CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline
2020 · Cloud & Containers

2020 Evolution Episode 6: AWS CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline

This episode builds an AWS-native delivery pipeline with CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline, covering repositories, artifacts, stages, IAM role…

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2019 Evolution Episode 6: Linux Python Development Environment
2019 · Python & Automation

2019 Evolution Episode 6: Linux Python Development Environment

This episode prepares a Linux Python environment with dependencies, package or source installation, virtual environments, pip mirrors, packet librari…

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2018 Evolution Episode 6: Burp Suite for Web Security
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 6: Burp Suite for Web Security

This episode covers Burp Suite proxying, interception, replay, scanning, and HTTP request analysis, emphasizing evidence-driven web security testing.…

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2025 Evolution Episode 7: Keycloak IAM and Cloudflare ZTNA in Practice
2025 · Cloud & Containers

2025 Evolution Episode 7: Keycloak IAM and Cloudflare ZTNA in Practice

This episode covers Keycloak realms, users, roles, clients, and single sign-on, then integrates the self-hosted identity provider with Cloudflare Zer…

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2024 Evolution Episode 7: Aruba REST API Network Automation
2024 · Cisco & Other Networking

2024 Evolution Episode 7: Aruba REST API Network Automation

This episode automates Aruba through REST API authentication, sessions and tokens, resource URLs, JSON requests and responses, and Python-based confi…

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2023 Evolution Episode 7: Cisco ISE 3 New Features in Practice
2023 · Cisco & Other Networking

2023 Evolution Episode 7: Cisco ISE 3 New Features in Practice

This three-part episode covers Cisco ISE 3.x cloud-first, visibility, and API features; infrastructure as code with Terraform; and Azure AD identity …

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2022 Evolution Episode 7: DingTalk Bots and Directory Automation
2022 · Python & Automation

2022 Evolution Episode 7: DingTalk Bots and Directory Automation

This three-part episode builds a DingTalk automation service, implements bot replies and broadcasts, and manages the enterprise directory through API…

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2026 Evolution Episode 7: SONiC CLI and EVPN-VXLAN Configuration
2026 · Cisco & Other Networking

2026 Evolution Episode 7: SONiC CLI and EVPN-VXLAN Configuration

This episode configures SONiC on NVIDIA switches through the CLI, covering interfaces, VLANs, Layer 3 adjacencies, BGP EVPN, VXLAN objects, and valid…

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2021 Evolution Episode 7: Deploying a Browser Proxy with Cisco App Hosting
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 7: Deploying a Browser Proxy with Cisco App Hosting

This episode deploys a containerized browser proxy in Cisco IOS XE App Hosting. It covers Guest Shell, application packages, virtual ports, networkin…

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2020 Evolution Episode 7: Access Control in Routed Networks
2020 · Cisco & Other Networking

2020 Evolution Episode 7: Access Control in Routed Networks

This episode goes beyond basic ACL syntax to examine standard, extended, reflexive, dynamic, and time-based controls across routed control and data p…

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2019 Evolution Episode 7: Cisco pxGrid Security Context Sharing
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 7: Cisco pxGrid Security Context Sharing

This episode explains Cisco pxGrid session, identity, device, and security-context sharing through node registration, certificates, topic subscriptio…

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2018 Evolution Episode 7: Numerical Computing with NumPy
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 7: Numerical Computing with NumPy

This episode covers NumPy arrays, vectorized computation, indexing, slicing, and statistics for efficient scientific and network-data processing. …

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2025 Evolution Episode 8: Building AI Agents with the OpenAI Agents SDK
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 8: Building AI Agents with the OpenAI Agents SDK

This episode introduces the OpenAI Agents SDK through agents, tools, handoffs, context, and the run loop. It demonstrates combining model reasoning w…

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2024 Evolution Episode 8: AWS Bedrock Managed Generative AI
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 8: AWS Bedrock Managed Generative AI

This episode introduces AWS Bedrock's managed foundation-model platform and unified APIs across Claude, Llama, and Mistral. It covers permissions, mo…

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2023 Evolution Episode 8: AWS Security Fundamentals and IAM
2023 · Cloud & Containers

2023 Evolution Episode 8: AWS Security Fundamentals and IAM

This two-chapter episode establishes AWS cloud-security fundamentals through the shared-responsibility model and core security services, then explore…

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2022 Evolution Episode 8: Flask Sessions on a Redis Cluster
2022 · Python & Automation

2022 Evolution Episode 8: Flask Sessions on a Redis Cluster

This episode builds a Redis cluster and moves Flask sessions from local memory to shared storage for multi-instance applications. Containerized Redis…

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2026 Evolution Episode 8: NVIDIA SuperPOD B200 and GB200 NVL72 Reference Architectures
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 8: NVIDIA SuperPOD B200 and GB200 NVL72 Reference Architectures

This five-part episode analyzes NVIDIA SuperPOD reference architectures for B200 and GB200 NVL72. It covers the system overview, key compute and inte…

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2021 Evolution Episode 8: Cisco 2021 Global Networking Trends
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 8: Cisco 2021 Global Networking Trends

This episode interprets Cisco's 2021 Global Networking Trends report, examining network as a service, automation, observability, security, and busine…

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2020 Evolution Episode 8: AWS ACSA Reading: Cloud Computing and EC2
2020 · Reading Notes

2020 Evolution Episode 8: AWS ACSA Reading: Cloud Computing and EC2

This AWS certification reading episode covers the shared-responsibility model, regions and availability zones, EC2 instances, images, storage, networ…

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2019 Evolution Episode 8: PostgreSQL and MongoDB with Python
2019 · Python & Automation

2019 Evolution Episode 8: PostgreSQL and MongoDB with Python

This episode uses Python with PostgreSQL and MongoDB for connections and CRUD operations, comparing relational and document data models for network d…

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2018 Evolution Episode 8: IBM AppScan Web Security Scanning
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 8: IBM AppScan Web Security Scanning

This episode demonstrates AppScan crawling, scan policies, vulnerability identification, reporting, and manual validation to reduce false positives. …

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2025 Evolution Episode 9: MCP: A Universal Tool Protocol for the AI Era
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 9: MCP: A Universal Tool Protocol for the AI Era

This episode explains the Model Context Protocol host-client-server architecture and its JSON-RPC 2.0 resources, tools, and prompts. It compares stdi…

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2024 Evolution Episode 9: Aruba IAP Cluster, Mesh and Controller Operations
2024 · Cisco & Other Networking

2024 Evolution Episode 9: Aruba IAP Cluster, Mesh and Controller Operations

This three-part episode covers Aruba Instant AP clustering, master/member behavior, Mesh backhaul, and physical-controller upgrades and downgrades, w…

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2023 Evolution Episode 9: Private GPT Knowledge Bases with Qdrant
2023 · Artificial Intelligence

2023 Evolution Episode 9: Private GPT Knowledge Bases with Qdrant

This episode converts private documents into embeddings stored in Qdrant and retrieves relevant context for GPT. It covers text chunking, embeddings,…

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2022 Evolution Episode 9: Building a Flask API Server with Swagger
2022 · Python & Automation

2022 Evolution Episode 9: Building a Flask API Server with Swagger

This episode describes APIs with Swagger/OpenAPI and generates a Flask server across paths, parameters, response models, and interactive documentatio…

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2026 Evolution Episode 9: Building a Q&A Bot with Hermes Agent and DingTalk CLI
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 9: Building a Q&A Bot with Hermes Agent and DingTalk CLI

This two-part episode builds a question-answering bot with Hermes Agent and the DingTalk CLI. It covers agent and model configuration, tools and skil…

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2021 Evolution Episode 9: Rapid ElastiFlow Deployment and NetFlow Analysis
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 9: Rapid ElastiFlow Deployment and NetFlow Analysis

This episode deploys ElastiFlow to ingest, index, and visualize NetFlow and IPFIX records. It covers flow fields, exporter configuration, the Elastic…

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2020 Evolution Episode 9: AWS ACSA Reading: S3, Glacier, and VPC
2020 · Reading Notes

2020 Evolution Episode 9: AWS ACSA Reading: S3, Glacier, and VPC

This episode covers S3 object storage, Glacier archives, lifecycle policies, and VPC networking through subnets, routing, gateways, and security cont…

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2019 Evolution Episode 9: Django ORM Database Fundamentals
2019 · Python & Automation

2019 Evolution Episode 9: Django ORM Database Fundamentals

This episode covers Django ORM models, migrations, CRUD, filtering, fields, QuerySets, and foreign-key relationships. Total recording duration: 1 …

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2018 Evolution Episode 9: Network Automation with Ansible
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 9: Network Automation with Ansible

This episode uses Ansible inventory, YAML, playbooks, and network modules for repeatable state collection, configuration deployment, and validation. …

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2025 Evolution Episode 10: Introduction to AI Infrastructure: Networking and Hardware
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 10: Introduction to AI Infrastructure: Networking and Hardware

This three-part episode examines the bandwidth, latency, nonblocking-fabric, and congestion-control demands of AI/ML workloads; introduces specialize…

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2024 Evolution Episode 10: Cisco AI Readiness Index and AIOps
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 10: Cisco AI Readiness Index and AIOps

This episode interprets Cisco's AI Readiness Index across strategy, infrastructure, data, talent, and governance, then connects those findings to AIO…

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2023 Evolution Episode 10: Podman Fundamentals
2023 · Cloud & Containers

2023 Evolution Episode 10: Podman Fundamentals

This episode introduces Red Hat's Podman and contrasts its daemonless, rootless architecture with Docker. Images, containers, networking, and common …

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2022 Evolution Episode 10: Why Software Load Balancers Matter
2022 · Cisco & Other Networking

2022 Evolution Episode 10: Why Software Load Balancers Matter

This episode explains software load balancers through scalability, cost, automation, and cloud-native delivery. Layer 4 and Layer 7 forwarding, healt…

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2026 Evolution Episode 10: Accelerating LLM Inference with NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 10: Accelerating LLM Inference with NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM

This episode accelerates large-language-model inference with NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM. It covers model conversion, precision and quantization choices, opt…

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2021 Evolution Episode 10: Secrets Management with Vault and Nornir
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 10: Secrets Management with Vault and Nornir

This episode uses HashiCorp Vault to store network automation credentials and lets Nornir retrieve secrets at runtime. It covers authentication, poli…

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2020 Evolution Episode 10: AWS ACSA Reading: Databases and IAM
2020 · Reading Notes

2020 Evolution Episode 10: AWS ACSA Reading: Databases and IAM

This episode compares AWS database services such as RDS and DynamoDB and explains IAM users, groups, roles, policies, least privilege, authentication…

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2019 Evolution Episode 10: Firepower Device Manager Configuration
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 10: Firepower Device Manager Configuration

This episode initializes Cisco Firepower Device Manager and configures interfaces, routing, objects, access control, NAT, deployment, and traffic val…

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2018 Evolution Episode 10: Wireshark Packet Analysis
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 10: Wireshark Packet Analysis

A systematic guide to capture interfaces, capture and display filters, protocol fields, stream following, and packet-based troubleshooting. Total …

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2025 Evolution Episode 11: Infrahub: A Source of Truth for Infrastructure as Code
2025 · Python & Automation

2025 Evolution Episode 11: Infrahub: A Source of Truth for Infrastructure as Code

This episode shows how Infrahub uses a graph data model to manage infrastructure objects, relationships, schemas, branches, and changes. It connects …

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2024 Evolution Episode 11: FreeRADIUS Quick Hands-On Lab
2024 · Cisco & Other Networking

2024 Evolution Episode 11: FreeRADIUS Quick Hands-On Lab

This episode builds a working FreeRADIUS service with client definitions, user and authentication databases, policies, debug logs, and network-device…

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2023 Evolution Episode 11: Yigeyun SASE and ZTNA Solution
2023 · Cisco & Other Networking

2023 Evolution Episode 11: Yigeyun SASE and ZTNA Solution

This episode demonstrates Yigeyun SASE from identity onboarding, clients, internal DNS, and application publishing to watermarking, acceleration, IT …

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2022 Evolution Episode 11: Layer 4 Load Balancing with LVS
2022 · Cisco & Other Networking

2022 Evolution Episode 11: Layer 4 Load Balancing with LVS

This two-part episode explains Linux Virtual Server and compares NAT and Direct Routing across packet paths, address translation, and return traffic.…

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2026 Evolution Episode 11: NVIDIA NIM AI Inference Microservices
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 11: NVIDIA NIM AI Inference Microservices

This episode introduces NVIDIA NIM (NVIDIA Inference Microservices), which packages language, vision, and speech models as standardized deployable in…

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2021 Evolution Episode 11: WPA3 Wireless Security: Theory and Testing
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 11: WPA3 Wireless Security: Theory and Testing

This episode explains WPA3-Personal, SAE, protected management frames, and transition mode, comparing them with WPA2 authentication and key exchange.…

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2020 Evolution Episode 11: AWS ACSA Reading: Audit, Monitoring, Config, DNS, and CDN
2020 · Reading Notes

2020 Evolution Episode 11: AWS ACSA Reading: Audit, Monitoring, Config, DNS, and CDN

This episode connects CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS Config, Route 53, and CloudFront for auditing, metrics and alarms, configuration compliance, DNS ro…

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2019 Evolution Episode 11: Why Network Engineers Need Python
2019 · Python & Automation

2019 Evolution Episode 11: Why Network Engineers Need Python

This episode explains why network engineers need Python for text processing, device access, parsing, APIs, reporting, and batch operations, with a pr…

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2018 Evolution Episode 11: Cisco Umbrella and OpenDNS
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 11: Cisco Umbrella and OpenDNS

This episode explains DNS-layer security, domain categorization, threat blocking, roaming clients, policy design, deployment, and validation with Cis…

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2025 Evolution Episode 12: Knowledge-Augmented Generation and MCP Wrapping with KAG
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 12: Knowledge-Augmented Generation and MCP Wrapping with KAG

This episode explores KAG knowledge modeling and retrieval augmentation through containerized deployment, reverse proxy and TLS, model and knowledge-…

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2024 Evolution Episode 12: Llama 3 and ChatOllama Local LLM Lab
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 12: Llama 3 and ChatOllama Local LLM Lab

This episode runs Llama 3 with Ollama and integrates it through LangChain ChatOllama, covering model download, service startup, parameters, streaming…

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2023 Evolution Episode 12: PyScript: Running Python in the Browser
2023 · Python & Automation

2023 Evolution Episode 12: PyScript: Running Python in the Browser

This episode explains how PyScript uses WebAssembly and Pyodide to run Python directly in the browser. It covers page embedding, package and custom-m…

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2022 Evolution Episode 12: Cisco AnyConnect with Azure SAML
2022 · Cisco & Other Networking

2022 Evolution Episode 12: Cisco AnyConnect with Azure SAML

This episode configures Azure AD Connect for directory synchronization and then federates Cisco AnyConnect VPN with Azure SAML. ASA/FTD settings, ent…

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2026 Evolution Episode 12: Network Metrics with gNMIc, Prometheus, and Grafana
2026 · Python & Automation

2026 Evolution Episode 12: Network Metrics with gNMIc, Prometheus, and Grafana

This episode builds a gNMI-based network telemetry pipeline. gNMIc subscribes to device metrics, Prometheus stores and queries the time-series data, …

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2021 Evolution Episode 12: Zero Trust Security Reading Series
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2021 Evolution Episode 12: Zero Trust Security Reading Series

This reading series covers identity, devices, segmentation, policy enforcement, and continuous verification in Zero Trust Security. It explains the s…

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2020 Evolution Episode 12: Huawei Images and Automation in EVE-NG
2020 · Cisco & Other Networking

2020 Evolution Episode 12: Huawei Images and Automation in EVE-NG

This episode imports Huawei images into EVE-NG, builds a lab topology, and wraps device connectivity, commands, and configuration in Python automatio…

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2019 Evolution Episode 12: Cisco Security Report Review
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 12: Cisco Security Report Review

This episode interprets Cisco security-report findings on privacy, threats, attacks, and defense trends and applies them to enterprise architecture a…

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2018 Evolution Episode 12: Monitoring Cisco Devices with Zabbix
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 12: Monitoring Cisco Devices with Zabbix

This episode integrates Cisco devices with Zabbix using SNMP, templates, OIDs, items, triggers, graphs, alerts, and data validation. Total recordi…

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2025 Evolution Episode 13: Google A2A for Multi-Agent Collaboration
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 13: Google A2A for Multi-Agent Collaboration

This episode explains Agent2Agent agent cards, capability discovery, task and message models, long-running jobs, and cross-framework interoperability…

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2024 Evolution Episode 13: Structured Information Extraction with LangChain
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 13: Structured Information Extraction with LangChain

This episode uses LangChain to extract structured data from network logs and other unstructured text through schemas, field descriptions, constrained…

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2023 Evolution Episode 13: AI Tools for Data, Slides, Video, and Images
2023 · Artificial Intelligence

2023 Evolution Episode 13: AI Tools for Data, Slides, Video, and Images

This four-part episode reviews AI tools for data analysis with Noteable, slide creation with Gamma, video translation with Rask, and image generation…

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2022 Evolution Episode 13: Deploying VMware ALB (Avi) on AWS
2022 · Cisco & Other Networking

2022 Evolution Episode 13: Deploying VMware ALB (Avi) on AWS

This episode deploys VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi) on AWS, beginning with image import, IAM roles, and networking before configuring contro…

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2026 Evolution Episode 13: AI Log Insights with Drain3 and LogAI
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 13: AI Log Insights with Drain3 and LogAI

This episode combines Drain3 online log-template mining with LogAI analytics to turn large volumes of unstructured logs into stable templates and com…

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2021 Evolution Episode 13: SD-WAN Architecture and Selection Reading Series
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2021 Evolution Episode 13: SD-WAN Architecture and Selection Reading Series

This reading series covers SD-WAN definitions, architecture, deployment, business benefits, future trends, and product selection. It compares control…

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2020 Evolution Episode 13: Image Recognition APIs with Python
2020 · Artificial Intelligence

2020 Evolution Episode 13: Image Recognition APIs with Python

This episode calls cloud image-recognition APIs from Python, covering credentials, tokens, request encoding, image upload, JSON parsing, reusable wra…

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2019 Evolution Episode 13: Cisco ISE APIs and Syslog
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 13: Cisco ISE APIs and Syslog

This episode uses Cisco ISE APIs and Syslog for identities, endpoints, policies, events, authentication, parsing, and automated security integration.…

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2018 Evolution Episode 13: Cisco ISE 2.3 BYOD
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 13: Cisco ISE 2.3 BYOD

This episode walks through Cisco ISE 2.3 BYOD onboarding, certificates, identity, authorization, self-service registration, and policy validation. …

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2025 Evolution Episode 14: Multimodal Image RAG Knowledge Retrieval
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 14: Multimodal Image RAG Knowledge Retrieval

This episode develops a multimodal RAG approach for images and text, focusing on Cohere Embed 4's unified embedding space, long context, Matryoshka d…

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2024 Evolution Episode 14: AnythingLLM Local Knowledge Bases and Multi-Agent Support
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 14: AnythingLLM Local Knowledge Bases and Multi-Agent Support

This episode deploys AnythingLLM with local knowledge bases, document ingestion, vector retrieval, model selection, workspace isolation, and multi-ag…

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2023 Evolution Episode 14: How AI Changes Infrastructure Technology
2023 · Artificial Intelligence

2023 Evolution Episode 14: How AI Changes Infrastructure Technology

This episode discusses how AI changes networking, systems, and infrastructure roles through technical assistance, configuration automation, and new s…

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2022 Evolution Episode 14: FastAPI Development and Apifox Testing
2022 · Python & Automation

2022 Evolution Episode 14: FastAPI Development and Apifox Testing

This episode builds typed Python APIs with FastAPI across routes, parameters, Pydantic models, and OpenAPI. The API is then imported into Apifox for …

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2026 Evolution Episode 14: NetClaw: An Agent System for Network Operations
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 14: NetClaw: An Agent System for Network Operations

This episode presents NetClaw as a network-operations agent that combines language models, network knowledge, tools, and controlled execution. It cov…

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2021 Evolution Episode 14: Cisco Umbrella DNS Cloud Security
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 14: Cisco Umbrella DNS Cloud Security

This episode explains Cisco Umbrella DNS-layer security, cloud proxying, and threat intelligence. It covers policies, identities, roaming clients, lo…

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2020 Evolution Episode 14: AWS VPC Peering in Practice
2020 · Cloud & Containers

2020 Evolution Episode 14: AWS VPC Peering in Practice

This episode configures AWS VPC peering, routing tables, security groups, DNS resolution, and bidirectional validation, including non-transitive rout…

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2019 Evolution Episode 14: Elasticsearch APIs for Network Analytics
2019 · Python & Automation

2019 Evolution Episode 14: Elasticsearch APIs for Network Analytics

This episode uses Elasticsearch APIs for indexes, mappings, ingestion, Query DSL, aggregation, and analysis of network flow and log data. Total re…

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2018 Evolution Episode 14: Bitcoin and Blockchain Fundamentals
2018 · Others

2018 Evolution Episode 14: Bitcoin and Blockchain Fundamentals

This episode explains Bitcoin through hashing, blocks, proof of work, distributed consensus, wallets, transactions, and security boundaries. Total…

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2025 Evolution Episode 15: Building Agents with Google ADK
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 15: Building Agents with Google ADK

This episode introduces Google Agent Development Kit concepts including agents, tools, sessions, runners, and multi-agent composition. Python example…

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2024 Evolution Episode 15: Cisco Model-Driven Telemetry White Paper and Lab
2024 · Python & Automation

2024 Evolution Episode 15: Cisco Model-Driven Telemetry White Paper and Lab

This episode interprets Cisco model-driven telemetry across NETCONF, RESTCONF, gNMI, gRPC, and gNOI, including dial-in and dial-out modes. Companion …

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2023 Evolution Episode 15: ZTNA vs. VPN
2023 · Cisco & Other Networking

2023 Evolution Episode 15: ZTNA vs. VPN

This episode compares ZTNA and traditional VPNs through access models, trust boundaries, and attack surfaces. Identity, context, policies, and trust …

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2022 Evolution Episode 15: A Private Helm Repository with GitLab
2022 · Cloud & Containers

2022 Evolution Episode 15: A Private Helm Repository with GitLab

This episode uses GitLab Package Registry as a private Helm repository and automates chart packaging and publication through GitLab Runner pipelines.…

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2026 Evolution Episode 15: Human-in-the-Loop AIOps for an IaC CI/CD Pipeline
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 15: Human-in-the-Loop AIOps for an IaC CI/CD Pipeline

This episode combines AI agents, Terraform infrastructure as code, and CI/CD into a human-in-the-loop change pipeline. It follows the process from re…

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2021 Evolution Episode 15: Cisco YANG Suite in Practice
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 15: Cisco YANG Suite in Practice

This episode uses Cisco YANG Suite to explore YANG models, build NETCONF and RESTCONF requests, and validate device responses. It covers models, path…

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2020 Evolution Episode 15: Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation
2020 · Cloud & Containers

2020 Evolution Episode 15: Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation

This episode covers CloudFormation templates, parameters, resources, outputs, dependencies, stack lifecycle, change sets, rollback, reusable snippets…

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2019 Evolution Episode 15: Docker Fundamentals
2019 · Cloud & Containers

2019 Evolution Episode 15: Docker Fundamentals

This episode introduces Docker images, containers, registries, volumes, networking, installation, builds, runtime, persistence, isolation, and applic…

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2018 Evolution Episode 15: 2018 Security Report: Attack and Defense Trends
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 15: 2018 Security Report: Attack and Defense Trends

This episode interprets 2018 security-report evidence on attack patterns, threat evolution, defensive priorities, enterprise risk, and security opera…

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2025 Evolution Episode 16: Observability with gNMI Metrics and Loki Logs
2025 · Python & Automation

2025 Evolution Episode 16: Observability with gNMI Metrics and Loki Logs

This episode combines network telemetry and logs in one observability workflow: gNMI streams device metrics, Loki stores logs efficiently through lab…

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2024 Evolution Episode 16: AI Fundamentals for Network Engineers
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 16: AI Fundamentals for Network Engineers

This two-part episode builds an AI foundation for network engineers across machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, and learning paradigms, th…

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2023 Evolution Episode 16: VPN, SASE, and SSE Compared
2023 · Cisco & Other Networking

2023 Evolution Episode 16: VPN, SASE, and SSE Compared

This episode starts with traditional VPN limitations in cloud and SaaS environments, then compares SASE and SSE architectures and service boundaries.…

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2022 Evolution Episode 16: Helm Package Management for Kubernetes
2022 · Cloud & Containers

2022 Evolution Episode 16: Helm Package Management for Kubernetes

This three-part episode introduces Kubeapps, Helm fundamentals, and templating. Charts, repositories, releases, commands, values, variables, conditio…

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2026 Evolution Episode 16: GPU-CUDA Acceleration for Malicious DNS Detection
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 16: GPU-CUDA Acceleration for Malicious DNS Detection

This episode accelerates PCAP and DNS analysis with GPU-CUDA. It covers parsing, feature preparation, batched parallel computation, and result aggreg…

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2021 Evolution Episode 16: Cisco IOS XE gRPC Model-Driven Telemetry
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 16: Cisco IOS XE gRPC Model-Driven Telemetry

This episode focuses on Cisco IOS XE gRPC Model-Driven Telemetry. It explains the differences between gRPC telemetry and traditional SNMP polling, in…

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2020 Evolution Episode 16: Log and Flow Analytics with Splunk
2020 · Python & Automation

2020 Evolution Episode 16: Log and Flow Analytics with Splunk

This episode installs Splunk and configures inputs, indexes, searches, dashboards, SPL queries, field extraction, alerts, and apps for network logs a…

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2019 Evolution Episode 16: IOS XE Guest Shell and Python Scripting
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 16: IOS XE Guest Shell and Python Scripting

This episode runs Python in the IOS XE Guest Shell, uses CLI modules, and triggers event-driven automation with EEM, covering environment, permission…

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2018 Evolution Episode 16: Cisco Smart Install Security
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 16: Cisco Smart Install Security

This episode explains Cisco Smart Install operation and exposure, then demonstrates detection, mitigation, access restriction, and validation. Tot…

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2025 Evolution Episode 17: Check Point Maestro and ElasticXL
2025 · Cisco & Other Networking

2025 Evolution Episode 17: Check Point Maestro and ElasticXL

This episode explains Check Point Maestro hyperscale architecture, including orchestrators, security groups, uplinks and downlinks, active-active ope…

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2024 Evolution Episode 17: Neo4j Graph Databases for Networking
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 17: Neo4j Graph Databases for Networking

This episode covers Neo4j nodes, relationships, properties, and Cypher for network topology, paths, and device modeling, then connects graph database…

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2023 Evolution Episode 17: Function Calling with the GPT API
2023 · Artificial Intelligence

2023 Evolution Episode 17: Function Calling with the GPT API

This episode explains GPT function calling: declaring external tools with structured schemas, letting the model select tools and arguments, executing…

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2022 Evolution Episode 17: Cisco Firepower and ISE PIC Integration
2022 · Cisco & Other Networking

2022 Evolution Episode 17: Cisco Firepower and ISE PIC Integration

This episode integrates Cisco Firepower Management Center, ISE Passive Identity Connector, and Active Directory to map users to network sessions. Ide…

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2026 Evolution Episode 17: Supabase and AI for an Intelligent AIOps Platform
2026 · Artificial Intelligence

2026 Evolution Episode 17: Supabase and AI for an Intelligent AIOps Platform

This episode uses Supabase PostgreSQL, authentication, storage, realtime features, and APIs as the backend of an AIOps platform, then connects AI ana…

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2021 Evolution Episode 17: Data Visualization with Python pyChart.JS
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 17: Data Visualization with Python pyChart.JS

This episode uses pyChart.JS to generate Chart.js data and web charts from Python. It covers data structures, chart types, labels, frontend-backend t…

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2020 Evolution Episode 17: Image Processing with Python Pillow
2020 · Python & Automation

2020 Evolution Episode 17: Image Processing with Python Pillow

This episode uses Pillow for loading, cropping, resizing, rotating, filtering, drawing text, format conversion, color modes, and batch image-processi…

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2019 Evolution Episode 17: Cisco C9800 Wireless Controller
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 17: Cisco C9800 Wireless Controller

This episode introduces Cisco C9800 IOS XE wireless architecture, deployment, initialization, policy tags, AAA, 802.1X WLANs, and client validation. …

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2018 Evolution Episode 17: Practical vSphere Operations
2018 · Cloud & Containers

2018 Evolution Episode 17: Practical vSphere Operations

This episode covers practical vSphere operations across virtual machines, networking, storage, and troubleshooting, with attention to dependencies an…

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2025 Evolution Episode 18: Cisco MCP Wrappers: Connecting Traditional Networks to AI
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 18: Cisco MCP Wrappers: Connecting Traditional Networks to AI

This episode wraps Cisco Catalyst Center and Meraki management APIs as MCP tools so agents can query devices, inspect state, and invoke controlled op…

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2024 Evolution Episode 18: Long-Term Memory for LLMs with Mem0
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 18: Long-Term Memory for LLMs with Mem0

This episode explains Mem0's user, session, and agent memory layers, including fact and preference extraction, hybrid vector/key-value/graph storage,…

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2023 Evolution Episode 18: The Network Engineer in an Everything-as-Code Era
2023 · Others

2023 Evolution Episode 18: The Network Engineer in an Everything-as-Code Era

This episode reflects on network-engineering skills as virtualization, containers, cloud networking, and infrastructure as code reshape the field. It…

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2022 Evolution Episode 18: NetDevOps 2022 and Network CI/CD
2022 · Python & Automation

2022 Evolution Episode 18: NetDevOps 2022 and Network CI/CD

This episode builds a network CI/CD pipeline with CML, GitLab, PyATS, RESTCONF, and automation scripts. Versioned topologies and configurations, test…

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2026 Evolution Episode 18: NetVerify: Proving Network Changes with Batfish
2026 · Python & Automation

2026 Evolution Episode 18: NetVerify: Proving Network Changes with Batfish

This episode uses Batfish to build a NetVerify change-validation workflow. It parses configurations, models multi-hop BGP topology, checks routes, re…

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2021 Evolution Episode 18: Model-Driven Programmability Reading Series
2021 · Reading Notes

2021 Evolution Episode 18: Model-Driven Programmability Reading Series

This episode studies model-driven network programmability through YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF, and gRPC. It connects data models, encoding and transport …

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2020 Evolution Episode 18: Infrastructure Automation with Terraform Cloud
2020 · Python & Automation

2020 Evolution Episode 18: Infrastructure Automation with Terraform Cloud

This episode covers Terraform configuration, providers, state, variables, and Terraform Cloud workspaces, remote state, runs, collaboration, review, …

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2019 Evolution Episode 18: Python Automation with Cisco ASA API
2019 · Python & Automation

2019 Evolution Episode 18: Python Automation with Cisco ASA API

This episode automates Cisco ASA REST APIs with Python for authentication, objects, policies, batching, error handling, idempotency, and safe validat…

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2018 Evolution Episode 18: Web Crawling with Python
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 18: Web Crawling with Python

This episode builds a Python crawler covering requests, HTML parsing, extraction, persistence, headers, encoding, exceptions, and basic anti-bot cons…

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2025 Evolution Episode 19: Tailscale Cloud-Native Networking and Secure Access
2025 · Cisco & Other Networking

2025 Evolution Episode 19: Tailscale Cloud-Native Networking and Secure Access

This episode explains Tailscale through WireGuard, its control plane, node identity, Tailnets, ACLs, key management, subnet routers, and exit nodes. …

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2024 Evolution Episode 19: eBPF: The Swiss Army Knife of the Linux Kernel
2024 · Cisco & Other Networking

2024 Evolution Episode 19: eBPF: The Swiss Army Knife of the Linux Kernel

This episode explains how eBPF safely extends Linux without modifying kernel source or traditional modules, covering hooks, kprobes/uprobes, verifica…

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2023 Evolution Episode 19: Intelligent Network Queries with GPT Function Calling
2023 · Artificial Intelligence

2023 Evolution Episode 19: Intelligent Network Queries with GPT Function Calling

This episode combines GPT function calling with network data sources such as NetBox so natural-language questions invoke deterministic query function…

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2022 Evolution Episode 19: Network Automation with NetBox and Nornir
2022 · Python & Automation

2022 Evolution Episode 19: Network Automation with NetBox and Nornir

This episode uses NetBox as a network source of truth and dynamically builds Nornir inventory from it. Device, interface, and address modeling feed a…

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2021 Evolution Episode 19: Cisco Modeling Labs and API Automation
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 19: Cisco Modeling Labs and API Automation

This episode introduces Cisco Modeling Labs topology, nodes, images, and lifecycle management, then extends GUI operations with APIs and cmlutils. It…

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2020 Evolution Episode 19: Cisco PSIRT openVuln API
2020 · Cisco & Other Networking

2020 Evolution Episode 19: Cisco PSIRT openVuln API

This episode uses Cisco PSIRT openVuln APIs to query advisories by product, version, date, and severity, covering OAuth, REST requests, JSON parsing,…

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2019 Evolution Episode 19: Troubleshooting Routed Networks
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 19: Troubleshooting Routed Networks

This episode builds an evidence-based routing troubleshooting method using ICMP, TCP resets, asymmetric reachability, route lookups, logging, and deb…

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2018 Evolution Episode 19: vSphere 6.5 REST API
2018 · Cloud & Containers

2018 Evolution Episode 19: vSphere 6.5 REST API

This episode uses the vSphere 6.5 REST API for authentication, resource discovery, VM creation, configuration updates, identifiers, requests, and res…

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2025 Evolution Episode 20: ServiceNow API and Webhook in Practice
2025 · Python & Automation

2025 Evolution Episode 20: ServiceNow API and Webhook in Practice

This episode covers ServiceNow automation integration through REST authentication, table queries and record creation, Incident operations, and webhoo…

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2024 Evolution Episode 20: Comparing Leading SD-WAN Platforms
2024 · Cisco & Other Networking

2024 Evolution Episode 20: Comparing Leading SD-WAN Platforms

This episode compares VMware VeloCloud, Cisco Viptela, Aruba EdgeConnect, and Fortinet SD-WAN across architecture, controllers, onboarding, policy mo…

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2023 Evolution Episode 20: Speech Recognition with Python
2023 · Artificial Intelligence

2023 Evolution Episode 20: Speech Recognition with Python

This episode uses Python for speech recognition, covering audio input, speech-to-text conversion, and programmatic invocation. Companion code integra…

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2022 Evolution Episode 20: Python ORM with SQLAlchemy
2022 · Python & Automation

2022 Evolution Episode 20: Python ORM with SQLAlchemy

This episode uses SQLAlchemy to map database tables, rows, and fields to Python classes, objects, and attributes. SQLite persistence, models, session…

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2021 Evolution Episode 20: Network Test Automation with pyATS
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 20: Network Test Automation with pyATS

This episode introduces pyATS and Genie through installation, testbeds, device connections, state learning, command parsing, test cases, assertions, …

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2020 Evolution Episode 20: Cisco AnyConnect Multi-Factor Authentication
2020 · Cisco & Other Networking

2020 Evolution Episode 20: Cisco AnyConnect Multi-Factor Authentication

This episode integrates Cisco AnyConnect VPN with multi-factor authentication, covering RADIUS or SAML, identity sources, policies, login flow, clien…

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2019 Evolution Episode 20: IBNS 2.0 and New-Style 802.1X
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 20: IBNS 2.0 and New-Style 802.1X

This episode explains Cisco IBNS 2.0 policy maps, events, classes, service templates, migration from legacy 802.1X, authentication, authorization, an…

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2018 Evolution Episode 20: Python and MongoDB
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 20: Python and MongoDB

This episode introduces MongoDB documents, collections, queries, installation, and Python CRUD workflows for operations data. Total recording dura…

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2025 Evolution Episode 21: Vector and LogJetStream for High-Performance Log Pipelines
2025 · Python & Automation

2025 Evolution Episode 21: Vector and LogJetStream for High-Performance Log Pipelines

This episode designs a high-throughput logging pipeline for collection, distribution, storage, sampling, filtering, and deduplication with Vector and…

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2024 Evolution Episode 21: Llama Stack Unified AI Development Platform
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 21: Llama Stack Unified AI Development Platform

This episode introduces Meta Llama Stack's standard APIs for inference, safety, memory, agents, evaluation, post-training, synthetic data, and provid…

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2023 Evolution Episode 21: Network Automation with NAPALM
2023 · Python & Automation

2023 Evolution Episode 21: Network Automation with NAPALM

This episode introduces NAPALM's vendor-neutral network automation through drivers, connection parameters, getters, configuration loading, diffs, com…

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2022 Evolution Episode 21: Cisco Configuration Synchronization with NetBox
2022 · Python & Automation

2022 Evolution Episode 21: Cisco Configuration Synchronization with NetBox

This two-part episode drives Cisco configuration from NetBox: first synchronizing Nexus, then feeding Cisco NSO service configuration. Direct device …

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2021 Evolution Episode 21: Hands-On NetDevOps CI/CD
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 21: Hands-On NetDevOps CI/CD

This episode connects Git, GitLab Runner, automation scripts, and network devices in a NetDevOps CI/CD pipeline. It demonstrates automated checks, te…

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2020 Evolution Episode 21: Time-Series Data with InfluxDB and Python
2020 · Python & Automation

2020 Evolution Episode 21: Time-Series Data with InfluxDB and Python

This episode uses Python to write, query, and manage InfluxDB time-series data, covering measurements, tags, fields, timestamps, batching, and monito…

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2019 Evolution Episode 21: Switch ACLs: RACL, VACL, and PACL
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 21: Switch ACLs: RACL, VACL, and PACL

This episode compares routed, VLAN, and port ACLs on switches, covering placement, direction, matching, hardware forwarding, and traffic-path validat…

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2018 Evolution Episode 21: PyCharm Fundamentals and Remote Debugging
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 21: PyCharm Fundamentals and Remote Debugging

This episode covers PyCharm installation, projects, interpreters, plugins, editing, version control, and local development with remote debugging. …

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2025 Evolution Episode 22: AIOps with PyATS, PSIRT, ServiceNow and MCP
2025 · Python & Automation

2025 Evolution Episode 22: AIOps with PyATS, PSIRT, ServiceNow and MCP

This episode builds a closed-loop network AIOps workflow: MCP invokes PyATS to collect device data, vendor PSIRT intelligence supports AI-generated v…

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2024 Evolution Episode 22: Semantic Chunking for RAG
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 22: Semantic Chunking for RAG

This episode compares fixed-size, recursive, document-specific, and semantic chunking, using sentence embeddings and breakpoints to preserve meaning …

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2023 Evolution Episode 22: LangChain and AI Application Orchestration
2023 · Artificial Intelligence

2023 Evolution Episode 22: LangChain and AI Application Orchestration

This episode introduces LangChain's models, prompts, chains, tools, and agents, connecting them with Zapier, GPT-4 plugins, and workflow platforms. I…

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2022 Evolution Episode 22: Configuration Automation with SaltStack
2022 · Python & Automation

2022 Evolution Episode 22: Configuration Automation with SaltStack

This three-part episode covers SaltStack master/minion architecture, installation, authentication, network automation, and state management. An NGINX…

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2021 Evolution Episode 22: Comparing ntc-templates and pyATS Parsing
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 22: Comparing ntc-templates and pyATS Parsing

This episode compares TextFSM and ntc-templates with pyATS Genie parsers for structured CLI output. It evaluates templates, fields, platform coverage…

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2020 Evolution Episode 22: Django 3 ASGI and WebSockets
2020 · Python & Automation

2020 Evolution Episode 22: Django 3 ASGI and WebSockets

This episode adds realtime bidirectional communication to Django 3 with ASGI and WebSockets, covering async servers, routing, connection lifecycle, f…

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2019 Evolution Episode 22: SQLAlchemy, Alembic, and NETCONF Automation
2019 · Python & Automation

2019 Evolution Episode 22: SQLAlchemy, Alembic, and NETCONF Automation

This episode combines SQLAlchemy models, Alembic migrations, filtering, and NETCONF for database-driven interface and OSPF configuration plus CPU mon…

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2018 Evolution Episode 22: Django and Bootstrap Development Environment
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 22: Django and Bootstrap Development Environment

This episode builds a Django and Bootstrap environment covering project structure, URLs, views, templates, static files, and end-to-end page renderin…

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2025 Evolution Episode 23: Running an Open-Source Network Automation Stack on Kubernetes
2025 · Python & Automation

2025 Evolution Episode 23: Running an Open-Source Network Automation Stack on Kubernetes

This episode deploys a complete network automation stack on Kubernetes: NetBox for assets; Filebeat, Kafka, Vector, Elasticsearch, and Kibana for log…

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2024 Evolution Episode 23: Nutanix Community Edition Hyperconverged Lab
2024 · Cloud & Containers

2024 Evolution Episode 23: Nutanix Community Edition Hyperconverged Lab

This episode installs Nutanix Community Edition, initializes Prism, and creates VMs while covering nodes, clusters, AHV, storage pools, and networkin…

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2023 Evolution Episode 23: Automated Network Configuration Backups to Git
2023 · Python & Automation

2023 Evolution Episode 23: Automated Network Configuration Backups to Git

This episode builds an automated configuration-backup pipeline from device inventory and collection to file storage and Git commits. Version history …

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2022 Evolution Episode 23: AWS Client VPN Federation with Okta
2022 · Cloud & Containers

2022 Evolution Episode 23: AWS Client VPN Federation with Okta

This episode federates AWS Client VPN with Okta through SAML, covering test tenants, enterprise applications, metadata, client VPN endpoints, and aut…

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2021 Evolution Episode 23: Python and EEM on Cisco IOS XE
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 23: Python and EEM on Cisco IOS XE

This episode runs Python in the IOS XE Guest Shell and uses Embedded Event Manager to trigger scripts from device events. It covers IOx, the CLI Pyth…

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2020 Evolution Episode 23: PostgreSQL Read Replicas and Django Database Routing
2020 · Python & Automation

2020 Evolution Episode 23: PostgreSQL Read Replicas and Django Database Routing

This episode builds PostgreSQL read replicas and uses Django database routers to separate reads and writes, covering replication, connections, routin…

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2019 Evolution Episode 23: Cisco 2020 Global Networking Trends
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 23: Cisco 2020 Global Networking Trends

This episode reviews Cisco 2020 trends in automation, AI assurance, multicloud, wireless access, and security roles, connecting them to architecture …

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2018 Evolution Episode 23: Cisco Mobility Express
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 23: Cisco Mobility Express

This episode covers Cisco Mobility Express architecture, AP images, initialization, WLAN configuration, client onboarding, and operational checks. …

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2025 Evolution Episode 24: Advanced Cisco Syslog Configuration and Parsing
2025 · Cisco & Other Networking

2025 Evolution Episode 24: Advanced Cisco Syslog Configuration and Parsing

This episode covers advanced Cisco Syslog configuration including severity, facility, timestamps, source interfaces, structured fields, and remote-se…

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2024 Evolution Episode 24: Multi-Agent AIOps with OpenAI Swarm
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 24: Multi-Agent AIOps with OpenAI Swarm

This episode uses OpenAI Swarm agents, function tools, context variables, and handoffs to build a lightweight multi-agent AIOps workflow for fault an…

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2023 Evolution Episode 24: The Evolution of Networking and Software-Defined Networks
2023 · Cisco & Other Networking

2023 Evolution Episode 24: The Evolution of Networking and Software-Defined Networks

This two-part episode traces networking from hardware-centric command-line operations to virtualization, cloud, automation, and software-defined arch…

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2022 Evolution Episode 24: AWS Networking White Paper Deep Dive
2022 · Reading Notes

2022 Evolution Episode 24: AWS Networking White Paper Deep Dive

This 14-part series analyzes the AWS networking white paper across VPC peering, Transit Gateway, Transit VPC, PrivateLink, centralized networking, Di…

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2021 Evolution Episode 24: vSphere Infrastructure as Code with GitLab and Terraform
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 24: vSphere Infrastructure as Code with GitLab and Terraform

This episode uses the Terraform vSphere provider and GitLab CI/CD for versioned infrastructure delivery. It covers state, variables, runners, pipelin…

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2020 Evolution Episode 24: The Modern Network Engineer
2020 · Others

2020 Evolution Episode 24: The Modern Network Engineer

This episode maps the modern network engineer's skills across cloud, automation, software, observability, and security, connecting CLI expertise with…

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2019 Evolution Episode 24: Django Foreign Keys and Advanced Filtering
2019 · Python & Automation

2019 Evolution Episode 24: Django Foreign Keys and Advanced Filtering

This episode covers Django foreign keys, related inserts, cross-table filtering, and database-driven NETCONF configuration and monitoring. Total r…

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2018 Evolution Episode 24: Cisco Nexus Automation with Python
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 24: Cisco Nexus Automation with Python

This episode automates Cisco Nexus with NX-API, Python SDKs, and network modules for VLANs, static routes, configuration, and repeatable workflows. …

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2025 Evolution Episode 25: Cisco TRex High-Performance Traffic Generator
2025 · Cisco & Other Networking

2025 Evolution Episode 25: Cisco TRex High-Performance Traffic Generator

This episode introduces Cisco TRex and its DPDK-based user-space packet-processing architecture. It covers topology, interfaces and routes, traffic p…

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2024 Evolution Episode 25: AI Automation Triggered by Metrics and Logs
2024 · Artificial Intelligence

2024 Evolution Episode 25: AI Automation Triggered by Metrics and Logs

This episode builds a closed-loop AIOps workflow where metric alerts and logs trigger context collection, AI diagnosis, and controlled automation too…

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2023 Evolution Episode 25: Intelligent Cisco Network Automation with GPT
2023 · Artificial Intelligence

2023 Evolution Episode 25: Intelligent Cisco Network Automation with GPT

This episode combines GPT-4 function calling with NetBox, PyATS, and Elastic logs to build a Cisco network-automation assistant. Device, interface, O…

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2022 Evolution Episode 25: AWS Custom CloudFormation Resources
2022 · Cloud & Containers

2022 Evolution Episode 25: AWS Custom CloudFormation Resources

This episode extends CloudFormation with Lambda-backed custom resources for create, update, and delete operations. Service tokens, request and respon…

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2021 Evolution Episode 25: Veeam Backup and Recovery for vSphere
2021 · Cloud & Containers

2021 Evolution Episode 25: Veeam Backup and Recovery for vSphere

This episode installs Veeam, connects vSphere, configures proxies and repositories, creates backup jobs, and validates VM and file-level recovery wit…

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2020 Evolution Episode 25: Microservices with Python Nameko
2020 · Python & Automation

2020 Evolution Episode 25: Microservices with Python Nameko

This episode builds Python microservices with Nameko, covering services, RPC, events, dependency injection, messaging, Compose deployment, calls, res…

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2019 Evolution Episode 25: Cisco MUD for IoT Security
2019 · Cisco & Other Networking

2019 Evolution Episode 25: Cisco MUD for IoT Security

This episode explains Manufacturer Usage Description files, controller enforcement, communication intent, and access policies for reducing IoT attack…

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2018 Evolution Episode 25: Cisco IOS XE IKEv2 RemoteVPN and FlexVPN
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 25: Cisco IOS XE IKEv2 RemoteVPN and FlexVPN

A four-part course on IOS XE IKEv2 remote access and FlexVPN, covering EAP, authentication, proposals, policies, profiles, AnyConnect access, and val…

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2025 Evolution Episode 26: New RAG Techniques: HiRAG and HeteRAG
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 26: New RAG Techniques: HiRAG and HeteRAG

This episode compares two newer RAG approaches. HiRAG reduces noise and hallucination through hierarchical retrieval, selection, composition, and rea…

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2024 Evolution Episode 26: Automation Workflow Orchestration with Apache Airflow
2024 · Python & Automation

2024 Evolution Episode 26: Automation Workflow Orchestration with Apache Airflow

This episode uses Python DAGs in Apache Airflow to define, schedule, and monitor automation workflows, covering Docker Compose, scheduler, executor, …

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2023 Evolution Episode 26: IOS XE Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
2023 · Python & Automation

2023 Evolution Episode 26: IOS XE Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

This episode uses the CiscoDevNet IOS XE provider to manage network configuration with Terraform, covering providers, resources, state, plans, and ap…

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2022 Evolution Episode 26: Cisco Zero-Touch Provisioning with Python
2022 · Cisco & Other Networking

2022 Evolution Episode 26: Cisco Zero-Touch Provisioning with Python

This episode implements Cisco zero-touch provisioning with Python. DHCP bootstrap information, script download, asset identification, template render…

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2021 Evolution Episode 26: SONiC Open Network Operating System
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 26: SONiC Open Network Operating System

This episode introduces SONiC container architecture, switch abstraction, configuration databases, and network services, then installs a virtual envi…

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2020 Evolution Episode 26: Cisco ThousandEyes Network Visibility
2020 · Cisco & Other Networking

2020 Evolution Episode 26: Cisco ThousandEyes Network Visibility

This episode uses ThousandEyes endpoint, enterprise, and cloud agents for HTTP, DNS, and network tests, analyzing hops, latency, loss, dependencies, …

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2018 Evolution Episode 26: Cisco WLC and Apple mDNS
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 26: Cisco WLC and Apple mDNS

This episode explains Bonjour and mDNS service discovery and Cisco WLC Bonjour Gateway configuration and validation across VLANs with Apple clients. …

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2025 Evolution Episode 27: Network Telemetry with InfluxDB 3 and gRPC TLS
2025 · Python & Automation

2025 Evolution Episode 27: Network Telemetry with InfluxDB 3 and gRPC TLS

This episode traces InfluxDB versions 1 through 3 and focuses on IOx, Apache Arrow, Parquet, object storage, SQL/DataFusion, and high-cardinality wor…

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2024 Evolution Episode 27: GitHub Helm, Terraform and Cloud Kubernetes Pipelines
2024 · Cloud & Containers

2024 Evolution Episode 27: GitHub Helm, Terraform and Cloud Kubernetes Pipelines

This episode connects GitHub-hosted Helm charts, cloud Terraform, and Alibaba Cloud image builds into three pipelines that automate Kubernetes infras…

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2023 Evolution Episode 27: Cisco NSO Services in Practice
2023 · Cisco & Other Networking

2023 Evolution Episode 27: Cisco NSO Services in Practice

This episode explains Cisco NSO through NETCONF, YANG, device models, and service models. A service lab demonstrates repeatable cross-device configur…

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2022 Evolution Episode 27: GraphQL Theory and Practice
2022 · Python & Automation

2022 Evolution Episode 27: GraphQL Theory and Practice

This two-part episode explains how GraphQL schemas model connected data and let clients select exact fields in one request. REST comparisons, types, …

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2021 Evolution Episode 27: vSphere 7 Identity Federation with ADFS
2021 · Cloud & Containers

2021 Evolution Episode 27: vSphere 7 Identity Federation with ADFS

This episode explains OAuth, OpenID Connect, and federation, then integrates vCenter Server with Microsoft ADFS. It covers application registration, …

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2020 Evolution Episode 27: Installing Kubernetes with kubeadm
2020 · Cloud & Containers

2020 Evolution Episode 27: Installing Kubernetes with kubeadm

This episode installs a Kubernetes cluster with kubeadm, covering the container runtime, control plane, worker joins, networking plugins, tokens, val…

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2018 Evolution Episode 27: Cisco IOS XE NETCONF
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 27: Cisco IOS XE NETCONF

This episode uses YANG, NETCONF sessions, XML RPCs, and IOS XE for state retrieval, configuration reads and changes, plus model exploration. Total…

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2025 Evolution Episode 28: Centralized Management with Elastic Fleet and Agent
2025 · Python & Automation

2025 Evolution Episode 28: Centralized Management with Elastic Fleet and Agent

This episode explains how Elastic Fleet, Fleet Server, agent policies, integrations, and Elastic Agent work together. It demonstrates centralized enr…

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2024 Evolution Episode 28: Automating Cisco CML with PyATS
2024 · Cisco & Other Networking

2024 Evolution Episode 28: Automating Cisco CML with PyATS

This episode automates Cisco Modeling Labs with PyATS through topology setup, device startup, testbed definitions, connectivity, parsing, bulk config…

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2023 Evolution Episode 28: Automating ASA SSL VPN Certificate Renewal with Python
2023 · Python & Automation

2023 Evolution Episode 28: Automating ASA SSL VPN Certificate Renewal with Python

This episode automates ASA SSL VPN certificate renewal by checking status, launching temporary cloud and NGINX resources, switching DNS, requesting c…

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2022 Evolution Episode 28: Istio Service Mesh in Practice
2022 · Cloud & Containers

2022 Evolution Episode 28: Istio Service Mesh in Practice

This ten-part lab covers Istio theory, Kubernetes and Istio installation, a microservices application, request routing, delay and fault injection, mu…

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2021 Evolution Episode 28: Cisco Viptela SD-WAN Architecture
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 28: Cisco Viptela SD-WAN Architecture

This episode explains Cisco Viptela SD-WAN through vManage, vSmart, vBond, and WAN Edge, covering OMP, overlays, policies, routing interactions, cont…

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2020 Evolution Episode 28: Cisco NSO Network Services Orchestration
2020 · Cisco & Other Networking

2020 Evolution Episode 28: Cisco NSO Network Services Orchestration

This episode introduces Cisco NSO YANG service models, device management, transactions, FastMap, multi-vendor configuration, service creation, deploy…

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2018 Evolution Episode 28: Cisco IOS XE RESTCONF
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 28: Cisco IOS XE RESTCONF

This episode covers RESTCONF resource paths, HTTP methods, authentication, JSON/XML payloads, IOS XE queries and updates, and comparison with NETCONF…

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2025 Evolution Episode 29: Dify Low-Code AI Application Platform
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 29: Dify Low-Code AI Application Platform

This episode covers Dify model management, prompt applications, workflow orchestration, knowledge-base RAG, tool calls, and publishing. It combines m…

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2024 Evolution Episode 29: Django REST Framework API Lab
2024 · Python & Automation

2024 Evolution Episode 29: Django REST Framework API Lab

This episode builds a REST API with Django REST Framework through resources and URIs, serializers, views, routing, HTTP methods, status codes, authen…

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2023 Evolution Episode 29: OpenConfig Vendor-Neutral Network Models
2023 · Cisco & Other Networking

2023 Evolution Episode 29: OpenConfig Vendor-Neutral Network Models

This episode introduces OpenConfig's vendor-neutral YANG models and compares native, IETF, and OpenConfig schemas. RESTCONF labs on Cisco IOS XE and …

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2022 Evolution Episode 29: Cisco Firewalls with AWS Gateway Load Balancer
2022 · Cisco & Other Networking

2022 Evolution Episode 29: Cisco Firewalls with AWS Gateway Load Balancer

This episode inserts and scales Cisco virtual firewalls with AWS Gateway Load Balancer. GWLB endpoints, GENEVE encapsulation, route steering, statefu…

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2021 Evolution Episode 29: Advanced pyATS Testing and State Learning
2021 · Python & Automation

2021 Evolution Episode 29: Advanced pyATS Testing and State Learning

This episode advances pyATS and Genie with parsers, state learning, diffs, test organization, multi-device execution, structured assertions, exceptio…

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2020 Evolution Episode 29: Prometheus SNMP Exporter in Practice
2020 · Python & Automation

2020 Evolution Episode 29: Prometheus SNMP Exporter in Practice

This episode uses the snmp_exporter generator to convert MIBs and OIDs into Prometheus modules, covering authentication, walks, label mappings, scrap…

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2018 Evolution Episode 29: ELK Stack for Log Analytics
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 29: ELK Stack for Log Analytics

This episode builds an ELK pipeline for collection, parsing, indexing, Query DSL, dashboards, and transforming raw events into observable data. To…

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2025 Evolution Episode 30: LangChain Deep Agents for Complex Troubleshooting
2025 · Artificial Intelligence

2025 Evolution Episode 30: LangChain Deep Agents for Complex Troubleshooting

This episode introduces LangChain Deep Agents for complex, long-running work through planning and TODOs, subagents, filesystem tools, context managem…

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2024 Evolution Episode 30: Kafka and ELK Logging Pipeline
2024 · Python & Automation

2024 Evolution Episode 30: Kafka and ELK Logging Pipeline

This episode builds a Kafka and ELK logging pipeline across producers, brokers, topics, partitions, consumers, ZooKeeper, Elasticsearch, and Kibana f…

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2023 Evolution Episode 30: Palo Alto Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
2023 · Python & Automation

2023 Evolution Episode 30: Palo Alto Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

This episode uses the PaloAltoNetworks PAN-OS provider to manage firewall objects and policies declaratively. It covers providers, authentication, re…

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2022 Evolution Episode 30: Intent-Based Networking Reading Series
2022 · Reading Notes

2022 Evolution Episode 30: Intent-Based Networking Reading Series

This six-part reading series explains intent-based networking through concepts, capabilities, intent expression, architecture, closed-loop analytics,…

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2021 Evolution Episode 30: Cisco 2022 Networking Trends: Network as a Service
2021 · Cisco & Other Networking

2021 Evolution Episode 30: Cisco 2022 Networking Trends: Network as a Service

This episode interprets Cisco's 2022 Global Networking Trends report, focusing on network as a service, consumption models, cloud management, observa…

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2020 Evolution Episode 30: Cisco C9800 IPSK Wireless Access
2020 · Cisco & Other Networking

2020 Evolution Episode 30: Cisco C9800 IPSK Wireless Access

This episode implements Identity PSK on Cisco C9800, assigning per-user or per-device keys and policies. It covers WLAN and policy configuration, RAD…

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2018 Evolution Episode 30: IPv6 with Python
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 30: IPv6 with Python

This episode uses Python for IPv6 addresses, prefixes, normalization, network calculations, device workflows, and validation. Total recording dura…

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2018 Evolution Episode 31: Practical Python Network Programming
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 31: Practical Python Network Programming

This episode covers sockets, client-server communication, protocol data, exceptions, timeouts, reliability, and their use in network operations scrip…

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2018 Evolution Episode 32: Django Templates
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 32: Django Templates

This episode covers Django template inheritance, variables, tags, filters, static assets, page organization, and data-driven rendering. Total reco…

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2018 Evolution Episode 33: Cisco MACsec Link Encryption
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 33: Cisco MACsec Link Encryption

This episode explains Layer-2 MACsec encryption, key agreement, policy, interface configuration, packet and state validation, and its boundary versus…

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2018 Evolution Episode 34: Cisco DNA Center Preview and APIs
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 34: Cisco DNA Center Preview and APIs

This episode introduces Cisco DNA Center intent-based networking, inventory and sites, plus REST API authentication and automation through DevNet San…

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2018 Evolution Episode 35: V2Ray Architecture and Deployment
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 35: V2Ray Architecture and Deployment

This episode introduces V2Ray components, inbound and outbound routing, transports, client-server deployment, proxy paths, and connectivity validatio…

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2018 Evolution Episode 36: Cisco Mobility Express 8.5
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 36: Cisco Mobility Express 8.5

This episode covers Mobility Express 8.5 features, deployment, initialization, WLAN operations, upgrades, compatibility, and validation. Total rec…

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2018 Evolution Episode 37: Network and VPN Traversal
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 37: Network and VPN Traversal

This episode analyzes NAT, dynamic addressing, port mapping, and VPN traversal with topology-based connection and path validation. Total recording…

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2018 Evolution Episode 38: RADIUS Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 38: RADIUS Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

This episode explains RADIUS packets, shared secrets, authentication, authorization, accounting, device integration, packet capture, logs, and troubl…

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2018 Evolution Episode 39: HTTP Tools and Use Cases
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 39: HTTP Tools and Use Cases

This episode connects HTTP fundamentals with Requests, Fiddler, Burp Suite, and Beautiful Soup for debugging, APIs, proxying, and parsing. Total r…

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2018 Evolution Episode 40: NetFlow and a Python Collector
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 40: NetFlow and a Python Collector

This episode explains NetFlow records, exporters, templates, collectors, and Python-based ingestion and parsing for programmable traffic analytics. …

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2018 Evolution Episode 41: Integrated Security Technologies and Solutions
2018 · Reading Notes

2018 Evolution Episode 41: Integrated Security Technologies and Solutions

A long-form integrated security course connecting identity, endpoints, networks, content, threat protection, and coordinated control points. Total…

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2018 Evolution Episode 42: Integrated Security Technologies and Solutions, Volume 2
2018 · Reading Notes

2018 Evolution Episode 42: Integrated Security Technologies and Solutions, Volume 2

Volume two deepens integrated security architecture, policies, product capabilities, deployment validation, and troubleshooting across complex scenar…

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2018 Evolution Episode 43: PKI and DMVPN
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 43: PKI and DMVPN

This episode connects PKI certificates, CAs, trust chains, and identity validation to secure DMVPN establishment, lifecycle, IKE/IPsec, and verificat…

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2018 Evolution Episode 44: Cisco Macros for Automated Configuration
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 44: Cisco Macros for Automated Configuration

This episode covers Cisco macros and Auto Smartports triggers, templates, interface policies, matching conditions, automation benefits, rollback, and…

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2018 Evolution Episode 45: Cisco Wireless Antennas
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 45: Cisco Wireless Antennas

This episode explains antenna gain, directionality, polarization, beamwidth, types, Cisco product selection, RF coverage design, and deployment outco…

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2018 Evolution Episode 46: Web Automation with Selenium IDE
2018 · Python & Automation

2018 Evolution Episode 46: Web Automation with Selenium IDE

This episode uses Selenium IDE for recorded browser workflows, locators, assertions, waits, replay, and maintainable no-code web automation. Total…

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2018 Evolution Episode 47: Cisco FMC FlexConfig
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 47: Cisco FMC FlexConfig

This episode explains FMC FlexConfig objects, policies, deployment, advanced CLI capabilities, change review, and device-side validation. Total re…

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2018 Evolution Episode 48: Cisco ACI Automation with Python
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 48: Cisco ACI Automation with Python

This episode automates Cisco ACI through APIC APIs, authentication, the object model, Python queries, tenants, network objects, and DevNet labs. T…

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2018 Evolution Episode 49: Security Technologies: WSA, ESA, Umbrella, and AMP
2018 · Reading Notes

2018 Evolution Episode 49: Security Technologies: WSA, ESA, Umbrella, and AMP

A twelve-part security reading series covering WSA web security, ESA email security, Umbrella DNS security, and AMP advanced malware protection from …

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2018 Evolution Episode 50: Cisco FlexConnect
2018 · Cisco & Other Networking

2018 Evolution Episode 50: Cisco FlexConnect

This episode covers Cisco FlexConnect branch architecture, control and data paths, local switching, authentication, site configuration, and troublesh…

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