Cloud & Platforms
Infrastructure as Code: How Far Should It Go?
Why extending Infrastructure as Code across a business needs a deliberate decision about workloads, people, transition and ongoing support.
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Ideas behind how I work.
Practical explanations of the methods, decisions and developing ideas behind my work in infrastructure, FinOps, AI, platforms and governance.
Perspectives explore an argument. Notes share a focused observation. Contributions present submissions, projects or practical work.
AI & Engineering
From AI Experiment to Production. What's Actually Missing?
What sits between an AI experiment and a supported service: identity, tool access, execution controls, incident recovery and reusable infrastructure.
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AI Agents Are Infrastructure. Who's Going to Operate Them?
Why useful agents need clear operating responsibilities, dependable infrastructure and investment before the business depends on them.
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AI-native engineering is an operating model, not a coding tool
Faster coding shifts the bottleneck. Why people, platforms, delivery processes and controls need to develop together.
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The best platform teams are almost invisible
Why a platform should help teams develop and operate services smoothly, with less day-to-day dependence on the team behind it.
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From European Technology Sovereignty to Operational Reality
A personal submission to Ireland's consultation on the proposed Cloud and AI Development Act.
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There are solutions
Understand the need, bring the right people together and take the first practical step.
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Flat AI access is the most expensive way to adopt AI
Give everyone a useful starting point, then let access, budget and autonomy grow with capability.
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Technical debt and technical waste need different answers
Debt needs a repayment decision. Recurring waste needs a control loop.
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Digital sovereignty is the ability to change
A practical test of control: could the organisation change a critical dependency if it had to?
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The safest route has to be the easiest one
Governance works when the secure, supported route is also the practical route.
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FinOps needs champions close to the work
Connect central expertise with the people who understand the services and decisions creating the spend.
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How I built this website
A small website became a practical exercise in turning personal knowledge into a tested, secure and automated public service.
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