Andy Lapteff

My soulmate turned 13 on Saturday. Happy birthday Jolene 🎂❤️

Running around Colorado. This altitude is no joke ⛰️

A well-written piece by Kelvin on how @nokia.bsky.social put their own data center solution to work in production. Lots of networking vendors bring claims to @techfieldday.com. Nokia brought proof.

I will never pull another weed

I feel like the 3D printing equivalent of Walter White, except I’m cooking desiccant 👨‍🍳

Weeds? What weeds?

#NFD41 was a great success for the @nokia team, and for @artofneteng podcast. Shout out to @NetworkingNerd and the whole @TechFieldDay staff, who always put on a great show 🎉

PHL -> SFO

Finland; getting acclimated 🇫🇮

Headed to Finland for work, but grinding on the AONE app on the 4,119 mile journey 🇫🇮💪🏼🎉

After midnight, poolside, still grinding: contracts, conference logistics, code, App Store submissions, production upgrades, strategy. Scaling is hard. I need help. I can’t afford the team yet. So I keep building. AONE is on the launchpad. 2027 🚀 /Andy 📈

🚨 The AONE App: Everything We Know, in Your Pocket 💡 Thank you, @automateyournetwork.ca ❤️ youtu.be/jz2SkYU3i9I

AONE iOS app submitted to Apple 🚀

Five months ago I couldn't generate code, test, build, or deploy software to solve problems. Today I built/run rundreds of production scripts, cron jobs, CI tests, repos, commits, apps, and more. How? If you love solving problems but hate coding, this one is for you. youtu.be/dO8pH4PMW2U?...

Yak

Backyard camping ⛺️

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Welcome to bbq wing day 🐓🍗

I won’t stop till I get the meat sweats 🥩💦

🏝️☀️😎

Labor Day Weekend Cook. Pork butts, ribs, burgers and maple syrup smoked beans. 🍖🥩🥓🍔🎉

I like to think I’m good at making decisions. But yesterday I had an uncomfortable experience that made me look deeper into how I prioritize. This piece investogates focus, execution, opportunity cost, and the uncomfortable difference between pausing an idea and killing it.

Pulled pork is dialed in. Could eat this all day, every day. 👨‍🍳

Bruh

Fin

Smoked Ribs ❤️

Rolling smoke on pork butts and ribs. Just wrapped the butts! 🎁 (‿|‿)

Tomorrow’s cook. Pork shoulders and St. Louis Spareribs 🥩❤️

☔️🔥🍔🥩🥓

AI can write code fast, but can you trust what it built? In this @artofneteng.bsky.social episode, @automateyournetwork.ca teaches how Spec-Driven Development forces you to define requirements, guardrails, plans, and tests before implementation. artofnetworkengineering.com/episodes/sto...

I spent years waiting to feel qualified. Turns out, you don't wait for permission. You build proof. That's the whole idea behind the AONE newsletter, The Shortest Path. Issue #1 drops tomorrow morning. Subscribe: theshortestpath.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Last round of pics from #autocon5

🚨 New Blog Post ✍ "Here We Go Again" We spend years mastering a craft, and associate the work with who we are. New paradigms appear and threaten our identity. It feels unfair. We attach meaning to prior effort and cling to outdated beliefs. www.permitipandyandy.com/blog/here-we...

Lots of insightful network automation conversations today at #autocon5 🚀

#autocon5 keynote by @nokia.bsky.social Michael Bushong 🚀

First Network Automation Forum #autocon5 workshop! Learning #python with Packet Coders 🚀

If you were my 5/8” paddle bit, where would you be hiding?

Hello attic my old friend 🎶🎤

OMFG, new goal unlocked. German meat sweats.

Wishing y’all a better Saturday night than I’m having ⚡️🔌🔦💡 #handyandy

I’m building my fifth app in as many months, and just wrapped a 6 hour coding session. Grabbed a quick bite and back to it, learning proper dev skills from @erika_thedev. Go check out her free coding content on YouTube, which is the most non-comp-sci friendly content available. Skill up 🚀

First trip to Europe since college,when I had zero electronics to charge. Now? Laptops. iPad. iPhone. AirPods. Camera batteries. Portable charger. USB-C everything. “Modern” travel requires thoughtful power management. Check out my mighty Schuko adapter. Auf geht’s. 🇩🇪⚡️

Work to live

The value you can add to your organization with an llm and MCP is enormous. These tools are free and you don’t need to learn how to code.

Presented at #nfd40 today. Always a top notch event, thrown by a stellar organization. Shout out to @networkingnerd.net and team for a great experience 💪🏼

You know you’re putting work in when your wife: 1) learns you have a server 2) names it the “server thingy.” ❤️

Friday night rager: - Installed Python 3, pip, venv. - Created Python virtual environment. - Installed packages. - Set up Backblaze B2 cloud backup with rclone. - Configured automated nightly backup cron job. - Created and secured .env file with API keys. How was your night?

Tonight: install Ubuntu server on metal. Bad spinning HD swapped. SSD installed for OS. Fighting smart array. Fighting RAID. Created new RAID 6 array. Smart array won’t find SSD. Create logical drive for SSD. Installed Ubuntu, rebooted, GRUB pointing to invalid LVM. ~ sigh