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Phil Gervasi
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Network engineering, observability, AI, writing, podcasting, teaching, lifting heavy weights over my head in regular intervals

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August 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
July 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Join me in San Francisco August 21 for the first (CA)NUG - the first chapter of the @usnua.com in that area!

I'm presenting on practical use cases & implementations of AI in network operations!

A free event with free food and drinks so register here today ----> www.usnua.com/canug-inaugu...
July 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
July 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
June 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
June 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
SpaceX Falcon 9 prepped and ready on pad 39A a few hours before last night's launch.
June 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
June 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I'm reading three books on AI, listening to one, following 12,619 blogs, subscribed to 912,629 YouTube channels, and always looking for time to mess around in the home lab...

Current state of trying to keep up with AI
March 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The deadline for submissions for presentations & workshops for #AutoCon3 this May in Prague is Feb 28!

If you have an idea for a talk or a workshop, submit today!

🎤 Call for Speakers: networkautomation.forum/call-for-spe...

🖥️ Call for Workshops: networkautomation.forum/call-for-wor...
February 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
[NEW POST]

Three Critical Questions Before You Consider AI in NetOps

In my latest post, read about just a few of the important questions you need to ask before diving into a new AI initiative in network operations

networkphil.com/2025/02/18/t...
February 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Llama3.2 to SQL queries aren't that different from pandas other than being faster. 2.4 million row CSV/postegresql I'm using for testing, so I can actually check manually to confirm accuracy of the LLMs. Not bad except a couple times it told me DNS resolution was 0ms which is incorrect (was 60ms).
January 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Spent the evening swapping models in my query tool to see accuracy differences. Various versions of Llama, Mistral, etc. So far best results with Llama3.2 though they're all fine for these simple queries. Of course I'm doing this with straight python and not SQL so it's sloooow but that's ok for now
January 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
December 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM
December 16, 2024 at 3:56 PM
ChatGPT Santa for Christmas!
December 12, 2024 at 7:54 PM
I'm in Denver this week for #Autocon2 by the Network Automation Forum, and all i can think about is this classic xkcd....
November 20, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Apparently there's a problem with people steeling cable equipment at the hotel gym
November 19, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Almost, ChatGPT.....almost
November 19, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Catching up on some reading en route to #Autocon2
November 17, 2024 at 6:53 PM
November 9, 2024 at 6:28 PM
#NFD36 giving me fond memories of TCL
November 6, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Meet Annie, the newest member of the family!
November 6, 2024 at 10:58 PM
On this Halloween, I'm thinking of dressing up as the ghost of network documentation....
October 31, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Time to update to the latest
October 30, 2024 at 1:44 PM