I’ve followed Network Chuck for years. Sometimes from inside my career, sometimes outside of it, sometimes just because the guy does cool shit and makes technology feel fun again. He’s informative, deeply technical, curious in the right way, and clearly knows his stuff. I crossed part of my Linux line because of people like him. Not for a credential. Not for some résumé bullet. Just because curiosity is contagious when you see it in somebody who’s really in it. So when I watc

There’s a hard truth nobody wants to say out loud: if you’re not adapting to modern tools — if you’re not using AI, automating your workflows, or streamlining with the tech that’s already freely available — you are the problem. Not the market. Not the system. You. We’re living in an adapt or die  era. Technology isn’t creeping forward anymore — it’s sprinting. AI has hit escape velocity. What used to take teams of people and days of work can now be done in minutes. For free.