NetStacks Blog https://www.netstacks.net/blog Technical articles on network automation, terminal workflows, SSH security, and AI-assisted network engineering. en-us AI Isn't Going to Fix Your BGP Convergence Time — But Here's What Will https://www.netstacks.net/blog/ai-isnt-fixing-your-bgp-converge-time The LLM hype promises autonomous networks that self-heal. The reality is messier. What network engineers actually need isn't autonomous AI — it's an AI that thinks with you when things break. Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.netstacks.net/blog/ai-isnt-fixing-your-bgp-converge-time AI BGP Automation Running Methods of Procedure in Production Without Praying: The MOP Pattern That Actually Works https://www.netstacks.net/blog/method-of-procedures-without-the-risk Post-mortems love MOPs because they're supposed to prevent exactly the disasters that keep happening. The problem isn't the concept — it's that most MOP tooling makes them painful enough that teams skip them. Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.netstacks.net/blog/method-of-procedures-without-the-risk Automation MOPs Change Management Your NetBox Isn't a Source of Truth (Yet) — Here's the Missing Piece Every Team Skips https://www.netstacks.net/blog/netbox-isnt-a-source-of-truth-yet NetBox adoption is near-universal, but most teams use it as a CMDB with a pretty UI. The gap between having NetBox and actually using it as a source of truth is smaller than you think — if you close one specific gap. Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.netstacks.net/blog/netbox-isnt-a-source-of-truth-yet NetBox SoT Automation Why Your Terminal Is Your Biggest Automation Bottleneck (And Nobody Realizes It) https://www.netstacks.net/blog/why-your-terminal-is-your-biggest-bottleneck Teams invest in Ansible, Python, NetBox, Windmill. But the terminal — where 80% of network engineering actually happens — is still PuTTY from 2019. Here's why that matters more than you think. Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.netstacks.net/blog/why-your-terminal-is-your-biggest-bottleneck Terminal Engineering Workflow The SSH CA Pattern Every Network Team Needs But Nobody Implements https://www.netstacks.net/blog/the-ssh-ca-pattern-every-team-needs Individual SSH keys are manageable. Individual SSH keys across 200 engineers, 5000 devices, and 17 automation platforms are not. SSH certificates aren't a nice-to-have anymore — they're the only way to scale access control. Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.netstacks.net/blog/the-ssh-ca-pattern-every-team-needs Security SSH Access Control