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AIOps Field Notes

Clear, no-hype explainers on the AI actually reshaping operations — MCP, agents, and the automation that ships — built and tested in a real multi-vendor lab. New field notes weekly.

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🎙️ This Week in AIOps

A fast weekly two-host rundown of the models, agents and protocols reshaping operations — and what each means for the systems you run.

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Chaptered, no-hype walkthroughs of the AI tools engineers actually use — starting with what MCP is and how to wire one up.

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LLM cost calculator, VRAM calculator, MCP server directory, and a free eval-harness starter kit — no signup.

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Who builds these tools

AIOps Field Notes is written by James Son, a network, security, and automation engineer, and everything here is tested in a live multi-vendor lab. That same lab work is behind two paid things for teams who run the infrastructure underneath the AI:

DriftWatch → Config-drift monitoring that explains what changed in plain English, with CIS/PCI checks. Read-only, never touches your gear. 14 days free, then from $29/mo. Config-drift & compliance audit → A one-time, flat-fee review of your network configs: what drifted, what is undocumented, and a CIS/PCI gap list — delivered as a client-ready report.