About Me

Hello, and welcome to my blog.

I’m Cristian Cordero. I’m a network engineer, solutions architect, software developer, dad, husband, Army veteran, and someone who has spent a lot of time trying to turn messy infrastructure problems into simple, scalable systems.

Most of my career has lived somewhere between networking, automation, APIs, technical sales, and software development. I started closer to the traditional network engineering world: routers, switches, firewalls, tickets, outages, change windows, and all the fun that comes with keeping infrastructure alive. Over time, I found myself pulled more and more toward automation, software, and the idea that network engineers should not have to live inside spreadsheets, GUIs, and repetitive manual work forever.

I like building tools. Sometimes that means a Python script. Sometimes it means a Streamlit app. Sometimes it means an API integration, an MCP server, a Containerlab topology, a Kubernetes lab, or some weird side project that starts with, “I wonder if I can make this work.” A lot of what I build comes from the same basic belief: simple systems that solve real problems are better than complex systems that look impressive on a slide.

These days, my interests sit at the intersection of networking, software engineering, automation, AI, and infrastructure operations. I spend a lot of time thinking about how engineers can make network data easier to access, easier to understand, and easier to act on. I’m especially interested in the future of AI assisted operations, agents, network automation platforms, and tools that help infrastructure teams move faster without making a bigger mess.

Outside of work, I’m a husband and a dad, which has changed how I think about pretty much everything. I’m also into fitness, golf, chess, home labs, and the occasional questionable side quest. I’m trying to get better at golf, although the golf ball and I often disagree about where it should go. I like chess because it punishes lazy thinking, which is annoying but useful. I like building lab environments because sometimes the best way to understand something is to break it in a safe place first.

This blog is where I write about the things I’m learning, building, testing, and thinking through. You’ll find technical deep dives, project notes, automation ideas, career lessons, architecture thoughts, and probably a few posts that started as random experiments and turned into something useful.

I’m not here to pretend every problem needs a massive platform, a dozen microservices, or the newest buzzword. Most good solutions come from understanding the problem clearly, keeping the design simple, and building something that can scale without becoming a nightmare.

If you’re interested in network automation, infrastructure, Python, AI, software development, or the process of becoming a better engineer and builder over time, you’re in the right place.

Welcome to the blog.