Tag: Network Automation
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AI Agents That Control Your Network: What You Should and Should Not Automate
The safest AI automation boundary is: Claude can read everything, recommend changes, and execute only reversible actions — irreversible changes require a human in the loop.
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Windsurf and Agentic Coding: What the New IDE Generation Means for Network Engineers
Agentic IDEs write entire workflows from a single instruction — which is powerful until you realize the AI is also making assumptions about your environment that may be completely wrong.
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Cursor AI for Network Config: What It Does Well and Where It Gets You in Trouble
Cursor writes Netmiko and Paramiko boilerplate faster than any engineer I know — but it confidently writes device-specific commands for the wrong OS version without warning.
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Automating FortiGate Security Policy Review: Tools and Techniques
Manual FortiGate policy reviews are slow and error-prone at scale. This post covers automation techniques — from FortiManager scripts to REST API pipelines — that make continuous policy review practical.