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Chris Stradtman, exploring technology past and future, and tinkering with everything in between

I work at the intersection of networks, systems, and the real world. Some days that means building secure infrastructure for industrial environments. Other days it means digging into CDN telemetry, tuning a Kubernetes cluster built from surplus hardware, or trying to understand why IBM once sold meat slicers and coffee mills.

After thirty-plus years in this field, I’ve learned that the interesting stories usually sit between the official versions. This site is where I document the work I’ve done, the problems I’ve solved, and the odd bits of engineering history that deserve not to disappear.

If you’re here for the career background, start with the About page. If you want the technical deep dives, experiments, and historical rabbit holes, head to the Blog.

If you want to see what I’ve been up to see this list below: