Danny Wade

It's been an unbelievable experience writing my first @CiscoPress book with @John_Capobianco. I hope this book not only helps network engineers learn about #pyATS, but showcases how network testing can be a great start to their network automation journey. Network testing is often overlooked, but provides such a great value with low impact risk to the network! Thank you to everyone that has helped me during the writing process. I couldn't have done it without the great people at @pearson, especially @nancydavis! And yes, the coffee (and lemonade) flight was great! 😁

Thought of the day: Will human-written emails be considered “personal” in the future, much like how handwritten letters in the mail are today? Will “human-written” become a frequent adjective and/or disclaimer?

Great research by @HarvardBiz on how AI affects workplace productivity. It also helps provide a grounded approach by encouraging companies to develop an "AI Practice". I highly recommend giving it a read! hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doe…

TIL about Google Code Wiki. It helps you quickly understand and get up-to-speed on a code repo using Gemini. I tested it out by checking out the @NetBoxOfficial repo. Pretty sweet! codewiki.google

@atmoio @John_Capobianco I legitimately thought you made some AI video and this was you.

The real virus is articles like this.

FYI - If you're running Cisco IOS XE 17.7.1 or later, you can translate IOS command outputs to NETCONF-XML or RESTCONF-JSON using the pipe keywords: | format netconf-xml and | format restconf-json, respectively. The only requirement is ensuring NETCONF-YANG is enabled.

Going to Cisco Live EMEA this week? Make sure to stop by the Cisco Store and find my book! Cisco pyATS is a testing framework that should be added to your network automation toolbox. If you find it, please share a picture! #CiscoLiveEMEA @CiscoInsider @CiscoLive

I enjoyed reading @mitchellh experience with using AI in his day-to-day work. I'm going to borrow his "end-of-day agents" approach, which can lead to positive progress for the following day. Great blog post! mitchellh.com/writing/my-ai-…

Great blog from Damien at @opsmill_com! I wish I had this available when studying for the Cisco DEVCOR exam. If you're trying to understand different database types, I recommend checking out this blog post! opsmill.com/blog/understan…

I've been trying to keep up with the OpenClaw and Moltbook situations and stumbled upon this great blog by @CiscoBlogs. Besides promoting their open-source skills scanner tool, it does a great job highlighting the security risks. blogs.cisco.com/ai/personal-ai…

Interesting research by Anthropic about how AI assistance impacts productivity and learning/development. I'm impressed, as an AI company, that they provided honest research and didn't just conclude "AI is the best and only path forward!" anthropic.com/research/AI-as…

🎙️[PODCAST] Automated Network Testing and Validation In this TNOPs episode brought to you by @packetpushers, @scottrobohn talks to @devnetdan on building trust in network automation, test environments, AI for ideation, & common blockers 🎧 Listen here 👉 packetpushers.net/podcasts/total…

Solid AutoCon 4 recap from @devnetdan. AI was everywhere, but one theme was clear: teams want help accelerating adoption, not replacing engineers. Ideas, MVPs, and dev all move faster when AI is paired with governance + deterministic execution. 👉 bit.ly/49JTQOs

@John_Capobianco Congrats!

@rogue_router 😋 I’m jealous!

Christmas Eve brisket

Thanks @grok for the picture. Merry Christmas everyone! 🎁 🙌 🌲

Finally had time to check out @hfpreston latest blog post about bringing NetBox into your CML labs and his new cml2netbox tool. I plan to check out the NetBox node definition and test out cml2netbox over the holiday break! Check out his blog here: blogs.cisco.com/learning/two-n…

This is the first time I've heard of the router configuration checker (rcc) project, but it's crazy to see configuration parsing + analysis is still top of mind 20 years later! I'm also going to check out their CAIP framework... practicespace.substack.com/p/the-router-c…

Took advantage of the Starlink offer of a free Starlink mini for longtime residential customers. I’ve been eyeing up the mini for awhile and couldn’t resist the promotion! Thanks again @Starlink! #starlink #internetanywhere

Had a great week at #autocon4. Time to enjoy some family time. Look out for a blog post soon that will recap my week!

@devnetdan literally co-wrote the pyATS book Listen to @scottrobohn and him on TNO podcast from @packetpushers I am so incredibly proud and happy for Danny this is worth a listen Automated Network Testing and Validation youtu.be/ToH2Ys7_y6U?si… via @YouTube