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Agentic AI, in production, without getting burned
I let an agent build an entire internal developer platform and wrote up what that actually looks like. I built KubeQuest and a D&D virtual tabletop with agents doing much of the typing, and I keep a Lancer campaign running on the side. Every episode of The AI Inevitable takes one falsifiable claim about AI and checks it against the papers. The serious version of all this is Agentic Covenants: if the agent decides to misbehave, what actually stops it? The playful version is most of what is on this page. Thirty years of infrastructure is what keeps the two honest.

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Ignite Talk - The Day Claude Code Deleted My Cluster - A Cautionary Tale About AI Guardrails
15 May 2026
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- KubeQuestLearn Kubernetes as a game. Quests, not chapters.
- CNCF BingoA bingo card of CNCF projects, each described by what it actually does.
- Git Branch CoursesBranching, merging and rebasing as puzzles you solve in the browser.
- D&D Virtual TabletopA 5e virtual tabletop that runs on the rules engine, built for the home table.
- AntiphonA Lancer campaign in the world of Sarn, with its chronicle drawn as a graphic novel.
Writing
All 126- Deep Dive: I Let Claude Build the Entire IDP. Here's What That Actually Looks Like.
- Appearances Index
- Opinion: If You're an FDE Without a Platform, Why Not Build One?
- Opinion: What Is an FDE Without a Platform?
- Conversations I've had this week - We've Got the AI Investment Story Backwards
- The Four-Hour Executive AI Workshop Problem
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Ignite Talk - The Day Claude Code Deleted My Cluster - A Cautionary Tale About AI GuardrailsSpeaking · 2026
Cloud Native Theater | Cloud Native University: AI + Kubernetes: What Beginners Need to Know in 2026Speaking · 2026
Cloud Native Theater | Cloud Native University: How Kubernetes Actually Ships - An Educator's Guide to Core Releases, SIGs, and Staying CurrentSpeaking · 2026
Come Visit Michael Forrester at KCD Texas 2026Speaking · 2026
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The AI Inevitable, with Whitney Lee. Evidence-based answers to the questions everyone is asking about AI. One falsifiable question per episode, reviewed against the papers.
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