James C. Miles

What is the Edge? Edge computing, Edge AI, Edge networking and more are symptomatic of the industry pivoting heavily into demanding new workloads, while having few spare resources to address technical debt. The challenges facing the industry are myriad and increasing when one considers new developments, like the fallout of RAMageddon on hardware availability. Addressing a challenge always starts with defining the problem space. Definition complexity increases when there are multiple perspectives using multiple names for the same overarching concept. Each name is valid but addresses a marginal difference, ultimately costing coherence when using the term ‘Edge’. ...

Alternative ELI5 for Kubernetes As of late I have been studying for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification. I’ve been using the excellent KodeKloud CKA course (see below for links!) and I found their ship analogy to be a strong way to simplify the Kubernetes architecture & components. I was considering the analogy last week and questioned if there’s an alternative analogy that would be accessible to individuals that don’t have a clear conceptual understanding of ships. ...

Similar Yet Different Please permit me the cliche. This post has been cooking for over 2 months at this point. That’s not an admission of fastidious hardwork in creating a compelling narrative, it’s a statement of how busy I have been since April 27 2025. Naturally the follow-on question is, ‘What happened April 27 2025?’, well I’m glad you asked. I left my role as an Account Solutions Engineer and stepped into a specialisation role. The reasoning for the move was simple, I needed to move away from being aross a whole portfolio. The specialisaton role I have stepped into has been focused on all things Datacentre. It runs the whole gamut of solutions in the datacentre space and it’s where I want to be. One simply needs to look at the news and the renewed vigour in all things datacentre to understand the more mercenary reasons. ...