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  "description": "Mike Trappe and I had a great conversation on the Network Buzz, a Laketec Podcast. We took a fast, plain-English tour of AI for networking. I traced my path from dial-up support to CTO at Laketec, then dove into how gen-AI and LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama/GPT-OSS) can practically boost network operations. We contrast hype vs. reality (hallucinations, validation, prompting), and spotlight domain tools like Juniper Mist and Aruba Central with natural-language queries. I previewed Laketec’s",
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  "textContent": "Mike Trappe and I had a great conversation on the Network Buzz, a Laketec Podcast. We took a fast, plain-English tour of AI for networking. I traced my path from dial-up support to CTO at Laketec, then dove into how gen-AI and LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama/GPT-OSS) can _practically_ boost network operations. We contrast hype vs. reality (hallucinations, validation, prompting), and spotlight domain tools like Juniper Mist and Aruba Central with natural-language queries. I previewed Laketec’s internal work using Model Context Protocol (MCP) to let an LLM talk to APIs (Auvik, Aruba Central) for read-only, conversational insight.\n\nI had an awesome time, thanks Mike!\n\nCheck it out below.\n\nPS - I also put together a post on this at the Laketec site here: https://www.laketec.com/2025/09/16/applying-ai-to-networking/",
  "title": "Applied AI for Networking",
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