Modern IT infrastructure, in five pillars
The framework I use to keep infrastructure sane: five pillars on four foundations, every component a CI wired to the rest.
Notebook
Identity × Finance
Who or what is acting — users, service accounts, devices, AI agents. · Size it — cost, budget, right-sizing, run-rate.
Opinion notes
The CyberArk you don't have to buy
Completing an open-source identity stack with governance and privileged access — and why an AI coding agent finally makes it cheaper than CyberArk.
Idea notes
Could open-source IAM replace Active Directory and Entra ID?
Where midPoint plus Authentik can replace the Microsoft identity stack in a hybrid Windows/Linux shop. And where it can't. A thought experiment, not a build.