Fresh/Brewed

Don't Freak Out.

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I have been rocking a Jekyll blog now since around 2021. This blogging site started out in 2019 using Ghost which I automated back then with Azure DevOps.

Over all this time, I have written over 500 posts and just the CICD updates, for which I have optimized as best i can are 16 to 25 minutes long. The blogs Github repo is nearly 25Gb expanded!

I’ll admit that I am a data hoarder (my wife may just scratch out the word “data” there). I have a hard time purging anything. I have a box of Palm pilots, Windows XP tablet PCs and a working MiniDisc recorder (I will never give it up).

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Courses

I created a Udemy course on Open Telemetry here

For the month of July 2026 you can use this code for 50% of ($10 instead of $20): 9D9D6DBB930651C3CC61

Presentations

May 2026 : “Let’s build an MCP Server (and Skills!)”, presented at OpenSourceNorth : YouTube
May 2026 : “Vertex AI and n8n, low-code workflows, now served at home!”, presented at GDG Brunei: YouTube
March 2025: “NUG25 Otel NR Ai Tooling with Gemini CLI and Qwen Coder”, presented at NUG 2025L YouTube

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About Me

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About Me

Isaac is a Cloud Solutions Architect and DevOps/SRE Architect who focuses on cloud migrations and DevOps + SRE processes. He also is a dad to three wonderful daughters (hence the references to Princess King sprinkled throughout the blog).

With a background as a Cloud and SRE Architect, I have a passion for process and building out scalable solutions. My career has spanned over 20 years experience, and I’ve had the honor of working at local companies such as Medtronic, Abbott, Thomson Reuters, and CH Robinson with a focus on SRE, DevOps and Cloud Migrations. Today, as a Senior Staff Cloud Architect at Abbott (SJM) in the Structured Heart division, my focus is on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) next generation solutions. I live in Woodbury, MN and enjoy camping, canoeing and fishing with three wonderful daughters.

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