Rob Shakir

Professionally: operating at the border of software and network engineering @google.com; network infrastructure geek.
Personally: creative dabbler in music, stencil, screenprinting, photography, design and cookery; endorphin seeker on foot, skis and bicycles; strictly amateur oenophile.
All views expressed are my own, and art work is © its respective owner (myself if not otherwise noted)

Recent Posts


  1. The Right-Sized Tool: Building Software with 100% AI
  2. Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Low FODMAP Biryiani
  3. v3 Gallery
  4. NANOG 90: Pondering Abstractions
  5. Lessons from Career Coaching
  6. Published IETF RFCs
  7. SailGP San Francisco
  8. Reimagining Network Devices
  9. Big Pine Lakes
  10. NANOG 86: Emulating Network Topologies in k8s

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