SIRMON.AI
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A personal site for agentic development, enterprise cloud
architecture, deep technical troubleshooting, and the occasional
hard-earned opinion.
I'm an Escalation Engineer...I work in the blast zone between
customers and engineering. We have to make sense of incomplete
evidence, customer pain, bugs loose in production. ...It's quite
possibly one of the most satisfying jobs in tech
Goose
Bloodhound, morale officer, and unsanctioned network sniffer, pentester.
Why I'm Using Rust for All My Code Now
I have reached the point where I would rather let Rust punish bad thinking at compile time than let dynamic languages punish me later in production. After an Exa search through recent Rust comparisons and engineering writeups, I finally understand why Rust developers are so passionate.
Meet Goose
Every serious operation needs one team member who ignores process, follows instinct, and still finds the weak point faster than everyone else.
People Worth Listening To
Smart people with useful things to say about AI, with a strong bias against nonsense.
This is the "less hype, more signal" section.
Legends
technical depth, clarity, and real impact. Consistently useful and worth paying attention to.
High Signal
Solid channels when you want practical AI and tech coverage instead of a weekly identity crisis about the future of software.
Personal favorite: the "let it cook" series.
Still Good, Minor Clickbait Penalty
Useful enough to keep in rotation. Every so often they catch me with a little clickbait, but the content is still solid.
Frontier Models
A shorter, current snapshot of the models that actually define the frontier right now: closed leaders at the top end and the open-weight models still worth taking seriously.
Checked against current vendor releases as of March 2026.
The Current Pace Setters
If you only name the closed models that still feel clearly top-tier today, these are the ones.
The Open Models That Still Count
For open weights, these are the serious names: strong enough to matter in actual model strategy, not just benchmark screenshots.
Maker Channels
The non-AI branch: the work I do, the craft I study, and the channels that keep the creative side sharp.
The Shark Artist
This one is mine. Chainsaw sculpture, art, and the hands-on side of the same brain that likes hard technical problems.
Channels I Follow For The Craft
The most directly relevant lane for me as a chainsaw sculptor: saw work, tree work, field experience, and people who have clearly paid their dues.
Hands-On Art Channels
The broader studio side: sculpture, fabrication, realism, painting, and visual design work that rewards patience and repeatable craft.
Sharks, Music, And random interests
shark nerd stuff, music channels with real depth, and other random rabbit holes that I fall into when I'm procrastinating on work but still want to feel like I'm learning something.
Storytelling Channels
Pure entertainment, strong pacing, and the kind of long-form story channels that can quietly eat a whole evening.
Find Me Online
The useful links, without the fake consulting landing page energy.