{"podcast":{"title":"Networking Tech with Fexingo: Internet Infrastructure, Routing, and Network Engineering","slug":"networking-tech-with-fexingo-internet-infrastructure-routing-and-network-engineering-7871928","podcast_index_feed_id":7871928,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/networking-tech.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/networking-tech/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":119,"summary":"Lucas and Luna break down the invisible skeleton of the internet: the routers, protocols, and physical cables that move packets across continents. Each episode opens with a recent network outage, a peering dispute, or a routing-table anomaly — then traces the engineering decisions and business incentives behind it. Lucas maps the technical architecture (BGP, MPLS, IXPs), while Luna pushes on the economics: who pays for undersea cables, why ISPs throttle certain traffic, and how network neutrality shapes startup access. They analyze real incidents — AWS’s Tokyo region failure, a Level 3 vs. Cogent peering war, or the latency impact of a new data-center route — and explain what network engineers actually debate in NANOG meetings. This is not a ‘how the internet works’ primer; it’s the layer-3 view for professionals who manage, build, or invest in network infrastructure. Expect granular discussions of dark fiber, CDN caching strategies, and the politics of IP address allocation. By the end, you’ll see the internet as a finite, fragile, and fiercely competitive topology — and understand why a single undersea cable cut can reset stock prices. #InternetInfrastructure #NetworkEngineering…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T22:19:10.157593+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/networking-tech-with-fexingo-internet-infrastructure-routing-and-network-engineering-7871928"},"episode":{"title":"How Network Automation Is Reshaping Daily Work of Network Engineers","slug":"how-network-automation-is-reshaping-daily-work-of-network-engineers","published_at":"2026-07-13T10:42:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/networking-tech-with-fexingo-internet-infrastructure-routing-and-network-engineering-7871928/how-network-automation-is-reshaping-daily-work-of-network-engineers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/networking-tech-with-fexingo-internet-infrastructure-routing-and-network-engineering-7871928","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/networking-tech/episode-0108.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/networking-tech/episode-0108.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Networking Tech with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how network automation is fundamentally changing what it means to be a network engineer. They focus on a case study from a mid-sized enterprise that replaced manual switch configuration with an open-source automation framework, cutting deployment time from two days to 15 minutes. The conversation covers the shift from CLI-focused skills to programming and API literacy, the rise of tools like Ansible and Nornir, and the cultural challenges within operations teams. Lucas shares data from a 2025 industry survey showing that 60% of network engineers now use automation in daily workflows, up from 30% in 2022. Luna questions whether this shift reduces job security or elevates the role. They also discuss how automation creates new responsibilities around testing and validation. The episode ends with a forward-looking question about whether network engineering will bifurcate into development and operations tracks. #NetworkAutomation #NetworkEngineering #Ansible #Nornir #CLI #Python #GitOps #ConfigAsCode #CI/CD #DevOps #ITOps #Automation #SDN #NetworkProgrammability #FexingoBusiness #Technology #NetworkingTech #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In this episode of Networking Tech with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how network automation is fundamentally changing what it means to be a network eng…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":542,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/networking-tech-with-fexingo-internet-infrastructure-routing-and-network-engineering-7871928/episodes/how-network-automation-is-reshaping-daily-work-of-network-engineers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/networking-tech-with-fexingo-internet-infrastructure-routing-and-network-engineering-7871928/how-network-automation-is-reshaping-daily-work-of-network-engineers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}