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Real-life SDN and network automation architectures and solutions that work outside of the cozy environment of vendor-branded PowerPoint.

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Friday · length unknown
Using netlab in Software Testing with Dinesh Dutt
I know a few software development companies use netlab to test their network management software (and contribute back to netlab – thanks a million!), and I always wanted to chat about that. As I have known Dinesh Dutt for ages, it wasn’t …
June 12 · length unknown
AI in Networking with Andrew Yourtchenko
I always wanted to find someone who is more positive about AI than I am, while having solid “can deliver working stuff at scale” credentials. Andrew Yourtchenko definitely fits the bill. I first met him (online) when he was still an …
April 24 · length unknown
State of Network Automation with Urs Baumann
I stopped tracking the (lack of) progress in network automation years ago, when I realized I had nothing new to say. As an eternal optimist, I hoped I was just missing something, but Urs Baumann (the guest of Software Gone Wild Episode 206) …
March 13 · length unknown
Network Device Telemetry Protocols with Dinesh Dutt
Whenever I’m ranting about vendors changing their data models or APIs with every other release, there is inevitably a vendor engineer chiming in, saying, “Life would be so much better if the customers wouldn’t insist on doing screen …
January 16 · length unknown
Infrahub with Damien Garros
Why do we need Infrahub, another network automation tool? What does it bring to the table, who should be using it, and why is it using a graph database internally? I discussed these questions with Damien Garros, the driving force behind …
Dec 11, 2025 · length unknown
IETF v6ops Working Group with Nick Buraglio
The first IPv6 specs were published in 1995, and yet 30 years later, we still have a pretty active IETF working group focused on “developing guidelines for the deployment and operation of new and existing IPv6 networks.” (taken from the old …
Nov 14, 2025 · length unknown
Using netlab for Classroom Training with Sander Steffann
In March 2024, I received my first PR from an airplane: Sander Steffann was flying to South Africa to deliver an Ansible training and fixed a minor annoyance in the then-new multilab feature. Of course, I wanted to know more about his …
Oct 7, 2025 · length unknown
Working for a Vendor with David Gee
When I first met David Gee, he worked for a large system integrator. A few years later, he moved to a networking vendor, worked for a few of them, then for a software vendor, and finally decided to start his own system integration business. …
Sep 10, 2025 · length unknown
Labbing Network Technology Details with netlab
It’s been over four years since I published the last Software Gone Wild episode. In the meantime, I spent most of my time developing an open-source labbing tool, so it should be no surprise that the first post-hiatus episode focused on a …
Apr 9, 2021 · length unknown
Bringing New Engineers into Networking on Software Gone Wild
As I started Software Gone Wild podcast in June 2014, I wanted to help networking engineers grow beyond the traditional networking technologies. It’s only fitting to conclude this project almost seven years and 116 episodes later with a …
Jan 29, 2021 · length unknown
FreeRTR Deep Dive on Software Gone Wild
This podcast introduction was written by Nick Buraglio, the host of today’s podcast. In today’s evolving landscape of whitebox, brightbox, and software routing, a small but incredibly comprehensive routing platform called FreeRTR has …
Dec 18, 2020 · length unknown
Streaming Telemetry with Avi Freedman on Software Gone Wild
Remember my rant how “fail fast, fail often sounds great in a VC pitch deck, and sucks when you have to deal with its results”? Streaming telemetry is no exception to this rule, and Avi Freedman (CEO of Kentik) has been on the receiving end …
Oct 9, 2020 · length unknown
Faucet Deep Dive on Software Gone Wild
This podcast introduction was written by Nick Buraglio, the host of today’s podcast. In the original days of this podcast, there were heavy, deep discussions about this new protocol called “OpenFlow”. Like many of our most creative …
Jun 25, 2020 · length unknown
BGP Navel Gazing on Software Gone Wild
This podcast introduction was written by Nick Buraglio, the host of today’s podcast. As we all know, BGP runs the networked world. It is a protocol that has existed and operated in the vast expanse of the internet in one form or another …
Jun 12, 2020 · length unknown
SuzieQ with Dinesh Dutt and Justin Pietsch on Software Gone Wild
In early May 2020 I wrote a blog post introducing SuzieQ, a network observability platform Dinesh Dutt worked on for the last few years. If that blog post made you look for more details, you might like the Episode 111 of Software Gone Wild …
May 15, 2020 · length unknown
Smart NICs with Silvano Gai on Software Gone Wild
A while ago we discussed a software-focused view of Network Interface Cards (NICs) with Luke Gorrie, and a hardware-focused view of them with Or Gerlitz (Mellanox), Andy Gospodarek (Broadcom) and Jiri Pirko (Mellanox). Why would anyone want …
Apr 24, 2020 · length unknown
Overlay Networking with Ouroboros on Software Gone Wild
This podcast introduction was written by Nick Buraglio, the host of today’s podcast. As private overlays are becoming more and more prevalent and as SD-WAN systems and technologies advance, it remains critical that we continue to …
Jan 10, 2020 · length unknown
NetDev 0x13 on Software Gone Wild
The last Software Gone Wild podcast recorded in 2019 focused on advances in Linux networking - in particular on interesting stuff presented at NetDev 0x13 conference in Prague. The guests (in alphabetical first name order) Jamal Hadi Salim, …
Nov 29, 2019 · length unknown
IP Fabric with Gian-Paolo Boarina on Software Gone Wild
No, we were not talking about IP fabrics in general - IP Fabric is a network management software (oops, network assurance platform) Gian Paolo discovered a while ago and thoroughly tested in the meantime. He was kind enough to share what he …
Oct 25, 2019 · length unknown
OpenBGPD with Claudio Jeker on Software Gone Wild
Everyone is talking about FRRouting suite these days, while hidden somewhere in the background OpenBGPD has been making continuous progress for years. Interestingly, OpenBGPD project was started for the same reason FRR was forked - …

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