Draft:Ashlan Chidester

Ashlan Chidester
Born (1978-01-16) January 16, 1978 (age 47)
OccupationAuthor, poet, software engineer
NationalityAmerican

Ashlan Lee Chidester (born January 16, 1978) is an American author, poet, software engineer, and theorist. Works include experimental fiction, technical manuals, anti-poetry, fractal art, and audio media.

Literary works

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Literary fiction, poetry, and theory

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  • Dupliter: A Conceptual Approach to Temporal Anchoring[1]
  • Umbra Nosferatu
  • Horror at Tombstone[2]
  • Slapping Krampus
  • The Brash and Plum[3]
  • reclusivity
  • to tell if
  • wyrm setae
  • nor red love
  • my surrogate, I
  • Beer is,

Sonnet

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  • keep away sally

Non-fiction titles

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Core networking and internet architectures

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  • Advanced OSPF & BGP
  • PNNI Signaling in ATM Networks
  • Router Super Doc
  • QoS and EVC Configuration for Netvanta Switch Deployments
  • BRS Layer-4 Services Provisioning
  • DSLAM Management
  • Multi-pair Ethernet over DMT
  • Ethernet over Copper Network Troubleshooting Guide
  • How Enterprise VoIP Routing Works
  • Videoconferencing Bugs: Engineer's Guide to Documentation with Examples
  • RxT Configuration Guide for Ethernet SLA Measurement

Cloud platforms and modern software development

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  • Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies Discover Course
  • Step-by-step Instructions for configuring AWS RDS
  • Java Persistence API, Jenkins and AWS
  • Looking Forward to the Spring Framework
  • Discover Angular
  • Enhancing Software Development Efficiency
  • SQL Performance Tuning
  • Java Programming

Enterprise infrastructure and administration

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  • A Network Engineer's Enterprise Router & Switch Configuration Collection: Part 1
  • The Path to Mega Business Voice Admin Guide
  • Fortinet SSL VPN Insights
  • How to Troubleshoot TCP/IP and LAN

Telecom evolution and industry chronicles

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  • A History of MegaPath Legacy Core Network
  • Evolution of Mega Corp Telecom

Technical field guides and manuals

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  • Discover a Data Center[4]
  • Postal Locker Device Replacement and Maintenance Manual

Fractal art

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  • Reclusivity

Audio

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Podcast

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  • *Listen to My Voice* (podcast series) — episodes include "Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution Part 1", "Unix LS Command Narration", *Intro to the Spring Framework: How to Create a REST API with Spring Boot FAST*[5]

Audiobook

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  • *Collection Recordings* (includes readings of Slapping Krampus, Horror at Tombstone, Umbra Nosferatu)

Data Center Course

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  • Data Center Essentials Discover Course 18 audio episodes
Episodes
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  • DCIM / IPAM
  • Comparing Reliabilities
  • Cooling Systems
  • Standards
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Equipment Racks
  • Fire Hazards and Prevention
  • Flooring and Ceiling
  • Identification Solutions
  • Illuminance
  • Mission Critical Facility
  • Monitoring Scheme
  • Power Systems
  • Sanitary Methods
  • Scaleable Network Systems
  • Securing the Data Center
  • Service Contracts
  • Water Works

Software engineering

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  • elasticsearch – Java-based fork of the distributed search and analytics engine.[6]
  • jive-one- – Objective-C iOS application supporting PBX features such as calling, SMS, and voicemail.
  • rally-overlord – PHP-based system for coordination and automation.
  • voip-util2 – Python utilities for VoIP troubleshooting and configuration.
  • NetEng and Network-Engineering – Python-based toolkits for network operations.
  • package-cleaner – Shell scripts for managing and cleaning software package environments.
  • network-ops-tooling – Shell-based automation for network operations workflows.
  • Unifi-Wifi – JavaScript multi-tenant proxy and management layer for UniFi Controller deployments.
  • logstash – Ruby-based fork of the Logstash data processing pipeline.
  • jinst – PHP integration tooling.
  • static-edge-api – Go-based API for edge system interactions.
  • salt – Python-based fork of the Salt configuration management platform.
  • tactical-nuclear-blackholer – Python tool designed for advanced network traffic blackholing.
  • myco-commons and jazz – Java frameworks and shared libraries.
  • dreidel and bepop – Java-based experimental projects.
  • pwd-vault – GPG-encrypted vault for password security (private).
  • devops – Shell utilities for DevOps pipelines (private).
  • KVM-vm-debian – Tooling for KVM virtual machine deployments (private).
  • IPMI-Tunnel – Shell-based tool for secure IPMI tunneling (private).
  • AMQ – Private middleware and messaging infrastructure project.

References

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