Tim Nichols
@tim-nichols.bsky.social
Building @flightcrew.io and talking hoops
I took a look at MCP and while it's promising I can't help but be ... underwhelmed?
1. MCP is missing the obvious enterprise features
2. MCP hype is astroturfed / commercial. Bad vibes!
Yes this is the future but this feels six months early.
www.flightcrew.io/blog/mcp-ent...
1. MCP is missing the obvious enterprise features
2. MCP hype is astroturfed / commercial. Bad vibes!
Yes this is the future but this feels six months early.
www.flightcrew.io/blog/mcp-ent...
Checking in on MCP: From Vibes to Enterprise
Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol has quickly become the standard for connecting AI with external tools. Now that we’ve shipped a few AI integrations we give our thoughts on the hottest AI trend
www.flightcrew.io
March 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I took a look at MCP and while it's promising I can't help but be ... underwhelmed?
1. MCP is missing the obvious enterprise features
2. MCP hype is astroturfed / commercial. Bad vibes!
Yes this is the future but this feels six months early.
www.flightcrew.io/blog/mcp-ent...
1. MCP is missing the obvious enterprise features
2. MCP hype is astroturfed / commercial. Bad vibes!
Yes this is the future but this feels six months early.
www.flightcrew.io/blog/mcp-ent...
I was in SF last week and was asked a few times if @flightcrew.io is an 'AI SRE' which seems to be a tool that
1. Ingests logs + jira context
2. Identifies root cause
3. Recommends a fix
This seems like a useful tool but we’re not building that.
Here’s why
www.flightcrew.io/blog/ai-plat...
1. Ingests logs + jira context
2. Identifies root cause
3. Recommends a fix
This seems like a useful tool but we’re not building that.
Here’s why
www.flightcrew.io/blog/ai-plat...
AI SRE vs AI Platform Engineer
We get asked if we're building an AI SRE. That sounds useful, but here's why we're building something new and different
www.flightcrew.io
March 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I was in SF last week and was asked a few times if @flightcrew.io is an 'AI SRE' which seems to be a tool that
1. Ingests logs + jira context
2. Identifies root cause
3. Recommends a fix
This seems like a useful tool but we’re not building that.
Here’s why
www.flightcrew.io/blog/ai-plat...
1. Ingests logs + jira context
2. Identifies root cause
3. Recommends a fix
This seems like a useful tool but we’re not building that.
Here’s why
www.flightcrew.io/blog/ai-plat...
Reposted by Tim Nichols
Flightcrew now integrates with GitHub Copilot
We're building the AI bot that catches and fixes the thousands of things that can go wrong in cloud infrastructure.
And now … (almost) everything Flightcrew knows about cloud infrastructure is accessible via Copilot.
We're building the AI bot that catches and fixes the thousands of things that can go wrong in cloud infrastructure.
And now … (almost) everything Flightcrew knows about cloud infrastructure is accessible via Copilot.
February 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Flightcrew now integrates with GitHub Copilot
We're building the AI bot that catches and fixes the thousands of things that can go wrong in cloud infrastructure.
And now … (almost) everything Flightcrew knows about cloud infrastructure is accessible via Copilot.
We're building the AI bot that catches and fixes the thousands of things that can go wrong in cloud infrastructure.
And now … (almost) everything Flightcrew knows about cloud infrastructure is accessible via Copilot.
Reposted by Tim Nichols
We try to have honest conversations with engineers about when they should use an AI Agent vs an existing open source tool.
This gets tricky when Agents can both supplement, and replace existing tools and workflows.
Here's a look at the Kubernetes VPA in 2025
www.flightcrew.io/blog/an-hone...
This gets tricky when Agents can both supplement, and replace existing tools and workflows.
Here's a look at the Kubernetes VPA in 2025
www.flightcrew.io/blog/an-hone...
An Honest Look at Vertical Pod Autoscaling
We're giving our honest read on VPA, what it's missing for enterprise workloads, and how it interacts with Flightcrew.
www.flightcrew.io
January 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We try to have honest conversations with engineers about when they should use an AI Agent vs an existing open source tool.
This gets tricky when Agents can both supplement, and replace existing tools and workflows.
Here's a look at the Kubernetes VPA in 2025
www.flightcrew.io/blog/an-hone...
This gets tricky when Agents can both supplement, and replace existing tools and workflows.
Here's a look at the Kubernetes VPA in 2025
www.flightcrew.io/blog/an-hone...
Die Hard is a Christmas Movie
December 13, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Die Hard is a Christmas Movie
Reposted by Tim Nichols
We're at re:Invent this week to chat all things AI + IAC.
Let's meet up at Booth, Bar or Pool 😎
Let's meet up at Booth, Bar or Pool 😎
December 2, 2024 at 5:55 PM
We're at re:Invent this week to chat all things AI + IAC.
Let's meet up at Booth, Bar or Pool 😎
Let's meet up at Booth, Bar or Pool 😎
Every week we meet an engineering team with a custom deploy script that creates kubernetes manifests from spec. Our #1 piece of advice to engineers at startups is 'don't do this'. Minimize config abstractions and keep your K8s/cloud manifests as simple as possible.
November 27, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Every week we meet an engineering team with a custom deploy script that creates kubernetes manifests from spec. Our #1 piece of advice to engineers at startups is 'don't do this'. Minimize config abstractions and keep your K8s/cloud manifests as simple as possible.