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The Slide on the 50-Yard Line
A story about becoming a leader before I ever knew what infrastructure was — from a sun-baked Georgia parking lot, to a silver trombone slide skidding across the 50-yard line, to the quiet lessons that shaped …
The Unsung Horrors of Managing Data Centers
Behind every “five nines” uptime promise is a fragile web of cables, power feeds, human hands, and silent failure modes waiting to surface. This essay pulls back the curtain on the physical reality behind modern infrastructure—where …
Making a Fantasy Mother’s Day Card with AI
Mother’s Day snuck up on me this year, and I wanted to do something a little more magical than just a store-bought card. My wife is a rockstar mom — fierce, fun, and the glue that …
Welcome to the New NickTheGray.com
I've been hard at work rewriting my website (again). Welcome to the next iteration of nickthegray.com!