I am Larry Smith Jr. I have been writing about infrastructure and automation since 2012, starting with Everything Should Be Virtual. Methodical Cloud is where that work continues.

I work in IT and have spent over a decade building and breaking home labs, writing configuration management, and digging into whatever tool or platform deserves a closer look. I move deliberately, document what I learn, and publish when I have actually earned the take.

This site covers automation, infrastructure, systems thinking, and the occasional honest post-mortem on something that did not go as planned. No filler, no schedule-driven content, no hype.

You can find my open source work on GitHub.