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SPLUNKY BREWSTER
Technical dispatches from the trenches of Splunk, security, AI, and infrastructure.
I Got Rick Rolled by Claude (And Here's the Proof)
I was live-streaming on TikTok, building out a content automation tool with Claude, when it dropped a helpful-looking link into our chat. I clicked it. Cue music…
WATCH THE VIDEO →ML Social: An AI-Powered Content Generation Platform
Check out more Machine Learning shorts on the Need-to-Nerd YouTube channel and subscribe for updates on AI, security, and data engineering content. ML Social is an AI content generation platform...
READ →So You're Connected to Splunk's MCP Server - Now What?
You got the proxy running. The green checkmark appeared. splunk_get_info came back with your instance version and a healthy status. Now you’re staring at a blinking cursor wondering what exactly...
READ →Shrinking a GCP Boot Disk the Hard Way (Because There Is No Easy Way)
You can’t shrink a persistent disk in GCP. You can grow one in about 3 seconds, but shrinking? Google basically says “lol no.” So when I needed to take a...
READ →Splunk MCP Server Setup and Troubleshooting
Splunk’s MCP Server exposes your instance to AI tooling over port 8089. Run SPL, pull metadata, query indexes, interact with the AI Assistant, all through the management API via Model...
READ →Connecting Splunk's MCP Server to Claude Code CLI: What Actually Worked (and What Didn't)
READ →Migrating Splunk to SmartStore with GCP: A Field Guide
READ →Standard Deviation of Volume Ingestion for Alerting
Splunk License Usage Anomaly Report (Z-Score Method) — Full Detailed Breakdown Purpose You asked for the very detailed explanation of what the SPL does, plus tuning guidance to cut false...
READ →Boots on the Ground: End-to-End MCP Discovery with Shodan and Python
READ →Why Non-Coders are Winning in the Synthetic Renaissance
READ →Boosting Docker on Windows with Experimental autoMemoryReclaim
READ →Claude Code on Windows Inside of Cursor
You want Claude Code in your Cursor Application on Windows. There is no exception. I don’t have enough metrics for a cost comparison yet but I think it will be...
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