Nick Davitashvili

CCIE #24772, TEDx Speaker, architect, multi-instrumentalist, risk quantifier. Not on twitter as I'm trying to get stuff done and am weak-willed.

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

Parenting requires walls. Eight Validated Containment Architectures, eight weeks. https://t.co/GcGGcAXqGW

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

The industry is debating whether AI has consciousness while deploying agents with unconstrained network egress. Both conversations are happening in the same organisations, same quarter.
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[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

Agent logs are self-reported. A compromised agent can manipulate its own records. The network is the only observer the agent doesn't control. This is engineering fact, not philosophy.

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@Bankwest told me to call in “twilight hours.” Then clarified: 6:30 am–6 pm.

And the official solution? “Hope we’re not busy.”

Starting today, my 2FA is now HOPE.

Press 1 for vibes, 2 for manifesting, 3 to enjoy 46 minutes of hold music.

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@nntaleb Very interesting! Do you think Tsallis-entropy models could be used for bursty network traffic and tail latency? If no, what key assumptions would likely break in practice?

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@MicrosoftLearn Thank you for the suggestion. But looks like your DMs are disabled:

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@MicrosoftLearn @AzureSupport @MicrosoftHelps SR 2507040040006217 – 30 days since I passed AZ-305, still no Azure Solutions Architect Expert badge. Client deliverable at risk. Please escalate to Certification Ops or provide ETA. #MSCert #MicrosoftCertification

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@MicrosoftLearn This is unacceptable!

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@MicrosoftLearn Tried calling MS support, IVR loops me back to web links.

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@MicrosoftLearn 17 Jul – Engineer writes me that there's already a ticket for me and I should wait for that. Closes ticket ...1783 without waiting for my reply. But I do not have access to that ...6217 ticket. So I open another SR (SR 250717005004236)

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@MicrosoftLearn 15 Jul – No update. Opened my own Sev-A ticket (SR 2507150050001783); got a boiler-plate “we’ve escalated, expect 3-5 business days.”

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@MicrosoftLearn 04 Jul – Email said the case was migrated to a new support platform with SR 2507040040006217. I can’t see this SR in Services Hub; asked for link.
04 Jul (later) – Escalated via email: requested ETA or interim Microsoft letter; highlighted client deadline.

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@MicrosoftLearn 18-26 Jun – Opened Microsoft Community thread (“Renewed AZ-104 and passed AZ-305 but Expert credential missing”).Support agent collected profile details. 19 Jun – told the case was sent to engineering, ETA 5-7 business days. 26 Jun – “still under review.”

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@MicrosoftLearn Guys...This is ridiculous.

11 Feb – Renewed AZ-104 successfully; credential shows as active.
17 Jun – Passed AZ-305 at Pearson VUE. Expected badge within 24-48 h.

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@MicrosoftLearn SR 250717005004236 – Sev-A, 31 days without badge, need ETA.

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@terjehelland @SecGenNATO Je doet net als een struisvogel met z’n kop in het zand—doen alsof het probleem niet bestaat, maakt het echt niet beter.

[Nick Davitashvili @nickda]

@DefenceU Ukraine will win in 2025

[Visioner @visionergeo]

🇬🇪 | Supporters and family members gather on New Year’s Eve outside the prison to show solidarity with detained protesters.

More than 50 protesters are being forced to spend New Year’s Eve behind bars.

[Terje Helland @terjehelland]

🇬🇪Mark Rutte, NATO’s Secretary General @SecGenNATO, legitimizing self-proclaimed PM Irakli Kobakhidze with a ‘Happy New Year’?
Kobakhidze stole the election for Bidzina Ivanishvili—a US sanctioned Russian agent under Executive Order 14024.

This sends a shocking message. While Georgians fight for EU/NATO values in the streets, this must feel like a betrayal of their struggle for democracy and independence.

Bad judgment. Terrible optics. A slap in the face to those risking everything for a Euro-Atlantic future.

Mark Rutte, do better. Stand with the people, not the regime.

[Marko Mihkelson 🇪🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @markomihkelson]

Russia's seizure of power in Georgia 🇬🇪 and the ambivalence of European 🇪🇺 governments in confronting the illegitimate regime unfortunately suggest that the cost of defending freedom and democracy across Europe will be much higher in the near future.
The people of Georgia 🇬🇪, who have been demonstrating their resolve for 3⃣2⃣ consecutive days, deserve both moral and tangible support from European countries – in words and in actions. If the people of Georgia do not tire or give in, neither can Europe afford to.