About
About Me
I’m Robert Bennett, an infrastructure architect based in the Nashville, Tennessee area. I’ve spent my career building and automating enterprise infrastructure — from on-prem hyperconverged platforms to hybrid cloud environments. My day-to-day revolves around Terraform, Ansible, Nutanix, Azure, and Git, helping teams move from manual processes to repeatable, version-controlled workflows.
I’m a Nutanix Technology Champion (2026) and hold certifications across Nutanix, Azure, and VMware. I’m passionate about helping other engineers level up, which is why I started this blog.
About This Blog
Pipelines and Pizza is where I share the lessons I’ve learned doing this work in production — not theory, not marketing, just practical advice from the trenches. Whether you’re just getting started in DevOps or you’re looking to sharpen your infrastructure skills, there’s something here for you.
What You’ll Find Here
- Practical How-To Guides — no fluff, just steps and lessons learned
- From Basics to Advanced — foundational topics to complex, multi-tool workflows
- Frameworks for Success — Cloud Adoption Framework, DevOps maturity models, and operational best practices
- War Stories — because nothing teaches like the issues you only hit in production
Topics I Cover
- Infrastructure as Code — Terraform, Ansible, and modern IaC patterns
- Cloud and Hybrid — Azure, hybrid cloud strategies, and on-prem to cloud migrations
- Version Control and CI/CD — Git workflows, GitHub Actions, and pipeline automation
- On-Premises Infrastructure — Nutanix, hyperconverged infrastructure, and private cloud
- DevOps Culture — career growth, team leadership, and engineering best practices
Connect With Me
Thanks for stopping by! If you have questions or topics you’d like me to cover, feel free to reach out.