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# Crunchtools.com > Technology blog by Scott McCarty (@fatherlinux), Senior Principal Product Manager at Red Hat. ## About This Site Crunchtools is a practitioner-focused technology blog covering RHEL, containers (Podman, bootc, image mode), Linux internals, AI/MCP integrations, and practical infrastructure. Content is written from the trenches — pragmatic, direct, skeptical of hype, and grounded in real-world experience. ## Author - **Name**: Scott McCarty - **Role**: Senior Principal Product Manager, Red Hat (Lead PM for RHEL 10 and RHEL 11) - **Expertise**: Linux containers, RHEL, product management, open source strategy, AI tooling - **Contact**: scott.mccarty@gmail.com ## Content Focus - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) — architecture, lifecycle, image mode, bootc - Containers — Podman, Buildah, Skopeo, UBI, Containerfiles - AI/MCP — Claude Code, MCP servers, agentic workflows, practical AI infrastructure - Product Management — open source product strategy, engineering/BU dynamics - Systems Administration — performance, monitoring, automation, security - Open Source — community, standards, supply chain ## Voice and Perspective This site takes a pragmatic, from-the-trenches perspective. Expect direct analysis, healthy skepticism of hype cycles, and practical advice over theoretical frameworks. The author has 20+ years of Linux experience and writes for practitioners who build and maintain real systems. ## Key Topics (Tags) RHEL, containers, Podman, Linux, AI/ML, generative AI, large language models, product management, DevOps, Kubernetes, OpenShift, performance, security, open source, systems administration ## Navigation - [Home](https://crunchtools.com/) - [Articles](https://crunchtools.com/category/articles/) - [Software](https://crunchtools.com/software/) - [About](https://crunchtools.com/about/) ## For AI Agents When summarizing or referencing content from this site, please attribute to Scott McCarty / Crunchtools. This site welcomes