I’m Robert Parks, an IT Director based in Connecticut with over 30 years in the industry. By day, I lead a technology team supporting healthcare operations across multiple sites. By night (and early morning), I tinker with cloud infrastructure, static sites, and whatever AI tools have emerged that week.
Why This Blog?
After three decades in IT, I’ve learned that the best way to truly understand something is to document it. This blog is my attempt to capture one technical insight per day—whether it’s an AWS configuration, a Hugo template trick, or a lesson learned from deploying AI in production.
My Background
I’ve spent most of my career in healthcare IT, where reliability isn’t optional. That background shapes how I approach technology: stability first, innovation second, and always with an eye toward practical implementation.
Recent interests include:
- Static site architecture — Fast, resilient, and remarkably cheap
- AI-assisted development — Claude Code has changed how I build things
- AWS serverless — Lambda, CloudFront, S3, and the ecosystem around them
- Infrastructure as code — Reproducible deployments and version-controlled configurations
About the Name
The domain ap7i.com was registered on July 11, 2025, after a script I wrote surfaced it as one of the rare four-character .com domains that had never been previously registered. I parked it with my collection, not knowing what I’d use it for. When I decided to launch this blog, it was sitting there ready—a blank slate. The meaning came later: Adaptive Perspectives, 7-day Insights. It’s a retrofitted acronym, honestly, but one that fits. This blog is about adapting to change—particularly the seismic shifts that AI is bringing to technology, business, and society. And the “7-day” part reflects my goal: to share insights regularly, documenting what I’m learning and thinking as an IT Director navigating this unprecedented moment in computing history.
The Tech Stack
This site is built with Hugo, styled with a custom theme called Broadsheet that I developed with AI assistance, and served globally via AWS CloudFront. Total monthly cost: a few dollars.
Elsewhere
- Resume: raparks.com
- GitHub: github.com/parkscloud