RoamingPigs Field Manual is an independent technical publication. Coverage focuses on what actually works in software: postmortems, contrarian analysis, infrastructure failure modes, AI in production, security and privacy, fintech mechanics, and the history that explains why current tools look the way they do.
Publisher
RoamingPigs Inc, a Delaware C Corporation. Editorial mailing address: 200 W Sahara Ave Unit 3301, Las Vegas NV 89102.
Editor
Cisco Caceres. 45 years in software. Toggled his first program into an Altair via front-panel switches in the late 1970s. US Navy veteran (USS Missouri BB-63). Built CMS at MSNBC in the 1990s. Built voice AI for federal agencies in the 2020s. Founded several companies; current ventures listed in disclosures.
Contact
Editorial: editor@roamingpigs.com
Tips and corrections: same address.
Press and credentials: see Press.
Cadence and channels
Roughly two articles per week. Weekly Sunday digest by email. RSS feed at /field-manual/feed.xml. The full archive is at /field-manual/.
What this publication is not
Not a consulting marketing surface. Not a vendor blog. Not a content farm. Articles are written and edited by the publisher, fact-checked against primary sources, and corrected in place when wrong. The editor’s consulting work happens at ciscocaceres.com and through Barbarians Inc; that separation is documented in disclosures.
Standards
See the editorial policy for sourcing, fact-checking, corrections, AI disclosure, and voice rules.