Orestes Garcia
Enterprise Architect & AI Development Pioneer
Head of Enterprise Architecture at City National Bank of Florida, leading a team of 12+ engineers building critical financial services infrastructure. 15+ years of experience transforming complex banking systems through cloud modernization and AI-driven development.
Creator of Claude Buddy, open-source tooling for Claude Code. Passionate about bridging the gap between enterprise requirements and modern development practices.
Latest Posts
Don't Vibe Your Infrastructure
Vibe coding turns an idea into a diff. VibeOps is everything after it, minus the human who used to read every line. Build infrastructure as a reviewed IaC artifact through an agentic development lifecycle. The chat is the new console for operating what is already built, not a shortcut around delivery.
The Craftsman's Goodbye
I spent more than thirty-five years getting good at something a machine now does in seconds. The grief is real, and skipping past it is dishonest. But the years weren't spent on the craft. They were spent building the eye.
Identity Isn't Intent
In an agent-driven enterprise the caller and the model are both replaceable. What you defend is the governance that answers three questions in order: who runs it, did anyone ask, and is the effect allowed. Identity solves the first. The gap is the second.