Personal record

Candace
Ramsey

candace.it.com

Thirty-plus years in IT. Hands on the systems, eyes on the people who depend on them.

Now / 01 Research

Associate Director,
Research Infrastructure Technology

CU Boulder Research Computing

colorado.edu/rc

Now / 02 Founder

Founder & CEO

Kandake Labs LLC · AI-native software

kandakelabs.com

I build research computing infrastructure and write software. One habit underneath both: make the thing work — then make it work for everyone who depends on it.

Writing

Page · Living document

A Manifesto for System Administrators

Four values and twelve principles, written for the work of running the systems other people depend on.

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Essay · Aug 2026

Agile Didn't Kill Planning. It Rescued It.

The claim that agile teams don't plan runs backwards from the record. Every framework cited to defend it is full of planning.

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Index

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