It's #Sysadmin Appreciation Day!
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(yes, I'll be reposting throughout the day, sorry.)
Yesterday was #Sysadmin Appreciation Day, and you can exploit time zones!
Tilted Windmill Press is offering 10% off all titles with coupon code YIKES. Buy print, get the ebook free. Excludes already-discounted bundles.
Valid until it's the 27th in Detroit, because time zones are a pain.
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(I'll reposting this intermittently, sorry.)
Behind every seamless deployment and stable server is a #SysAdmin who made it happen 😎 Today, we’re shining a spotlight on the IT pros who quietly — but brilliantly keep everything running smoothly & honor the critical work done by sysadmins around the globe.
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This morning, something happened that brought me immense pleasure. A long-standing client called and asked if they could "bother" me. I replied that they weren't bothering me at all, and that I was "testing some new things". They immediately said, "Oh, I'll call you another time then".
Of course, they had my full and undivided attention from that moment on.
One of the challenging aspects of my work method is making people (not necessarily clients, but generally) understand that experimentation is more important than deployment itself. When they see me set up a server in a very short time (and it will stay up for years), it's not (just) because I use effective tools, but also because it's backed by research, errors, and successes. In a word: experience.
Sitting in front of my computer with two old APUs, therefore, isn't a pastime but one of the most critical parts of my testing. Dated and underperforming hardware necessitates optimization. When people grasp this, it's a true joy for me.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go check how a signal penetrates concrete walls with three different access points placed in the same spot...
...And the fact that I enjoy all of this immensely is just an added bonus! 😆
It's #Sysadmin Appreciation Day!
Tilted Windmill Press (yes, that's me) is offering 10% off all titles with coupon code YIKES. Buy print, get the ebook free.
Happy #Sysadmin Appreciation Day to all who celebrate! 🎉 https://sysadminday.com/
It's easy to forget us sysadmins, since if we do our jobs right, we squash potential problems and outages before they become noticeable issues! That in itself is worth celebrating!
Registered for @EuroBSDCon! I'll be teaching TLS and email before the main con in one hideous day-long #sysadmin forced death march. You want in on this, I'm sure.
"I’m not saying that a knowledge of promiscuous mode, fdisk, or window scaling leads to misery, but I will say that happy folks have no understanding of any of them."
The new #FreeBSD Journal is out, including my "We Get Letters" column.
https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/networking-3/we-get-letters-4/ #sysadmin
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