tuning the deadband
There are two problems that many IT folks will have in their career: In this post, I want to chat about the basics of building effective monitoring in terms of
There are two problems that many IT folks will have in their career: In this post, I want to chat about the basics of building effective monitoring in terms of defining problems and recoveries. We're monitoring servers and databases and network switches and whatnot, duh! Well, if only it were
waving goodbye to windows - part 1
Okay, so the title might be a little misleading. I waved goodbye to Windows in favor of Linux (obligatory "I use Arch, btw") some time ago. Given that my personal
Okay, so the title might be a little misleading. I waved goodbye to Windows in favor of Linux (obligatory "I use Arch, btw") some time ago. Given that my personal laptop's hardware was of the 2016 era, I just couldn't run Windows very well any longer. Not that I wanted
plain text power moves
Many a systems engineer or systems administrator have touted the innumerable benefits of moving beyond the visuals of graphical user interfaces to the time-honored activity of entering text at a
Many a systems engineer or systems administrator have touted the innumerable benefits of moving beyond the visuals of graphical user interfaces to the time-honored activity of entering text at a command line interface. I'm here to talk about plain text power moves, but not in that sense. I want to