Category Archives: Editorial

Burning Out

Posted on October 25, 2021 by way0utwest

I haven’t burned out, but I’ve been close. There was a time a few years back when I was working a lot, traveling a lot, trying to watch activities with my kids, making time for my wife, and more. While … Continue reading →

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Maybe It Is DNS

Posted on October 23, 2021 by way0utwest

There are jokes about how often DNS is a problem. There are stickers, shirts, and mugs you can buy. There’s a classic haiku, which leads into a rant about the struggles of sysadmins. I will admit that I know a … Continue reading →

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Complex Searching

Posted on October 22, 2021 by way0utwest

Searching for data in our systems is sometimes hard. If you’ve ever needed to generically search a lot of text, it’s not easy to write code to do this in an efficient manner. It’s even harder if you try to … Continue reading →

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Going Cloud Native

Posted on October 20, 2021 by way0utwest

I am constantly surprised at the migration of workloads to the cloud. It seems that many of the customers and clients that I speak with are moving some of their assets to the cloud. Some are moving the majority of … Continue reading →

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