Category Archives: Editorial

Security Bug or Handy Feature

Posted on October 27, 2021 by way0utwest

There are plenty of times that I want to share something with another person. This could be a link, a slice of data, or maybe the view of some page I’ve seen. Many applications make this easy, either on the … Continue reading →

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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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