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What The Hell Is Going On

1 day ago 152.0K views 0 shares

Oh, just a casual Tuesday in the server room where someone decided to create a modern art installation titled "Ethernet Cable Massacre." Look at those poor RJ45 connectors just... existing in their half-crimped, wire-exposed glory, scattered around like the aftermath of a networking battlefield. Someone clearly had ONE job—crimp these cables properly—and instead chose violence. The MikroTik Cloud Router Switch sitting there all pristine and professional while surrounded by this absolute chaos of exposed twisted pairs is sending me. It's giving "I showed up to a black-tie event and everyone else came in pajamas" energy. Pro tip: This is what happens when you let the intern handle cable management after watching one YouTube tutorial at 2x speed. Those wires are more exposed than my code on GitHub, and just as embarrassing.

Cloud Bill Debt

Cloud Devops AWS Programming Backend

1 day ago 148.0K views 0 shares

The classic developer pipeline: passion project → side hustle → AWS hostage situation. Started coding because you loved building things, now you're building things because AWS won't stop sending invoices. Nothing quite like watching your hobby transform into a financial obligation faster than your S3 bucket can rack up egress charges. The real tragedy? Your app probably has like 12 users, but somehow you're spending enough on cloud infrastructure to fund a small coffee addiction. Welcome to the modern developer experience where "serverless" just means you don't see the server that's bankrupting you.

Infra As React

AWS Devops React Javascript Frontend

1 day ago 149.6K views 1 shares

Someone really woke up and said "You know what DevOps needs? More JSX." Because apparently writing infrastructure as code in YAML or HCL wasn't hipster enough, so now we're defining VPCs, RDS instances, and Lambda functions with React components and className props. Nothing screams "production-ready" quite like treating your AWS infrastructure like it's a frontend component library. Next thing you know, someone's gonna useState() to manage their Kubernetes cluster state and useEffect() to provision EC2 instances. The fact that it generates actual Terraform files is both impressive and deeply concerning – like watching someone build a house with a spoon and somehow succeeding.

Oops The Wrong Email Guys

AWS Devops Cloud

2 days ago 149.9K views 0 shares

When you accidentally send that internal company rant about AWS pricing to the entire engineering distribution list instead of your teammate's DM. The panic that sets in when you realize 16,000 developers just got an email they definitely weren't supposed to see is the exact moment you understand why email recall features exist (and why they never actually work). Amazon's response? Fire everyone who saw it. Problem solved. Can't have a leak if there's nobody left to leak. Classic enterprise damage control strategy right there. It's like doing git reset --hard HEAD~1 on your entire workforce. Pro tip: Always double-check that "To:" field before hitting send. And maybe don't keep "[email protected]" right next to "[email protected]" in your autocomplete.

When Ram Is So Precious Nowadays!

Docker Devops Hardware Programming Backend

2 days ago 158.0K views 0 shares

Docker containers are supposed to be lightweight and resource-efficient. Spoiler alert: they're not. CPU asks Docker if it can spin up some containers? Sure thing, papa. CPU asks if it can actually use some RAM? Absolutely not. CPU tries to tell a white lie about memory usage? Denied. But when Docker itself opens its mouth, you see com.docker.hyperkit casually consuming 9.06 GB like it's ordering a venti at Starbucks. The irony is thicker than your swap file. Docker preaches containerization and efficiency while its own hypervisor process eats RAM like Chrome's distant cousin at a family reunion. Your containers might be lean, but Docker Desktop? That's a different story.

Double Production.... Right?

Hardware Devops Databases Backend Cloud

2 days ago 240.3K views 0 shares

When hardware manufacturers announce they're doubling NAND memory capacity, every sysadmin and DevOps engineer immediately goes into panic mode. Sure, double the storage sounds great until you realize it means double the potential for catastrophic data loss, double the complexity in RAID configurations, and double the fun when trying to explain to management why "more storage" doesn't automatically mean "better performance." The nervous smile turning into existential dread perfectly captures that moment when you realize your carefully balanced production environment is about to get "upgraded" whether you like it or not. Because nothing says "stable infrastructure" quite like forcing everyone to migrate to new hardware with twice the capacity and probably twice the weird edge cases you'll discover at 3 AM. Spoiler alert: It's never production-ready when they say it is. You'll be the one finding out the hard way.

Docker Docker

Docker Devops Programming Backend

2 days ago 225.7K views 0 shares

Your CPU is basically that strict parent interrogating Docker about its absolutely OBSCENE resource consumption. "Docker, Docker" gets a sweet "Yes papa" response. But then things take a dark turn when papa CPU asks about eating RAM, and Docker straight-up denies it like a toddler with chocolate smeared all over their face. Same with telling lies. But the MOMENT papa CPU says "Open your mouth!" we see the truth: com.docker.hyperkit casually munching on 9.06 GB of memory like it's a light snack. Busted! Nothing says "lightweight containerization" quite like your Docker daemon treating your RAM like an all-you-can-eat buffet while swearing it's on a diet.

Straight To Prod

Git Devops Programming Debugging Testing

3 days ago 135.3K views 0 shares

You know that split second between hovering over "Commit and Push" and actually clicking it? That's when your entire life flashes before your eyes. Did you test it? Nope. Did you write tests? Absolutely not. Did you even read what you changed? Who has time for that? But here you are, about to yeet your code directly into production because you're 90% sure it works and honestly, that's better odds than most things in life. The "Commit and Push" button is basically the programming equivalent of "do you feel lucky, punk?" and the answer is always a confident "probably?" The sweaty guy on the phone perfectly captures that moment when you realize your push is going straight to main branch and there's no staging environment to catch your mistakes. Time to grip those armrests and hope your regex didn't just delete the entire user database.

The New Fresh Smell

Devops Networking Hardware Linux Backend

4 days ago 151.9K views 0 shares

Ah yes, the intoxicating aroma of a brand new server rack—nothing quite compares to that blend of fresh electronics, pristine metal, and the faint scent of budget approval forms. It's like new car smell, but for sysadmins who get weirdly emotional about hardware. The description "Like a freshly unboxed rack unit infused with corporate hope" is *chef's kiss* because it captures that brief, magical moment before reality sets in. Before the 2 AM outages. Before the "temporary" workarounds become permanent. Before someone inevitably misconfigures the firewall and brings down production. Right now it's all potential and promise. Give it three months and it'll smell like overheating components, broken dreams, and someone's leftover pizza from the last emergency maintenance window.

Everyone Has A Test Environment

Testing Devops Programming Debugging Backend

5 days ago 132.0K views 0 shares

So we're starting off normal with testing in a test environment—big brain energy, proper procedures, chef's kiss. Then we downgrade slightly to a dedicated test environment, still acceptable, still civilized. But THEN comes testing in production, where your brain achieves cosmic enlightenment and you become one with the universe because you're literally gambling with real user data like some kind of adrenaline junkie. The stakes? Only your entire company's reputation and your job security! And the final form? Running production IN TEST. You've transcended reality itself. You've achieved MAXIMUM CHAOS. Your test environment is now hosting actual users while you're frantically debugging with live traffic flowing through. It's like performing open-heart surgery while skydiving. Absolute madness, pure insanity, and yet... some of us have been there. Some of us ARE there right now.

Certifications Vs. Real World Experience

Linux Networking Security Devops AWS

6 days ago 274.3K views 0 shares

Certifications Vs. Real World Experience

You can collect certifications like Pokémon cards—CompTIA A+, BSc, CCNA, AWS, Azure, CEH—but the moment you meet someone who just casually uses Linux daily? Game over. They've probably never touched a certification exam in their life, yet they'll outshoot you every single time when it comes to actual problem-solving. There's something deeply humbling about spending thousands on certs only to watch a sysadmin who learned everything from breaking their Arch install fix your production server in 30 seconds. Certifications get you past HR; Linux experience gets you past Tuesday.

AWS And Its Complicated Shit Needs To Die

AWS Security Devops Backend Cloud

6 days ago 310.9K views 0 shares

AWS And Its Complicated Shit Needs To Die

You know a system is overengineered when "just authenticate" requires a flowchart that looks like a Rube Goldberg machine designed by someone who hates humanity. Normal auth: hand over credentials, get token, done. Simple. Elegant. Works. AWS IAM: Create a user. No wait, create a policy first. Actually, create a role. Now assume that role. But first, authenticate with an assumed role. Oh, and calculate a quadruple-nested HMAC signature using AWS4, your secret key, a timestamp that better be formatted EXACTLY right (good luck with timezones), the region, the service name, and probably your firstborn's social security number. Then pray you didn't mess up the date format because AWS will reject your request with a cryptic error message at 3 AM. Fun fact: AWS Signature Version 4 requires you to create a "canonical request" by hashing your request, then create a "string to sign" by hashing that hash, then calculate the signature by... you guessed it, more hashing. It's hashes all the way down. Security through obscurity? Nah, security through making developers cry. IAM stands for "I Absolutely Miserable" at this point.

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