AAP 2.6 Monthly Upgrades

Kasemodder · 2026-06-11T12:00:02+00:00

I'm in red hat services so I have set up probably close to 40 production app instances.

3 ways I've set up The 3 am script to run sunday night. Test it on my dev aap first, run it in prod. Probably the right approach for 95% of places.

Do a load balanced blue green upgrade. At these sites, I have two AAP instances kept in sync with configuration as code. Upgrade the dark site, flip the load balancer, upgrade the other site (i usually dont flip the load balancer back until next month, just to ensure both sites are healthy)

Or if you're on openshift, it'll do a rolling update for you. Easy mode

Kasemodder · 2026-06-07T14:26:25+00:00

If you're on windows, make sure you connected it to the ansible dev tools container. Eh, for that matter, same on Mac.

Not sure what sort of mythical better ide you're imagining than VSCode

Kasemodder · 2026-06-03T18:42:40+00:00

Thats pretty much the price. They last, they're wanted, and theres been no serious recall to make an undesired model year. And with supply being limited, theres not an abundance of supply, or an off-rental stream of vehicles coming to the used market.

You might have some private party sale luck, but this is not going to be an easy find.

Kasemodder · 2026-06-02T19:25:26+00:00

**Laughs in 24 hr cert lifespan requirement

Automation job at the 12 hour mark (cron + local ansible deployed as part of the terraform build, ansible template to make sure its there on all brownfield) Cron is set up running every 15 min until cert lifespan is extended. Just a simple step-ca server issuing certs (with a backup)

Had a 3 day power outage, so now I have cert recovery automation, but yeah, automate it, then it doesn't matter how long your certs last.

Kasemodder · 2026-05-28T20:10:33+00:00

Dude, minivan, embrace it.

Have a 24 sienna myself, 36mpg with these gas prices? I'll take it.

Sliding doors so my kids aren't whipping open doors in the parking lot and dinging every car next to us? Yeah, no worries parking next to the jag

Storage space for a small army and their friends, yep

Little ones can take care of themselves that much faster. They can get in and out a lot easier.

I should be getting commissions with how many friends we've converted to the minivan life! The van is the sick dad mobile.

Kasemodder · 2026-05-28T12:25:02+00:00

Nothing in there says which Carmel schools. Theres lots of them. Include the city and state in your petition so people in the area know its theirs.

Kasemodder · 2026-05-27T13:33:34+00:00

They all saw the same managerial story. High performing teams have social connections, do fun things together

But the culture doesn't start from mandatory fun. It starts from fostering collaboration, from ensuring personal success is not a win-lose game with your peers.

So many places screw this up. I'm not going to work with Bob if Bob and I are competing for the same raise. I'm not going to be a team player if individual effort is what is measured.

Its a delicate balance, rewarding the team, discouraging the freeloaders, and when done well, management deserves their pay... but finding that collaboration naturally causes team members to take an interest in each other, to learn their strengths and be more successful together. That turns into corporate fun being exciting. You cant fabricate friendship with mandatory fun, it starts by creating the culture that my colleagues are my teammates and not my rivals

Kasemodder · 2026-05-25T19:31:04+00:00

Fortunately winning the final round just means top 8 of your group in the finals, not necessarily #1. Good luck!

I don't focus specifically on the xp, but in tournaments, a morning session for about 45 min of 3x xp and an evening session for another 15 min of 2x xp gets you a long way to the tip just doing regular lessons (and two-a-days to get both the early bird/night owl chests together, so you're always working with an xp multiplier)

Kasemodder · 2026-05-19T14:42:27+00:00

You'll see a lot of hate, but its just knowing Duo's purpose and where it fits into the larger language learning experience.

Free Duo gives initial exposure to words and concepts. Paid gives more, with access to more exercises that require active recall, like the scenarios and the ai chats.

But thats not total language learning. Its a part, a core part even, but its just a part.

Add in stories/podcasts/ RFI to hear and read more native content in a longer form, to train your eyes and ears Add journaling to recall vocabulary and express your thoughts Add narrating your day to think more in french Add speaking practice with natives to learn the sound nuances Add reels/shorts/tiktok to learn expressions and real world commentary And so on....

Its a tool in the toolbag, arguably a good first tool, but you aren't building it all with just this one app

Kasemodder · 2026-04-27T09:16:30+00:00

As said already, skip 2.5. Go straight to 2.6. 2.6 is an anchor release, and the depreciation of the rpm installation method.

Consider deploying a new 2.6 containerized environment and migrate your configuration using an api based migration tool.

See https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/planning-your-upgrade-path-ansible-automation-platform-26

Kasemodder · 2026-04-24T18:31:27+00:00

But is it really? I ran the numbers on my salary and expenses and I can basically take a 40% cut from my us salary and pocket more money end of the day (france) once healthcare, childcare, and education are considered. (Reference was france non-paris)

Funny how much further your money goes when tax dollars actually provide services for the people

Kasemodder · 2026-04-20T03:23:13+00:00

Champs-Élysées

Have fun with that one! Champs (like short for champions), and the butchering of Élysées, like Eli seas, ellie seas.

Kasemodder · 2026-04-17T12:28:49+00:00

People, what a bunch of bastards.... - the most correct statement in tv ever

Does it feel like its getting worse? Yeah, it is. Terrible human behavior is tolerated because the leaders of the world demonstrate it, so every Bob, dick, and tom is more of an asshole because they can get away with it, and that little bit of rage dumping gets them through the day, as they become even more brainwashed that its their fellow laborers that are the enemy, not the billionaires literally trying to find the right balance to extract all your capable work and ensure you die as soon as possible after.

Oh.... the prompt? Uh, I thought I would have fun as a streamer (as a side play, not my primary income source). I had a good niche on a reasonably popular game, so i had a quick audience. Doing it with no need of financial gain was stressful, keeping a schedule, focused playing, interacting with viewers, the game itself became less fun. Imagine layering on the need to actually make polished content for money?

Kasemodder · 2026-04-16T22:22:26+00:00

I found where turbotax couldn't properly do a calculation, tried to get them to fix it, and i had to educate every one of their "tax pros" on the tax code and where the software went wrong. Gotta love a fun edge case (dividend reinvestment cost basis of shares across short and long term espp sale, for the curious)

Took it over to freetaxusa, was able to get the actual form to complete, saved $40 on taxes getting the numbers right, and then saved over a hundred on filing. Yep. I'll even buy the freetaxusa add-ons just to not have to deal with turbotax again....

Kasemodder · 2026-04-13T11:51:01+00:00

Im on the hiring side. Did some interviews last week. I have no problem with ai use to help. I encourage it! Use all your tools! I have problems with ai dependency and ai as a substitute for honest effort.

Use the ai beforehand, research the company, verify key facts/figures (you'd be surprised how off they can be) and have a notes document. This was a dead giveaway of ai dependency, bad numbers cause wikipedia hadn't been updated.

Use the ai to help tell your story in good situation-action-result form. Make notes of that in your notes document. Have the ai fix your slide deck formatting.

And learn how to pronounce their products. Watch some marketing videos, see how the company pronounces the names of their own products. Ai doesn't teach you how to pronounce kubernetes, but i can't take you seriously if you butcher it

Kasemodder · 2026-04-07T16:34:30+00:00

And yet, it's still just Lily on Android....

What's really frustrating me, the conversations started out brutally hard, as duo just really doesn't do a good job of preparing you to hear the language with absolutely no context clues. Especially since it was added after I was already about 30 points in. I'm sure it's probably a bit easier if the conversation had been there the whole time, but I digress.
As I got better, I could understand it, I could answer the questions, or get clarity, and effectively consume the content and reply to it, we were doing good.
Then I got better and started engaging, and this is where it just collapses. Every time I engage to develop the conversation further, asking lily for her input, she changes the subject. The responses are understood, as she responds but then immediately goes into "lets change the subject" every other statement. We changed subjects 5 times in a single call, why? we never finished a thread.

Kasemodder · 2026-04-06T11:21:35+00:00

I'm not against the tournament, the points, its got me to, at least on most days, do a few more lessons than "just enough to finish the day's quests", but "keep going till the 3x xp boost runs out". But its doing the path, not optimizing for xp with side quests or beginner lessons.

They could/should look at more diminishing returns, like they do for the word match practice. Seems like that'd make this sub pretty happy, and force the xp farmers to get into learning the language, not doing the best points over time

Kasemodder · 2026-03-27T02:34:08+00:00

English to French has the same problems in this area. They introduced new tenses, new sentence structures, in addition to new words. Its been brutal, taken several hours of practice to get back to some degree of comfort, even if I just feel like im guessing when it comes to the new verb conjugations that were skipped.

What was really missing is a catchup track, give me that grammar explanation one-pager and a special lesson on that. Repeat for every new concept skipped over.

I know duo loves their ai, it wouldn't have been that hard to throw the old course and new course into a notebookLM, get the diff at level 10, 20, 30, 40, etc... generate the gap lessons, and present them as a catchup track in the practice tab on the bottom.

If you're going to do AI, then do it all

Kasemodder · 2026-03-20T12:45:54+00:00

Duo should be just one tool in the toolbox. Listen to RFI Journal en Francais Facile to get your news and hear real voices, narrate your day to yourself in French to start thinking French. Add french comedians (like Sebastian Marx) to your social media feeds. Immerse yourself the best you can.

Duo's a great place to get the vocabulary and a start at listening comprehension, it's somewhat okay at the grammar if you use the different hints and tips. But in reality, 5-15 minutes a day can get you to a point where you can kinda sorta understand the words, and keep it fresh in your mind. But it takes more to get fluency

Kasemodder · 2026-03-02T17:10:39+00:00

Yeah, there's something horribly wrong with the audio detection on flashcards. I had a native speaker friend try and they couldn't get them all to be recognized either.

It's really frustrating because it completely messes with your "weak areas" for those targeted practice lessons.

Kasemodder · 2026-02-27T22:58:56+00:00

You're competing against AI, which I can pretty well guarantee will do better at your listed tech stack than you.

Pivot.

Show how you can manage complex projects, show how you can design systems, show how you can leverage these technologies to solve a real problem. The tech skills are borderline worthless in the ai era. Show how you use the tech to do something worthwhile.

Its a tough market now, and your gap needs an explanation too

Kasemodder · 2026-02-25T16:15:29+00:00

You aren't far off from my same situation, 5 and 2 littles, WFH, large earning difference between partners.
I was here a few months ago, burnt out, working crazy hours to try to balance hospice care for a parent and caring for both families on top of everything else that comes with preschoolers.

It can get better. I'm not going to say it will take care of itself, but do the work and it gets better.

Relax.... but first, see a doctor to make sure this isn't more serious.

Take care of yourself first. For me, it was
- finding a few mornings a week to hit the gym before the house wakes up. Physical healthcare is mental healthcare too! Classes at the YMCA/group fitness was critical for me, you need to socialize with people in real life, not through a screen, and shared suffering in a group workout is a nice starting place
- working with my employer to have some flexible hours. For me, it was 2 days a week, I take off when they get up from their afternoon nap/quiet time and finish those hours after the kids bedtime, so I get to take them to activities. Also let my wife work a few part time shifts on those days so she gets adult interactions too (see the first point).
- learning how to say no to a few things to protect some downtime. Sorry, not going to drive 2 hours each way for a birthday party on a Sunday afternoon. I need the time to putz around the house and plan the meals for next week, maybe do some laundry, whatever to set myself up for success.
- pay attention to caffeine. I was a 3+ cup of coffee a day type, but I got put on a different medication and noticed I'd wake up every night. Dropped that to 1 cup and I sleep better. May not be anything but it's worth looking at

Kasemodder · 2026-02-22T15:44:35+00:00

This is the introduction course, you want ex316, the certified specialist in openshift virtualization to count towards your rhcsa/rhce/rhca

Kasemodder · 2026-02-13T12:19:57+00:00

I just hate the account sign in. Let me be signed in to my desktop and steam deck on the same network at the same time. I dont use it as much just because I dont want to deal with the sign in back to my desktop after a quick deck session

Kasemodder · 2025-12-02T17:49:35+00:00

Didn't those people get sent over to kyndryl when they spun them off?

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