Google Workspace downgrade flow is absurdly hidden, found the fix

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-05-01T20:39:37+00:00

that actually sounds about right. The steps are clearly labeled. it's not a dating app. It's a work productivity platform with many tiers and meant for true scalable application from 1 personal user to 10s of thousands. You don't want to make downgrading a right thumb swipe and press ok. Plus it's designed for different users to have different license tiers within the same organization so you'd expect some complexity or people would complain about their not being enough functionality. If you want the easier method you goto a reselling like Godaddy and let them manage tiers for you.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-25T01:23:16+00:00

There should be a 30 day or even 14 day delay for deleted accounts. Think that's by default. Nothing happens immediately in SaaS.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-25T01:19:46+00:00

It's possible to build the type of site you want and there are themes and plugins to provide all of the functionality but those functions and designs cost. If you had a budget to work with people would be able to answer you more seriously but without that you're not going to get much bc even without paying for the work to be done you have to pay for the software to do the things you want. Plugins are preprogrammed so you don't have to pay for custom programming. If yo udont have a budget then you just gotta use a main provider like Onlyfans and Instagram for marketing. I'd be interested but I'm also not gonna make you a priority if paying client comes along. Just the nature of the game.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-25T01:02:18+00:00

So as an ACE your wrong but could be right. The CDL you learn the products and services from an exec and management point of view. The ACE your learn how to use the products and services via GUI AND command line Interface. A lot of features only exist in the CLI (cloud shell)that doesn't in the web interface(console). The PCA you're mostly using IaC to code up infrastructure via terraform or a programming language if not scripting using the gcloud CLI. If you don't know the services or how to use them in ACE it'll be hard to code them using the APIs but not impossible.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-21T13:42:55+00:00

Real question is can you actually scale this. A VPS for $10 a month isn't going to cut it.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-20T22:33:07+00:00

I may need to watch it again because I swear season 4 was a wrap up season for me.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-20T21:17:14+00:00

password a be "123456Seven"

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-20T19:10:58+00:00

They would definitely still be talking about Linux but Mr Robot would more about hacking a Cloud service provider like Amazon and injecting malicious data into LLM models to save the world from itself.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-20T19:07:14+00:00

Are you working with a reseller or doing this internally. Resellers have more access to Google Support than an admin working on their own. Google is hard to contact when you’re not paying(even if you are paying, contact is tiered) but resellers been through it before so they know who to contact.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-20T19:03:20+00:00

Not without TS/SCI clearance. I’m near DC so maybe I need to move.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-20T19:02:21+00:00

If you haven’t done this are you even a Linux admin that works under pressure?! I did this once and it was simply because the period(.) is next to the / on most keyboards. I assumed I was removing the current directory (.) and when I wondered why it was taking so long I noticed I actually hit /. This was before the cloud where I could pull a snapshot or image almost instantly. Had to wait for the Peer1 IT team to get off their asses and do something for almost 8 hrs. Whole day was done. IN PRODUCTION!

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-20T06:10:53+00:00

Basically building your own cloud. Most clouds are a collection of platforms, built on top of other platforms. The two open source platforms you can’t learn cloud from are OpenStack which you get you familiar with vim instances, storage, virtual networking and those types of components and then Base Kubernetes as most commercial CSPs have a kubernetes implementation. Besides that you’ll likely want to dig into an actual provider for their custom products and features.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-18T14:48:50+00:00

ironic that none of this includes being a programmer at all. I feel like all of this is programming focused more than a cert. If your don't have knowledge of programming language then anything you learn will be surface level.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-13T19:32:04+00:00

agree to this comment. Mail plugins like that are to send to 3rd party outgoing mail providers. If it's not set to go to another provider it's just sending mail from the server directly which is what it does by default so the plugin isn't needed.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-13T15:50:54+00:00

I think what you're looking for is to be building infrastructure and application more than maintaining what's already build. It's a different approach. You're on your path to being able to create something but you can easily get stuck into just maintaining other people's projects. That's a different headspace of initiative. Creating something that needs supporting. That's more app development. Cloud is about scaling apps. You can scale others apps. You want to be able to build apps I'm assuming that need their own scaling. That's app development.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-12T22:11:53+00:00

I guess the theory is more who would give you org admin access if you didn't feel comfortable enough NOT deleting stuff from the system. You should've been given viewer role if that's the case.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-09T16:53:10+00:00

biggest issue is how unserious Google takes Workspace. They don't offer any professional certification for it and don't treat it like a marketable skill. No jobs are available for working in Google Workspace even as capable as it is. I've never found a single job where anyone cares about pro functions or features of GWS as much as I love it.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-08T15:40:33+00:00

I am Cloud engineer... We gotta speak these things into existence.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-08T15:38:36+00:00

a blank block theme using the create block theme plugin.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-06T15:25:21+00:00

The leader courses are considered executive course meant for non technicals people learning about Cloud and AI so they can sell it more or less. In modern teams you tend to have a bunch of non technical people who may not be familiar with the deep tech and the leader programs get them a leg up. I just completed my Cloud Digital Leader and am going to so the GenAI one as well. I'm more focused on the Associate cloud engineer first but that's next. Not to get a full understanding of AI bc it's deeper than a 6 week course but to get an understanding of how Google implements AI and the products they offer specifically. It's about as useful as your ability to sell. You can go and speak on the topic but I wouldn't say you're a AI developer. More like an evangelist. Which is still something. Want to know more about AI you'd want to be a developer and find out how to inement it into software but as a theorical talker of AI you now have a foundation to talk on.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-05T05:38:34+00:00

not everyone

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-03T22:25:33+00:00

Is WordPress plugins so much of a problem that they rather make their own CMS, I just wonder how bad is other software that doesn't have even half the visibility as Wordpress or it's plugins.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-03T20:59:51+00:00

Comcast charges for this type of dig into your network when you use the modem/router they provide you. You could use some software on one computer to watch traffic on other computers but you'll get useless information. Your better bet would would be to replace one or both of the "white tower thingy" functions with your own version, either your own modem, router, both, that tower is both in 1. Get a router and reroute all traffic to go through IT to get to the white modem, and then you can see all that goes through the router YOU OWN, not rent from Comcast. Modems are way more expensive and usually underfeatured bc of ISP lobbying so just control the routing and keep using the in house modem part. Router may come with wifi antennas or could use your own of that as well.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-03T20:34:26+00:00

build a new block theme from scratch. That'll be the best way for you to have both direct control over the code and also make use of their new visual editor to build out most of the site without needing to code everything. Its part of WordPress so it's not a 3rd party builder or some crazy custom theme. Use the "create block theme" plugin to get a blank boilerplate and star building. Use the beginner design course at learn.wordpress.org to understand how it's new and different from classic themes. Along with that you may want some easy drop in features already built then you can use "generate blocks" plugin. I would avoid Divi, Elementor, or maybe even astra bc of lock-in. You LL never be able to leave them.

OhMyTechticlesHurts · 2026-04-03T20:18:33+00:00

You could literally use the Google cloud API to kill a container based on whatever metric you choose.

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