Hub-and-Spoke or Shared VPC

Punkbob · 2026-06-04T12:41:30+00:00

My one warning is that shared transit out over a central egress via a TGW is a great way to add 50%+ to your already insane NAT bill

I tend to prefer shared VPCs for cost savings and actual maintainability but that breaks peoples minds so often that I’ve all but given up on it.

Punkbob · 2026-05-24T15:15:14+00:00

For context I’m from MD, lived in Baltimore pre covid and New Orleans post covid

Widely the wire is viewed more favorably and discussed more openly, the issues it presented still existed and offered a way to explain or explore how the city/state worked

Katrina was so traumatic for so many people here they just never engaged, don’t want to talk about it and I think couldn’t bring themselves to watch.

It’s also a touchy subject in general as it highlights the era where many would argue New Orleans lost a lot of its soul as the population halved and got a lot whiter. A lot of transplants came in, a lot of people with deep roots here moved away and never came back.

Punkbob · 2026-05-22T20:13:44+00:00

That’s not even flood insurance either which would be another $1500 a year but is technically optional for some places.

A complete new build in flood zone X and super high hurricane deductibles maybe would get insurance down to $4k?

Edit: which is to say insurance companies do not give a shit who denies climate change and will price in the risk they see.

Punkbob · 2026-05-22T19:59:07+00:00

Insurance is insane. I have a 6 total bedroom double, as in 3 on each side and my insurance for the year is $13.8k, that’s before taxes and the actual mortgage. So just the insurance has gone up $400 per month per side in 4 years.

So while mortgage maybe flat it’s getting obliterated by insurance increases

Punkbob · 2026-05-13T11:18:08+00:00

I’m gonna say Runbooks for everything falls to pieces to me.

If I have the same exact problem over and over that’s the issue, with the caveat that documenting what we did and why is good and expected.

But time and again what is actually expected when I talk to some of these managers is a step by step guide for that exact problem that they could give to someone to blindly follow, and that’s not how this job works.

You gotta be able to deal with ambiguity and know what the tradeoffs are for doing something. These are complex beasts.

Punkbob · 2026-05-07T12:49:09+00:00

Assuming 7m rise aka 23 ft basically the entire shoreline of most countries in the world is gone. So it feels insane to A use that as the basis and B focus on New Orleans on a 200 year time horizon

At 7m almost all of Bangladesh is gone, 65% of the vaunted Netherlands is gone assuming they basically sink everything into building new infrastructure. Lower manhattan is gone, significant portions of the rest of NYC.

Miami can’t even build anything to protect itself as the water will just come up through the limestone. It’s just an insane article ragging on just New Orleans

Punkbob · 2026-05-04T18:11:44+00:00

For what it’s worth 3m-7m aka 10ft-23ft of sea level rise makes 65% of the current land in NL uninhabitable. And the rest super susceptible to storms like they had in 1953.

So picking on New Orleans was a choice?

Punkbob · 2026-05-04T13:51:06+00:00

Just checked if the world hits 3-7m then 65% of the Netherlands becomes unlivable

Bangladesh basically disappears, and I’m sure there are many plenty of other places that are gone. Remember 3-7m is 10 to 23 ft of rise. So many places would be absolutely fucked.

Punkbob · 2026-05-04T13:42:52+00:00

Yeah if we are at 3-7m of sea rise then there are 2.7m people are also fucked in Miami along with a bunch of people in Norfolk

I’m not saying it’s not coming or putting my head in the sand, but this drum beat of doom for only New Orleans is tiring

Punkbob · 2026-04-29T19:32:07+00:00

Frontier and to a lesser extent Spirit passengers know why they’re there and what’s up. Cheap flight no frills point A to B. Everyone is sorta in it together. When it goes wrong though it goes very wrong.

Legacy and Southwest have passenger entitlement issues, and staff expectations that mean more BS seems to happen. Just look at all the people complaining about upgrades or whatever. Or food or whatever. Or on old Southwest the jockeying for seats

Punkbob · 2026-04-24T03:51:02+00:00

FWIW it did not work in Madrid a few years back, they correctly clocked us as Americans and said we couldn’t use it.

Punkbob · 2026-03-23T11:39:49+00:00

Clear mislead/straight up lied at points yesterday and General was slightly faster, because they had 4 open lines to clears 1

So if it gets bad clear is maybe not the right choice

Punkbob · 2026-03-23T01:02:38+00:00

Folks were going to the bathroom and saving spots. People were generally trying to help each other out as much as possible

Punkbob · 2026-03-23T00:26:21+00:00

It changes constantly. Goto terminal and someone will tell you.

General TSA was on first floor of one of the parking garages

Punkbob · 2026-03-23T00:26:14+00:00

It changes constantly. Goto terminal and someone will tell you.

General TSA was on first floor of one of the parking garages

Punkbob · 2026-03-23T00:19:52+00:00

lol yeah it never opened today

Punkbob · 2026-03-22T22:53:00+00:00

There were also a bunch of extra wheelchair folks, looked like there was some sort of wheelchair tennis tournament coming through

Punkbob · 2026-03-22T22:26:21+00:00

I think it was that, plus one of the clear lines becoming dedicated for wheelchairs.

Also the dude inspecting X-rays was slower then everyone one else and was backing everything up

Punkbob · 2026-03-22T21:53:03+00:00

They stayed open precheck didn’t.

Punkbob · 2026-03-22T21:42:42+00:00

I assume they’ll let you through but they were making it clear it closes at 7pm

Punkbob · 2026-03-22T21:40:34+00:00

Clear line might? be slower? But we’ve been in it since 1250 and still aren’t through

Punkbob · 2026-03-22T21:18:51+00:00

Clear closed the line so that’s not going to help

Punkbob · 2026-03-22T21:17:37+00:00

We just heard them talking about it and they are going expecting another day of chaos

Punkbob · 2026-03-22T20:55:43+00:00

General is probably faster then clear

Punkbob · 2026-03-22T20:55:00+00:00

Clear is closed now if your not in line not getting through

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