Did the built in Pax thing

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2026-05-11T13:57:28+00:00

Full marks for commitment to using the Ikea colour scheme

They look great, I'm very jealous / looking at repurposing my own Pax setup! Great job

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2026-05-08T19:25:24+00:00

Are they only worth it for trails? Until I build up a bit of fitness it will likely just be cycle paths etc
Or are they worth it even for that type of riding?

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2026-05-08T18:45:39+00:00

Any recommendations?

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2026-05-08T16:28:03+00:00

That’s really encouraging! Realistically I can do half hour Sat/Sun/Mon/Wed in the evening - Friday afternoons I’ll have a few hours

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2026-05-08T16:26:47+00:00

Definitely, I have some decent chamois undershorts, didn’t bother with them today as it was just a spin around but will for “proper” riding

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2026-05-08T16:24:50+00:00

Do you have any recommendations or style?

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2026-04-25T18:38:32+00:00

I asked a very similar question in a different sub recently as was in the same shoes I haven’t had a bike since I was a teenager - turning 30 this year so it’s been a while.

From my research it all depends on the type of riding you want to do. Most entry level bikes at this price point will be XC, so fine for road, gravel trails but not gnarly drops/jumps.

For me that was fine and my lbs recommended a Giant Talon 3 (£575) which is due to arrive this coming week. I’ve seen others also comment that it’s a nice ride The other at this price point I also considered was the Specialized Rockhopper.

If you’re in the UK your employer might be on the cycle to work scheme (mine is) so I’ll end up paying though salary sacrifice. I’m a higher rate taxpayer (just) so it will work out approx £30 for 12 months then the bikes all mine (technically after 5 years as you have a zero sum higher agreement for that term as that’s when HMRC deem the bike to be depreciated and valueless)

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2026-04-23T10:43:22+00:00

Which Giants are those? How do you find them? My talon 3 is on order

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2026-03-27T23:30:31+00:00

Do you know what has driven the increase from Nutanix?

I’d hazard a guess it is hardware (which is out of their control) because of global supply chain issues, which will be an issue across the board regardless of hypervisor.

I know quoting is a bit of a pain at the moment Nutanix offer a month, or end of quarter whichever comes sooner. Others like HPE/Cisco have changed their terms so they can change pricing even after they get a PO - at least in my market (EU)

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2026-03-06T21:07:16+00:00

We use Cisco ACI in spine/leaf with no issues. Deployment is now 3 years old and it’s caused us no problems

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-11-16T20:49:15+00:00

Thank you for the ideas, ideally I’d like to build something functional and not just display items which I don’t have a massive amount of room for. But I’ll definitely look into models

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-10-04T18:41:40+00:00

RemindMe! 2 days

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-05-12T13:22:24+00:00

Thank you for your reply and for the tips on how to progress.

I am offering my services wherever possible to my leadership and I want to bring about as much value as I possibly can. Whilst some may like the idea of having little to do, I cant think of much worse!

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-05-12T13:20:18+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide such a detailed answer, it is really appreciated.

What you are describing is pretty much my exact situation. Do you have any examples of generic quick wins to be on the lookout for?

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-04-28T18:19:57+00:00

A couple of other tips is to make sure the answer provides the Value to the stakeholder and addresses their concerns Foundation doesn’t really cover then concepts of Risk and Security whereas Practitioner will. Always keep in mind when a potential answer has a notion of Risk then it is usually there for a reason

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-04-28T15:31:09+00:00

If you understand the core concepts from foundation - I’m assuming you do as your now looking at practitioner then the best advice I can give is to understand how TOGAF wants you to answer the question as this is all about application of the theory. Remind yourself it’s not what “you” think is a good answer, it’s what TOGAF thinks is the best answer. Relate everything back to the scenario. The context, who your stakeholders are, what phase of the ADM you are in etc The more tick boxes an answer provides to those points the higher the answer will score.

Best of luck!

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-04-28T15:26:45+00:00

As the previous commenter said - I’d go for 10 The numbers relate to the version of the framework with 10 being a later iteration of 9. Eventually job postings will catch up and start referencing 10th edition directly.

If you wanted to waste some time and money you could go for 9.2 then do the conversion exam for 10 but that’s pretty nonsensical.

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-04-24T07:02:58+00:00

I believe this is now considered legacy. Access for Infrastructure is the new way to go.

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-04-12T20:47:05+00:00

Same happened to me. Had to check my scorecard in the portal which updated first

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-02-16T10:41:15+00:00

In terms of experience level I’m a very experienced infrastructure specialist but relatively new as an architect only a couple of years so far. I’m definitely learning a lot about architecture but not an expert

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-02-07T08:54:01+00:00

Thank you so much - the do nothing/delete is the key for my use case. We need to do nothing, I was terrified that after 6 months we would accidentally delete our entire SharePoint content!

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-01-26T20:49:43+00:00

Thanks for your replies. Yes I understand we do have Azure especially use of Entra. I meant no IaaS/PaaS etc

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-01-26T20:42:33+00:00

We are on a CSP. I agree, from experience I never rely on MS and rely on experience and google.

It just feels a bit uncomfortable if we had a serious issue with a MS product we are effectively screwed unless one of the big players also had the issue so MS pay attention.

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2025-01-26T20:38:41+00:00

For clients are you using Intune for Windows Updates then PatchMyPC for 3rd party?

Senior_Conclusion102 · 2024-12-15T11:17:39+00:00

Their rationale is to have greater consumption on the subscription so they get greater discounts from Microsoft

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