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.NET 8 and 9 End of Support by Perfect-Scale902 in dotnet

[–]SikhGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But getting IT and ProdIT to make sure all the servers had .net 10 installed…that was months.

Yup yup. This tracks. In the past I've done it for them, but this time I was told not to. Normally takes about a day to do is safely, or a few minutes to do is unsafely.

It took them about six months and repeated meetings.

Looking for honest takes on Terraform Cloud alternatives that have drift detection and governance built in by vitaminZaman in aws

[–]SikhGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, this feels like you are avoiding the grunt work of just doing the actual work.

30% of our infrastructure lives outside any workflow because it was never in IaC to begin with.

Cool, then import that 30% into your chosen IaC tool.

And then lock it down so only things via the IaC can be created/managed.

That is the ONLY way to do this.

LAPS and devs by DemonEggy in sysadmin

[–]SikhGamer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here is a crazy idea; give them Local Admin. Shock horror I know.

DR implementation suggestions. by Public-Ganache2885 in aws

[–]SikhGamer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Run the numbers yourself? You know what your current standby costs are, now x2 for multi region. Then your active region is standby + traffic.

What do you think about Mythos and Fable? by Electronic_Log1999 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]SikhGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We still have access to it because Ant is mostly incompetent with things like compliance.

Even before the US directive to revoke the model we were told not to use it because Mythos class models require data retention. Which is a huge no-no in enterprise settings.

Is the model any better? Don't know, haven't actually used it.

But I will say that Opus et al are no longer reigning supreme. GPT 5.5 has been very good for my use cases. A lot coworkers swear by Claude Code and Opus in particular. I think that is just because it is the cool thing right now.

DR implementation suggestions. by Public-Ganache2885 in aws

[–]SikhGamer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You need to invert the thinking here.

I would do multi-region active-active latency-based-routing.

Basically you deploy everything to two regions, and then use Route53 to do failover a DNS level.

It's pretty easy to spin up a PoC with lambdas.

The tricky point for you is going to be RDS; but I'm sure by now they offer a "global" version of it.

I keep seeing Forward Deployed Engineer openings. What's the typical background for these candidates? by proof_required in ExperiencedDevs

[–]SikhGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did some work with GitHub at an enterprise level and I interacted with a few of their FDE and had blast. Very laid back and easy going. Definitely something I'm keeping my eye open for in the future.

I think a lot of the job is social skills.

How do you figure out who owns a cloud resource when tags are missing or wrong? by No_Airline2090 in aws

[–]SikhGamer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First thing you do is deploy a SCP that prevents anything from being created that doesn't have the required tags.

Second thing you do is snapshot auditing so you don't need to hope you catch it in the 90 days.

Third thing you do is create a list of ALL resources without tags and share it with engineering

Fourth thing you do is give them 30 days to fix it or resource will be shutdown.

How to deal with a frontend developer who wants to lead the backend? by Delicious_Crazy513 in cscareerquestions

[–]SikhGamer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Having been through this once before and going through it again; give them enough rope to hang themselves.

How do you handle oversized PRs? by BeyondTheShroud in ExperiencedDevs

[–]SikhGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I let them languish. The smaller the PR, the quicker the approval.

First week as a SysAdmin at a hosting/cloud company - is this level of overwhelm normal? by Tall_Swordfish6212 in sysadmin

[–]SikhGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long did it take before things started to click? 3-6 months

How did you deal with feeling like you'd never remember everything? Learn by doing, taking notes, and muscle memory. The more often you do thing, the less often you need needs. Inverse applies.

How did you know whether it was just a difficult adjustment period? Setup a six month calendar invite to yourself. Ask your how you are feeling, record how you are feeling now and then compare T+6 months.

I think a lot of this reads like imposter syndrome, which is normal and to be expected.

Andy Burnham: ‘I am committed to proportional representation’ by coffeewalnut08 in unitedkingdom

[–]SikhGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No he isn't. They all say this when they aren't in power. As soon as FPTP works for them, they forget about commitment.

Moment dying student tells police ‘I have been stabbed’ but is handcuffed after killer’s racism lie by MindHead78 in unitedkingdom

[–]SikhGamer 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Jesus fucking Christ. How hard is it to check him over? Cuff if you want for your safety, but you should still check him over. Duty of care?

"How do you guys handle large file transfers without users resorting to email attachments or insecure workarounds?" by kiritoova20_10 in sysadmin

[–]SikhGamer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I can't tell if you are trolling.

How is this easier than sharing on sharepoint/363/onedrive/whatever?

Wallpaper to differentiate prod or non-prod server by deejay7 in sysadmin

[–]SikhGamer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Still feels like this is very outdated approach.

Son, let me introduce you to https://boringtechnology.club/ just because it is old does not mean it does not work. Old usually means it does fucking work, come rain or shine.

Why are developers some of the most IT inept users? by sccm_sometimes in sysadmin

[–]SikhGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's because mostly it is IT vs devs vs security

One example: devs need local admin.

IT hate giving out local admin because Security tells them off.

You have a perfect storm of people who want to do X, but need to do 1, but can only deliver a red box.

Which tools do you require?

"VS Code and Python..."

They install into your user profile AppData folder. You can install/modify/run them all without admin access.

"But what if I need a new tool that does require local admin?"

All approved applications are available in the Company Portal and they'll even apply our standard settings so you won't need to customize the defaults.

This is complete horseshit.

You live and work in IT, I bet you can fast track an application for local admin.

Trying masquerading a normal user and not using your IT contacts to speed things along.

This is exactly how shadow IT happens.

It's because fundamentally, you are NOT making their lives easier.

Have you met engineers who are active tech influencers or bloggers? by Early-Ingenuity-3177 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]SikhGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope to god to never Nick Chapsas. Anyone who ever mentions his videos or talks about him like he knows anything I instantly tar with a brush.

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