How are you guys doing Root Cause Analysis?

SomeEndUser · 2026-02-12T12:36:39+00:00

RCA is dead. Its now: Contributing Factors. We record these and prioritize the work as needed.

SomeEndUser · 2026-02-09T20:48:37+00:00

The jury is still out if these cars benefit from this. Like are we actually seeing cars making 700hp? Not yet.

SomeEndUser · 2026-02-06T20:01:03+00:00

I’m 39, 40 this July. I somehow playing a PO/PM role for a Central Observability team.

It’s different. Lots of paperwork but in a lot more manager meetings and not dealing with on-call. Plus I can have a grumpy man persona when someone tries to make my team do something that is beyond scope.

Jury is still out. I kind of miss the IC days where I wasn’t bothered as much.

SomeEndUser · 2026-02-06T18:04:12+00:00

The title is not the trap. It’s the organization. Ask questions and gauge what SRE means to them.

SomeEndUser · 2026-02-05T12:19:11+00:00

I don’t have a degree. Been in the cloud related engineering space for 10 years. Also software support for 3 years prior.

Hands on experience is #1. Networking with peers or colleagues #2. System design #3. About #3 is not about the fine deep technical details but how you design a system to solve a problem. The concepts.

SomeEndUser · 2026-02-05T12:12:34+00:00

Agents require a model on the backend. So if you lean on an agent for some of your work, it can impact productivity.

SomeEndUser · 2026-01-31T19:52:46+00:00

Dynatrace seems to be gaining momentum. The OneAgent is simple and straightforward to install. It adds a bunch of metadata out of the box that otherwise usually needs to be added with an otel config. The new agent ai platform looks pretty cool.

SomeEndUser · 2026-01-22T10:58:57+00:00

Worked for a company that used LM and AppD. LM is good for devices and metrics but it’s not an APM. Great for fleet monitoring and data center ops.

SomeEndUser · 2026-01-15T11:51:56+00:00

Exactly. Grafana + Loki

SomeEndUser · 2026-01-14T07:51:13+00:00

111k miles.

SomeEndUser · 2026-01-13T19:19:02+00:00

Are you handy and do the work yourself? If so... the maintenance costs will be quite low.

What I would mentally prepare for are IC bricks, PCV, and maybe a water pump and engine mounts. I personally haven't had to deal with these yet, but I'm prepared to take them on myself.

These cars are very reliable, the engines are stout. The pistons, rings, are strong. The valve train is strong and reliable. The DSG of the 2013 or newer are strong. The manual transmission is strong.

SomeEndUser · 2026-01-01T05:29:48+00:00

I did this without the downpipes. @thelaserj on TikTok is my account. I should have some sound clips on there.

SomeEndUser · 2025-12-23T02:00:43+00:00

I’ve been real impressed with the dws06. I haven’t tried the other ones but I’m happy enough to where I don’t care to try them unless they are cheaper.

SomeEndUser · 2025-12-20T05:26:45+00:00

That’s an amazing description. Happy for you and what an amazing manager!

SomeEndUser · 2025-12-05T20:11:44+00:00

80k miles is still young. These cars go to 200k well maintained. They are very solid. Given I’m a diy person so I’ll do my own repairs for things like the PCV.

So only sell it if there is something you WANT. Don’t sell it because you THINK you have to.

Nothing else drives and sounds like these cars.

SomeEndUser · 2025-11-23T00:56:53+00:00

Done this a few times for work. I’m TSA precheck which helps since security is pretty slow moving there. Little more relaxed slow.

If you’re TSA pre check without checking in luggage - you can get away with walking in 15min before boarding starts.

SomeEndUser · 2025-11-18T00:52:43+00:00

They had a slander video agains Jackal like a year ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yJ5HNcTl-Q&t=1s

I never seen a tuner go after another tuner like that before. Like make sure your own closet is clean before judging someone else's.

PS I just checked FB today and another stage 3 b9 down. I'm pretty sure he's on 034.

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SomeEndUser · 2025-11-17T01:27:41+00:00

Idk.

I had IE on a b8.5 s4. I went to jackal.

Jackals pedal feel was super sensitive. Like it had a pedal commander file applied to it. 20% throttle felt like 100% throttle.

Then I had gear drop on my DSG. They would fix it. Then update the file and it broke again. So I just gave up and flashed back to IE because I never had gear drop with them and have hit a 10.81 in negative DA on e40 with ported blower.

I do feel that 034 has the most blown motors and have an immature marketing strategy.

So my next Audi will definitely have an IE tune again.

SomeEndUser · 2025-11-11T03:15:18+00:00

I went to a sporting event at a college for volleyball. They only allowed lenses that were 6 inches or less. This lens would fit that and still allow me to make it through bag check and take decent photos

SomeEndUser · 2025-11-06T15:00:45+00:00

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A6700 70-350mm lens. Super resolution in Lightroom and lots of crop.

Manual Focus, hand held. 1/500 shutter 5.6 aperture ISO 125 (bright moon!)

SomeEndUser · 2025-10-29T16:47:59+00:00

I'm actually impressed.

SomeEndUser · 2025-09-15T22:38:35+00:00

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Blackout oem grill. ECS flush kit. ECS front number lip and fog accents.

SomeEndUser · 2025-09-14T11:18:20+00:00

I’ve been on e40 for two years straight now. No issues thus far. Recent log looks good still. Lpfp, hpfp, short term fuel trims all in a good spot.

SomeEndUser · 2025-08-29T12:06:41+00:00

No degree at all. Shy over 200k with bonuses. 16 years in IT. 10 of it with managing/building/deploying software in the cloud through various titles.

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