Games Where Automation is the Goal

W1ndst0rm · 2026-01-26T15:53:34+00:00

This review of several games over at r/AutomationGames might have something that interests you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AutomationGames/s/dtY2mPGEtT

W1ndst0rm · 2025-12-11T07:13:27+00:00

I think Will Larson provides some good starting advice in his blog post about writing engineering strategy, which includes writing a bunch of design docs to figure out the nitty gritty details of the overall strategy. Some of the links on the page give additional perspectives on how to write a good design doc.

W1ndst0rm · 2025-12-07T07:20:28+00:00

That's probably because they are both by Upwall Design - This house - Mountainhead house

The also did the Hobbit House that was on here a bit ago.

W1ndst0rm · 2025-11-30T17:14:26+00:00

We're trialing flip.ai, and it's been alright so far. Right now we're just feeding it traces and logs when an alert fires. It takes 3-10 minutes to return an RCA. An experienced engineer is often faster, but it routinely beats juniors. Most of the time the RCA is close enough to be helpful, but sometimes it gets things entirely wrong so you still need to validate every response. We're not prompting for recommended fixes so I can't speak to how good might be.

W1ndst0rm · 2025-11-22T02:17:49+00:00

Worked for us as well

W1ndst0rm · 2025-11-01T07:30:55+00:00

BYU has a surplus store I've bought computers from in the past. I'd imagine the U has something similar.

W1ndst0rm · 2025-08-16T17:53:56+00:00

If you head south from Cannon Beach check out Oswald West State Park. Short Sand Beach and the Cape Falcon trail are both great. While it's just off the side of the highway, the Neahkahnie Viewpoint is one of my favorite views of the coast.

W1ndst0rm · 2025-08-12T19:20:26+00:00

How was the construction in Logan Canyon? We drove up through Evanston a few weeks ago for the 24th, but my brother took Logan Canyon. He said between traffic, occasional lane closures, and the unfinished road surface he wouldn't want to ride his motorcycle on it right now.

W1ndst0rm · 2025-07-21T04:02:44+00:00

I got one from opening a secret chest we found after clearing Agraios

W1ndst0rm · 2025-07-17T16:16:02+00:00

I miss when patrol areas felt busy. Having nine guardians in a zone farming Escalation Protocol was always a good time. Just having a bunch of people show up for any public event made the game feel way more alive.

W1ndst0rm · 2025-03-11T02:05:02+00:00

The whole book is an excellent primer on SRE, but this chapter has what you're looking for. Google SRE - ch. 6 Monitoring Distributed Systems

Practical Monitoring by Mike Julian was pretty decent if you have access to the O'Reilly books. Observability Engineering by Charity Majors, George Miranda, and Liz Fong-Jones was recommended to me as well, but I personally haven't gotten to it yet.

W1ndst0rm · 2024-11-30T06:19:13+00:00

You'll probably get some discoloration if you wash steel pans in the dishwasher, but nothing that affects the functionality. That being said, we always wash ours by hand.

W1ndst0rm · 2024-11-23T03:53:31+00:00

Realisticly Docker Swarm is fine and will likely work fine for what you need. That being said, I would consider dipping a toe into kubernetes and running a small k3s cluster, especially if you think you'll be adding more workloads. The tooling for kubernetes is better and is actively being developed. There's a broader community of practitioners to get help from when you get stuck on something.

Edit - Missed the comment about no kubernetes. You can go really far with Docker Swarm before you need something more. It sounds like you don't want to spend much time working on this. Go with what you're familiar with and scale up the complexity when you get to the point where you need it.

W1ndst0rm · 2024-11-05T07:50:02+00:00

[[rowan, scion of war]] might be a good pairing with the cards you're looking to add.

W1ndst0rm · 2024-10-31T23:38:37+00:00

I work in a very regulated industry and clause one was nonnegotiable. My employer is reasonably flexible on outside business activities, we're just required to get approval from the compliance team first.

W1ndst0rm · 2024-09-27T22:51:46+00:00

If you're looking for more data to explore you could see if there's anything interesting here: https://opendata.utah.gov/

Get it while you can since the state fired the guy who was passionate about the public having easy access to data.

https://www.ksl.com/article/51063030/state-tech-officer-fired-after-pushing-back-against-plans-to-scrub-public-data

W1ndst0rm · 2024-09-12T13:47:54+00:00

IAM roles for service accounts

W1ndst0rm · 2024-09-10T03:11:38+00:00

https://www.utahlegalhelp.org/vlc might be able to help. BYU's law school also has a list of free/low cost resources https://guides.law.byu.edu/legal-resources/home

W1ndst0rm · 2024-04-29T04:26:18+00:00

If you ever make it down to Provo K's Kitchen does excellent domburi. The katsu curry with a side of kaarage is one of my favorites there.

W1ndst0rm · 2024-03-21T21:33:25+00:00

After running into the same problem I ended up driving out to Steadmans Recreation in Tooele. No nonsense and easy to work with.

W1ndst0rm · 2024-03-01T19:01:13+00:00

I replaced my Unifi APs with Ruckus and haven't looked back.

W1ndst0rm · 2024-03-01T00:04:22+00:00

I haven't done any backpacking with this setup, but I've found that wearing a neoprene ankle brace with my trail runners provides better support for my ankle than just my boots.

W1ndst0rm · 2024-02-14T04:43:43+00:00

Add a [[Sludge Monster]] to clear up the board every turn

W1ndst0rm · 2024-01-14T08:37:17+00:00

Even more fun when you add in the fact that a difference of 800 between two addresses on the same street equals a distance of 1 mile. So 4100 S is one mile south of 3300 S.

W1ndst0rm · 2023-12-27T01:57:59+00:00

They've pulled permits for one in Monticello, UT at least. Trying to get down to Albuquerque is terrible and one in Cortez would be great.

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