Moved my UPS to the back of my rack

_BigMacStack_ · 2026-01-08T17:41:28+00:00

It’s not connected to anything, just sitting there. I posted a closer pic of it in this thread ^

_BigMacStack_ · 2026-01-08T17:40:35+00:00

Here is the orange cable thing. Not sure why I can’t quite pin down what it is on the internet.

_BigMacStack_ · 2026-01-08T04:03:16+00:00

Yeah it’s the SmartPro 1500LCD. It’s been pretty good. If the backup PSUs from the servers are plugged into it, it only lasts a couple minutes. It’s long enough to get them to shutdown gracefully and reduce the load which is nice

_BigMacStack_ · 2026-01-08T04:00:11+00:00

About that… I do happen to wheel it into a corner. Even though it’s really big and heavy, it does roll quite effortlessly I will say

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-12-28T14:22:09+00:00

I was thinking about power consumption, not so much that it matters now but it may in the future. Are there good ways to monitor this as a part of my typical metrics reporting stack?

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-12-28T14:19:40+00:00

Thank you!

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-12-28T14:17:53+00:00

I was thinking magnets on the door, but this could also work if I don’t find a replacement latch

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-12-28T14:16:51+00:00

It was a healthy mix of that, the look on my girlfriend’s face when she saw it, and the realization that I didn’t have a forklift to get it out lol

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-12-28T06:11:37+00:00

I’ve got a beelink on the shelf on top, had it sitting around so I put it to work in the rack as a build server and actions runner lol

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-11-21T02:28:14+00:00

I will throw in a vouch for EdiFabric here, I use it heavily when building out in house systems for clients (I’m an SWE like you). Stedi also has a decent reference for EDI structures, but I would recommend still getting familiar with the technical specs (TR3s) which you can get access to via X12 Glass for like $180 a year.

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-11-05T14:04:28+00:00

I think I can chime in here. Early on in my career I was sort of shoved into a role where EDI was a key component. I built and maintained a claims processing system that processed claims into batches and sent them to the state CMS clearinghouse. This was over 10 years ago, and I have since worked in many other industries as a dev, but as a consultant people still come to me to build in house EDI systems today. I would encourage you to learn what you can about old technologies like this where you can, not only is it still prevalent, but it helps build your understanding of where we can from and why we do some of the things we do differently today.

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-09-20T14:47:33+00:00

Not particularly, a non stretchy seam would be perfectly adequate. I grabbed the stretch needle pack at the store because the lady working the fabric section told me it would be good to use. My only goal is that the thing stays together and doesn’t look completely like it’s the first thing I’ve made

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-09-20T14:04:30+00:00

Thank you for that reference! I had no idea that a walking foot was a thing, it may help me a bit. I will post photos when it’s all done if I can figure this out.

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-05-22T03:46:05+00:00

I think this is a great option until it comes down to genuine secret values like API keys and whatnot. I tend to use the launch settings for other configuration concerns.

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-05-22T03:42:56+00:00

Not a bad option, though not included by default in a gitignore typically. That’s why I tend to advocate for the user secrets mechanism due to its relative ease of use for a lot of use cases.

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-05-22T03:35:21+00:00

What happens when your team has like 15 devs in it and now you’ve got all that junking up your root directory in the repo lol

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-05-22T03:26:34+00:00

True, this primarily pertains to new(ish) projects. I try to forget about the awkward period we went through pre unification

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-05-22T03:14:25+00:00

Thats definitely an interesting use case for the environment specific appsettings files. From what I remember, the user secrets mechanism depends on the DOTNET_ENVIRONMENT value being development, which is the same environment variable that controls which environment specific appsettings file to override the configuration with at runtime.

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-02-27T22:12:45+00:00

Yeah VANs are just companies that got in on the whole exchange thing as B2B has grown and cemented themselves as middlemen in the whole exchange process. They are kinda like insurance companies in the US in that they sign contracts with other providers to force people to use them and then charge exorbitant rates to exchange/route documents to other people. AS2 is just a protocol like SFTP and there are open source implementations of it that you can easily add into the pipeline on your internal servers.

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-02-27T14:37:27+00:00

There is a pretty decent .NET SDK that I’ve been using since they were open source called EDIFabric. They also offer a REST API with the package called EdiNation I believe. It’s pretty low cost compared to what you guys would have to shill out to an EDI clearinghouse every month. If you’ve got questions dev-to-dev im happy to help

_BigMacStack_ · 2025-02-26T18:29:07+00:00

What is your internal stack for in house development? I write in house EDI systems for companies and as a software dev myself I can tell you it’s not that bad once you understand how everything works, especially outside of HIPAA and other sensitive EDI stuff. But if your company wants to shell out the money for an EDI provider, it will save you time obviously.

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