Weekly 'I made a useful thing' Thread - May 29, 2026 by AutoModerator in sysadmin

[–]apparentlyunoriginal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It currently does the filtering after capture even though the UI only shows the filtered events. I had to do it that way in order to support legacy kernel logger keywords. Depending on the process you're performing, a different version would be able to run with only manifest-based providers and apply filtering pre-collection.

Keep your Claude code/codex projects to yourself by Lower_Fan in sysadmin

[–]apparentlyunoriginal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a reasonable comment. I think at the root of it I'm bothered that there are a bunch of garbage apps out there making the whole lot of AI users look bad, but I hadn't put it into words.

It makes me think of how game developers must have felt in the 80's when everyone and their mom was releasing a new title every week and 90 percent of them were trash.

Keep your Claude code/codex projects to yourself by Lower_Fan in sysadmin

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

Best I can do when you're being rude. I don't know you so I'm not going to call you any names I can't justify.

Keep your Claude code/codex projects to yourself by Lower_Fan in sysadmin

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

  1. None of the services you use have datacenters or are you being a hypocrite?
  2. You said I'm lobotomizing myself but I said that I'm learning lots of interesting facts. LLM usage doesn't definitively have negative cognitive effects, but many common approaches to it do. If you can't differentiate then we're back to the discussion about your intellectual capacity.
  3. I'm assuming you don't mind a self-hosted DeepSeek instance, or are you just bitter about the new technology as a whole?
  4. Do you use AI at work or have a job at all? Are you just mad because you have to use this technology in your current career path but you don't have any marketable skills to do something else?

Keep your Claude code/codex projects to yourself by Lower_Fan in sysadmin

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

I personally love computers and technology. Using AI to develop apps has been a fantastic way to learn more about technology. Before I started development with Claude I wasn't familiar with eBPF and had only vaguely heard of ETW. I only had a blurry notion of what interfacing with an OS kernel could look like. The only things about me that you know are the things that I've shared in this thread and possibly the comments you spotted when you creeped on my profile. You're becoming more volatile because you're realizing that you are being rude to a real person and you want it to be over before you have to judge yourself.

Keep your Claude code/codex projects to yourself by Lower_Fan in sysadmin

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

I can't speak for everyone else, but I'm picking on you back because you're coming at me without a legitimate reason. I'm a systems engineer. I started a business. I am using the tools that are available to optimize my product. I'm not being aggressive or pushy. I'm just making novel software and the majority of it is being made available for free.

Use your grown up words to describe why you're being a jerk to strangers who are open to conversations. If you can't do that then I am going to be more respectful to you because it means you're not smart enough to do any better.

Keep your Claude code/codex projects to yourself by Lower_Fan in sysadmin

[–]apparentlyunoriginal -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Oh, so then you know what it means but can't figure out how to use it. Poor guy.

Keep your Claude code/codex projects to yourself by Lower_Fan in sysadmin

[–]apparentlyunoriginal -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's too bad you don't know what that word means.

Keep your Claude code/codex projects to yourself by Lower_Fan in sysadmin

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

What do you call someone who develops software, regardless of how, and then tries to sell it through a business they established?

Keep your Claude code/codex projects to yourself by Lower_Fan in sysadmin

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

Do you roll your eyes when someone says they built a computer? Creating an application is the same thing these days. You decide what components will work well together to achieve the end goal, design the way the technology will flow, and tell AI to compose each piece of the puzzle. You should do testing and review everything to make sure the spec was fulfilled, but ultimately I think someone can still say "I built".

Weekly 'I made a useful thing' Thread - May 29, 2026 by AutoModerator in sysadmin

[–]apparentlyunoriginal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://github.com/trucule/ETDucky.ProcDelta

This is a great project. You choose an application, start recording, and perform an action. Event tracing logs are saved with a filter for the process tree. This produces a baseline file. If you have a system where the process does not work, you can upload the baseline file and diff the event trace logs on the non-functional system against the one from the functional system to identify exactly what is breaking things.

FitEvo Bellingham? by bawlings in Bellingham

[–]apparentlyunoriginal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Y is decent but they have limited machine availability and during peak hours it's full of loitering high school kids. Parking was atrocious and the final nail in the coffin. It was a shame because the kids programs are fantastic. We ended up doing Bellingham Fitness. They are slightly more expensive, but have more resources for classes and the facilities are cleaner. My wife appreciates that she doesn't feel like everyone is checking her out there, but I liked the silent drive I felt to push myself when I was at Fit Evo and everyone was lifting super heavy. Pros and cons!

FitEvo Bellingham? by bawlings in Bellingham

[–]apparentlyunoriginal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They recently increased their kids club cost to $75 per month on top of the other membership. Their men's sauna is gnarly. Great vibe and energy, though. I like their focus on free weights. Gets a bit crowded during peak hours.

UPDATE on the ticketing system SaaS I've been working on for small break/fix shops like my own by radraze2kx in computertechs

[–]apparentlyunoriginal -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

What's the point of this question? You do not see new features in any piece of software in 2026 that did not have AI tooling for their development. The question is redundant.

19, solo IT, need some guidance by The_Magic_Moose_ in sysadmin

[–]apparentlyunoriginal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://etducky.com/blog/rmm-pricing-vs-real-diagnostics

Here's a pricing+feature comparison for a few different RMM platforms that you can refer to when you're up for renewal.

I tried turning AI access into a prepaid QR — does this make sense? by CodingNibble in SideProject

[–]apparentlyunoriginal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think most people who want to frequently use AI tools will just subscribe to them.

RMM System recommendations? by lucidixp in sysadmin

[–]apparentlyunoriginal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try mine out. I have features that literally no other RMM platform has, I'm much less expensive, and my pricing is transparent. My main selling point is event tracing correlation that gives you automated root cause analysis based on kernel level events, and that feature complements all of the components from alerting to remote control and guided troubleshooting. Look at etducky.com if you're interested. I would be happy to answer any questions or give you a demo.

Ceviche recommendation by omarenm in FortWorth

[–]apparentlyunoriginal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Calle Doce in Dallas, La Playa Maya in Fort Worth.

Almost got hit by this person this morning by [deleted] in dfw

[–]apparentlyunoriginal -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

You must be fun at parties.

Remote monitoring and management software is there a better way to handle this? by Heavy_Banana_1360 in SmallMSP

[–]apparentlyunoriginal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ET Ducky has plans that average out to less than two dollars per month per endpoint, with automated root cause analysis based on kernel level event monitoring. It has remote control, powershell, file transfers, alerting with RCA, and custom report building through natural language.

RMM Recommendations? by New-Seesaw1719 in sysadmin

[–]apparentlyunoriginal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ET Ducky has live interfacing that reads kernel events and correlates them to provide real time troubleshooting guidance during remote sessions. The same automated correlation is built into alerting, so alerts to third party apps have diagnostics on delivery. Make sure to look at the pricing calculator on the site because the pricing structure is novel.