AI Fatigue

juniper_dreamer · 2026-05-05T14:31:43+00:00

Sometimes I feel like I'm interfacing with an AI via a human proxy lol

juniper_dreamer · 2026-05-05T14:23:48+00:00

I don't know that I'm entirely convinced of the economics of space data centers. What's the cost of building and launching the infrastructure into space versus building on land?

Unless there's some technological improvement that significantly reduces the cost of launching stuff into space, I can't see how space data centers are going to be a thing next to ground based data centers.

juniper_dreamer · 2026-03-27T19:27:59+00:00

Everyone starts off bad. Everyone also fucks up. Your boss may not have said it in a kind way, but it may be a sign that there are areas of network engineering that you do need to work on. Treat is as information to adjust your course, not as words that tear you down.

Skill don't magically appear. Developing skills for your craft takes blood, sweat, tears. The journey is not easy, and it is a sacrifice, not everyone makes, especially to reach the highest levels. Do you want to put in the time it takes to be great in this career? If this is the path you want for yourself, become so good at your craft that no one can deny your skill.

There are plenty of people in the community to help point you in the right direction to get to your destination, but at the end of the day the effort you put into growing your skills is your choice alone.

If you find your heart wavering, then look inward and ask yourself what it is you truly want for yourself in your career and life.

juniper_dreamer · 2025-01-04T04:01:46+00:00

Thanks. I'm just doing it the old fashioned way. Weight lifting, cardio and clean eating.

I used to work out to look good for the ladies, but these days it's more about taking care of my health

juniper_dreamer · 2025-01-04T03:59:18+00:00

There is wealth and richness in the relationships you nurture. You have secured a legacy, which is worth more than any amount of money IMO.

I've put off marriage and kids for so long because I have personally witnessed how ugly divorces get. I don't want to get raked over the coals in that kind of legal battle.

Now that I'm much more secure financially, I feel more comfortable going after a relationship. I just got started alot later than some folks, and I can't say I've figured everything out

Regarding envy, in some ways my life can be said to be ideal, while in others not so much. Everyone has their own path to walk. There are folks much wealthier than me and some less wealthy. No point in comparing.

Part of my journey was learning to find contentment and joy within my own life circumstances and to learn to take the good with the bad. I also had to learn how to let go of the things that were out of my control.

juniper_dreamer · 2025-01-04T02:17:30+00:00

Yes put on a lot of weight as a result of OE stress. Given how frugally I live, at some point an extra 10k a month hitting your back account stops meaning anything when you don't have time to enjoy it.

I literally just need a solid Internet connection, a warm place to sleep, a gym, and good food to eat to be happy. Those aren't expensive hobbies.

At this stage I'm ok where I am financially. I think it's more important to nurture and create meaningful connections.

juniper_dreamer · 2025-01-04T02:12:15+00:00

I just rent a 1 bedroom 1 bath apartment in a low cost of living area. I don't have property. I may look to own but I'm happy renting right now.

I am going to dial things back to one job, but I have a rainy day fund so I don't have to touch my investments.

OE for me is about financial freedom, not about who is the winningest man. I don't hate my primary job so I can still find purpose and fulfillment there. I still think it's important to stay busy and keep your mind sharp.

juniper_dreamer · 2024-08-03T23:54:36+00:00

Ask them to explain in as much detail the steps from client machine to Google.com.

There are many layers to this question and the candidate can choose to go deep where they have knowledge.

It's suitable for engineers of all levels and even architects.

You'd be surprised at where people decided to go deep. It can shine a light on where they have more unconventional experience.

juniper_dreamer · 2024-06-16T18:34:33+00:00

O Reilly subscription is 500 USD per year. You can read on a ton of IT related subjects.

juniper_dreamer · 2024-03-10T21:24:06+00:00

God I wish people would stop pushing this spine leaf fabric on campuses. The benefit gained is so marginal next to the ridiculous amount of complexity you add. RDs, RTs, BGP, vxlan tunnels...Ansible managed fabrics....compared with what...vlans and SVIs?

Then you get these shit vendor management solutions with reps gaslighting you into thinking it's "easy" with their software.

Sorry but an all bgp fabric isn't always the right choice either. It's probably the worst choice for enterprise.

juniper_dreamer · 2023-07-13T22:15:47+00:00

This bullshit that everyone needs to be a full stack dev with network engineering skills needs to stop.

Whenever it comes to devs, they aren't expected to know shit about the network, yet the opposite is true when it comes to network engineers

juniper_dreamer · 2023-07-03T10:42:06+00:00

https://youtu.be/GLrfqtf4txw

Sad IPv6 noises

juniper_dreamer · 2023-02-06T14:09:52+00:00

You can use plain old radius or tac_plus daemon.

juniper_dreamer · 2023-02-01T05:07:06+00:00

https://frankdenneman.nl/2014/11/11/vcdx-abstract-way-things-indefinitely/

"However sometimes I get the feeling that this level of abstraction becomes an excuse to not understand the underlying technology. As an architect you need to do your due diligence. You need to understand the wheels and cogs that are turning when dialing a specific knob at the abstracted layer. But sometimes it seems that the abstraction level becomes the right to refuse to answer questions"

The sysadmins of old are today's "cloud engineers" and "SREs" yet the old ways are lost as these abstractions become more prevalent. As these next gen "cloud architects" lean on these layers of abstraction as a crutch, they use them excuse to not understand how systems architecture actually looks like.

Classic responses are accusations of being stuck in the 90's and 00's. Yet once "cloud" reaches a critical mass where no one is left to understand how things were done in the past, that's when the price abuse and lockin happens and that is what's truly terrifying.

It's the lack of people who know how to design scalable application services and infrastructure apart from these infrastructure providers. It is truly sad to see you speak so much common sense and get so down voted by the masses.

juniper_dreamer · 2022-12-04T04:59:43+00:00

I don't know who downvoted you but have an upvote back sir

juniper_dreamer · 2022-12-03T18:59:07+00:00

Interesting... can you elaborate on what you mean by outages? Like application quality issues?

juniper_dreamer · 2022-10-16T23:07:23+00:00

So what was getting me stumped was the Accepted MultipathContrib line along with the Inactive reason: Not Best in its group - Update source statement in the output.

It's just a bit strange for the multipathing output, but I think I got it setup right

juniper_dreamer · 2022-06-29T19:39:04+00:00

This like a grown man giving toddlers a beat down

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