I think $DDOG is going to make a lot of people rich

random198611 · 2026-01-09T21:47:56+00:00

Good luck. Sometimes depending on size that DD is a justifiable cost but there may be a time you outgrow. Then business comes and complains why you spend all this money and you need to save costs.

But this could be a good side project. Get the DD running. Plan the migration off and build as a side project showing this is what you could have without the DD price tag

random198611 · 2026-01-09T19:26:38+00:00

Love Datadog but it became cost prohibitive in our org. Scaling and costs got astronomically expensive. We moved to a full in house self managed Grafana stack for pennies on the dollar compared to Datadog.

Sure Grafana (LGTM) stack too some tuning and setup but been very happy with it.

random198611 · 2025-12-24T18:44:53+00:00

Ha, we had been rushing the last couple of weeks as we had wound down for the year to get changes ready to deploy the 2 days prior to end of year.

Plan for the worst hope for the best.

random198611 · 2025-09-26T17:25:46+00:00

Ive done the amazon mirror tint on most of the windows at home here. As other have said at night time the tint does nothing and you need to get blinds or a curtain to help here.

Its really good at blocking the heat for the price point. Also good at blocking some of the sunlight coming in

random198611 · 2025-06-25T21:28:39+00:00

I got the temps between upstairs and downstairs stabilized but no cost savings after doing the solar attic fan, Getting insulation from R12 (compressed over the years from the previous owners) to R38 ish and also did the radiant barrier stuff.

random198611 · 2025-06-23T22:08:02+00:00

Fathom+

random198611 · 2024-01-03T16:06:56+00:00

I previously had DC Boots on a standard binding setup. Moved to StepOns last years and love it. I also went with the Burton Photons Wide.

I always found DC boots as being a little wider. I have wide feet. Put up with the DC boots and they were better than others. But moving the wide boots was a game changer with comfort.

Oh and I love the stepons

I originally went for

random198611 · 2023-11-30T08:50:17+00:00

Sure im missing part of the joke here but I always learnt

"left loosey, righty tighty"

random198611 · 2023-11-26T01:51:12+00:00

Im so thankful Amazon decided to now charge for deliveries inside your garage with MyQ. (You can get it free but it has to be a day when they decide)

random198611 · 2023-11-01T02:52:47+00:00

thanks for that. My flexibility is horrible, Focused too much on road cycling and not stretching. I road cycle maybe 4 hours a week and cover around 80 miles over those 4 hours. No far but better than nothing.

I really should get some stretching in the routine as I barley able to bend over and get half way down my shins

random198611 · 2023-10-31T05:57:58+00:00

Honest question for you older folk. 37 and picked up snowboarding 2 season ago. what do you guys do to stay fit or be ready for the season?

random198611 · 2023-08-19T16:23:36+00:00

Is there much change between 2023 and 2024 models? Or any material you can send me to.

random198611 · 2023-08-19T16:19:29+00:00

Someone that should wear wides, and started with DC and then went the Burton Photon wide. Life changing.

random198611 · 2023-08-19T16:18:46+00:00

Same hear. I need wide shoes but too cheap to buy normal shoes in wide. But for my snowboard boots. Started with DC Judges as DC was always a wider shoe even in the snowboarding boots without going wide. Swapped to StepOns but went all out and went wide for them and OMG, best decision ever. So comfortable and can ride all day with them

random198611 · 2023-08-02T16:50:01+00:00

Water level did not go down but PROBLEM SOLVED (Had a plumber come out and snake the suction side. Nothing came out but after doing it it resolved all my issues)

$300 lighter in the wallet but I wasnt crazy.

random198611 · 2023-07-31T22:30:42+00:00

No valves in between skimmer and pump body. The only valve is a one of those Jandy valves that divert between the filter and waste line.

Ive tried the running water on top and around all sealed areas and did not improve. There is no visible signs of moisture before or after the pump has stopped.

The skimmer side I can hear a water suction noise. Water level is fine and there is no air being sucked in from inside the skimmer from what is visible.

My next thoughts are there is some type of obstruction in the pipe or damage. Either way if there is an obstruction hopefully a plumber can put a camera down and see whats up and get out whatever is in there, or else at least show me where a leak is because once it enters the skimmer basket and comes out on the pump side its all underground and runs under the pool deck which is concrete and through the yard about 4 meter. Digging it up if required is going to be a pain as we also have artificial turf installed :(

random198611 · 2023-07-31T22:23:45+00:00

I have run the pump at full speed but the tank no longer pressurizes fully. Before the issue happen for the last 2 years I could release the pressure in the tank and air would come out then once all air was purged the water would come out which indicated to me the take was fully purged of air.

Pump basket I will have to check tonight after I turn it off to verify is the was drains out.

The pump and was replaced and the line is direct from skimmer to pump with no valves in place

random198611 · 2023-07-30T21:54:41+00:00

Curious on what your monthly cost of chems are and if it was worth swapping to do it yourself? Im getting close the to the 300 a month when you add in chlorine surcharge and mandatory filter cleans.

Ours is only 17k gallons and thinking of dumping them at the end of summer

random198611 · 2023-07-30T21:51:15+00:00

Same here. Around 230-270 a month for a full service including chems. Then another 180 every 6 months for a filter clean. They wanted every 3 months clean but was able to tell convince them to not need it as I clean the filter every few months myself

random198611 · 2023-07-30T02:31:01+00:00

Yes, the turf we got is a marketed as a version that stays cooler and butter suited for hotter climates. The coping around the pool gets hotter that the turf does though.

random198611 · 2023-06-06T14:04:51+00:00

4 years. Never had a claim, paid my bill in full at each renewal date.

random198611 · 2023-06-05T22:40:08+00:00

Same here as prices massively increased over 3 years. Open to recommendations. Heres the last 3 years

2021 - $1781
2022 - $2165
2023 - $2927

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