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I suppose the next question will be "But Zed, why sqlite3?". Good luck. :-)

• zedshaw 16y ago
  Already get those. There's folks who want to use redis, couchdb, just about anything that can store configurations. I think the thing most existing sysadmins don't get is that this is written for people who have to manage mongrel2 servers in a modern way. It doesn't prevent you from doing your usual manual ssh work, but it's aimed at the future where people won't be doing that so much. It's kind of sad, because I want sysadmins to learn to code so bad, and I even wrote a book so they could learn it, and have helped tons of them get better jobs, yet they still resist awesome features like this. They're really just holding themselves back by not realizing automation and code are their future.
  • danudey 16y ago
    I don't mean to nitpick, but the sysadmins you're talking about are the bad sysadmins (or maybe just mediocre sysadmins). Any sysadmin worth his salt knows that when you automate something, you only have to do it once, and you remove any mistakes down the road. Once you have the script written and tested, you don't have to worry about typos ever again. If it weren't for automation, my job would be unbearable, but writing scripts to automate systems is the most fun I get to have in my day job.