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You conveniently left out the first part of the quoted sentence, "allow programmers to actually program infrastructure". Almost everything you wrote can be prog
by reinhardt 15y ago
You conveniently left out the first part of the quoted sentence, "allow programmers to actually program infrastructure". Almost everything you wrote can be programmed these days without a "traditional" sysadmin.
- mey 15y agoBetween AMIs, Configuration Engines, and things like http://susestudio.com/ http://susestudio.com/ make it simpler to create auto-scaling infrastructure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_confi... Granted that process is still under refinement, but with dedication you can achieve those goals. Conversely, again with cost analysis, which is cheaper, a developer who can manage all that, or a sysadmin? I am sure there is a curve, small end a sysadmin, large end automation.
- aaronblohowiak 15y agoThat is what good sysadmins do, and rack monkeys are training to do.
- alphamale3000 15y agoSure. But often they don't have the programming background to do it cleanly.
- sciurus 15y agoDo your "traditional" programmers want to deal with all the practices listed at http://everythingsysadmin.com/the-test.html http://everythingsysadmin.com/the-test.html ? Do your "traditional" programmers want to develop the sort of skill listed at http://www.sage.org/field/jobs-descriptions.html http://www.sage.org/field/jobs-descriptions.html ?