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It's zen-like "motorcycle maintenance" for me, and keeps me abreast of what other Ops folks deal with in this space. It has probably contributed zero directly
by schmookeeg 3y ago
It's zen-like "motorcycle maintenance" for me, and keeps me abreast of what other Ops folks deal with in this space.
It has probably contributed zero directly to my software engineering career, however, there are moments where a deep understanding of the quicksand under my app foundations can help, and shortcut strange debugging sessions and the like.
The time I spend is recreational for me. I can see where others, particularly Ops professionals, are horrified at the idea of doing lib and OS maintenance/updating for fun. It's a very yuckable yum :D
- sgarland 3y agoNah, I still like it for fun. The only downside is that it’s easier and easier to see horrifying kludges at work now. “Oh, I remember doing this a year ago in my homelab… it was a mistake.”