Dan Doughty
f3ttt.bsky.social
Dan Doughty
@f3ttt.bsky.social
SRE Manager. 3D Printing.
UA war vet. US Army vet.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieljdoughty/
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When hiring Juniors, we expect to train you on the job, so the most important point your application has to make is that you're interested in the subject. Do you toy around with NixOS? You run a homelab? Put it on there!
February 13, 2024 at 4:42 PM
We're hiring for a hybrid position in KC. Oncall a week per month.The primary systems you'd work on would be Windows in an Azure cloud computing environment with terraformed deployments, New Relic/PD, week sprints with standups(15min) and monthly retros. wellsky.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/WellSkyCaree...
Software Engineer III
The Software Engineer III is a key member of the team, contributing to foundational operations that directly impact the business, but also generating creative ideas and collaborating with teammates to...
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February 13, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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Reliability engineering also factors in the probability that a repair will make a system function again.

I'm reminded of this because I built and sold a firewall that booted off a CD and loaded its configuration off a floppy. I thought it kinda jank then, but… solid state stuff fails in weird ways.
January 27, 2024 at 8:44 PM
In this link you'll see a StackOverflow post where a developer of Vagrant helps describe where Vagrant sits and how it compares to docker. They're not the same. Vagrant is more like an orchestration layer with an easy way to get prebuilt images to rapidly develop against. Need a LDAP, grab it.
February 1, 2024 at 2:34 PM
look, they've all got claws and are bitey. close enough, eh?
January 30, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Vagrant and a beefy laptop is a powerful tool I've used to create small mockups on my laptop. I love the other tools mentioned here but vagrant is the one that I rarely hear others using.
CI jobs for my ansible playbook have been broken for months due to some changes with GitHub Actions. This took me down a rabbit hole...

Long story short: Self-Hosted GitHub Actions runner, running on Proxmox with nested virtualization to run molecule tests using Vagrant against VirtualBox VMs.
January 30, 2024 at 2:08 PM
excited to see this foot bridge be built. It looks beautiful and it's a dangerous intersection for walkers and bikers and South Beach has a lot of those. www.miamiherald.com/news/busines...
www.miamiherald.com
January 29, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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the backend guy when you ask what time it is
January 25, 2024 at 1:34 AM
This is brilliant titling. Wish I could have seen the presentation!
Another fine session, "Securing a hipstershop, a DevSecOps journey about container security", by first time speaker @DavideSellitri at @KCDOslo where he's dropping first hand knowledge about #kubernetes security and even live demoing policies in action with project Calico!
January 25, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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Pagerduty Year in Review

In 2023 you were paged **27** times in the middle of the night!

Your blood pressure is up **12%**
hear me out: not every app needs a year in review
December 23, 2023 at 3:06 PM
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ah, but what is the “right” thing to do, you ask? Now that’s where real fun work begins, discover the answer to that question
I’ve been building CI/CD platforms for eight years 😱 and my philosophy is basically the right thing for developers to do with system should also be the easiest thing to do
January 19, 2024 at 8:08 PM
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We won't find the Ghost in the Machine by building an expensive mirror out of it.
January 18, 2024 at 11:45 PM
this may be why I saw attempts to reset my password on FB yesterday. as always, use 2FA. arstechnica.com/security/202...
Researcher uncovers one of the biggest password dumps in recent history
Roughly 25 million of the passwords have never been seen before by widely used service.
arstechnica.com
January 18, 2024 at 5:28 PM
This is a really smart way to present to a crowd. Lots of us enjoy/enjoyed Choose Your Own Adventure and it inherently involves the crowd. Also, cloud native anything has my attention. The video is worth a watch. #CloudNative #SRE #PublicSpeaking
Super fun last night at #CloudNativeLon with +85 attendees and a lot of engagement around my newest 'choose-your-own-adventure' style session. Here are the slides and link to the recording if you missed it! #cloudnative #observability #o11y @chronosphereio bit.ly/cloud-native...
Cloud Native London Meetup - 3 Pitfalls Everyone Should Avoid with Cloud Native Observability (slide...
Cloud Native London Meetup - 3 Pitfalls Everyone Should Avoid with Cloud Native Observability (slides + recording)
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January 17, 2024 at 1:56 PM
all your NAT are belong to us
Network engineer translator
January 16, 2024 at 7:43 PM
The level of rigor needed in your integrations will be dependent on the importance of the service, but this is a short and good video that explains many options to improve your API quality. #SLISLO #KPI #SRE
January 16, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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[NEW EPISODE] In the latest Telemetry Now I talk with Chris O'Brien, an SME on network monitoring, about the strengths and drawbacks of both SNMP and streaming telemetry in a modern network visibility strategy www.kentik.com/telemetrynow...
SNMP is Dead. Long Live SNMP! | Telemetry Now Podcast | Kentik
The networking industry has declared that SNMP is dead, but is it? Is streaming telemetry all we should focus on today, or is SNMP still useful even in modern networking? In this episode, Chris O'Brie...
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January 10, 2024 at 3:08 PM
A good business study on how basic UX design hasn't been implemented in one area. And it's written humorously so if you're needing a smile, give it a go.
I hope they release your packages from purgatory soon!

I share this link about DHL being horrible in hopes it brings you at least a small laugh: builtformars.com/case-studies... And here is a small snippet of what's in the article.
January 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM
@mozzius.dev I'm not getting through with a new app password on an ios client. I see something flash behind the page and then it just returns me to the login. I've tried full and short handles with no difference.
January 8, 2024 at 3:41 PM
🚀 In the world of #SRE, API versioning is like a seatbelt for your services. It ensures a smooth ride for users even when you're making changes under the hood. 🔒 Don't break the contract – version your APIs! 🔄 #APIVersioning #ReliabilityMatters #DevOps
January 8, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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In computing, especially in realtime systems, we have what's often called a watchdog timer. It's a sort of latch that triggers an interrupt that then causes things to happen after an elapsed time.

Resetting the timer is a thing. Those of us who like dogs will call this "petting the watchdog."
January 8, 2024 at 12:03 PM
it's cute in the same way I thought a Tamagotchi would be nice 3 decades later. but ultimately I found there's a reason why things have evolved and while returning to my youth is fun it's not a constructive way to move forward in the world. we need to fix our social media and communications
am I the only one that reads “join our discord!״ and immediately feels exhausted. I have been in every kind of internet chat room including compuserve in like 1988. i am not seeing this as a selling point I am seeing it as One More Thing I have to keep up with
January 8, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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We're looking for skilled technologists to develop a tool of their interest for the open-source community and skilled creatives to help make open-source tool guides more accessible. Does either sound like you?
Apply for our fellowship opportunities here: www.bellingcat.com/about/careers/
Careers - bellingcat
Interested in working for Bellingcat? See open positions advertised below. 2024 Bellingcat Technical Fellowship — Applications due January 15, 2024 2024 Bellingcat Technical Writing Fellowship — A...
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January 4, 2024 at 9:03 PM