Flux
or
Argo CD
For your Kubernetes CI/CD workflow? 🤔
nixCraft 🐧
nixCraft@mastodon-social.mostr.pub
npub1esme...xjlr
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Now that Mozilla Firefox is adding AI directly to its browser, are there any browsers without AI or LLM? I don't want anything to do with the current LLM and AI, which I strongly believe stealing from artists, and all AI companies are freeloaders. It is a bit disappointing to see open-source software adopting something like this. 

Choose how you want to navigate the web with Firefox | The Mozilla Blog
As Mozilla envisions Firefox’s future, we are focused on building a browser that empowers you to choose your own path and gives you the freedom t...
Talk is cheap, send patches.


By the time you're 35, you should have successfully done following at least once:
1. rm -rf / on your unix or linux box
2. Reboot production server by mistake
3. Drop CPU/hard disk and damage it permanently
4. Changing firewall rule instantly blocked you out
5. No backup was made/verified ever...
6. Delete source code before actually committing to source control
7. Run a SQL update/delete with wrong where clause
"I had this crazy idea that I’m going to build a database engine that does not have a server, that talks directly to disk, and ignores the data types, and if you asked any of the experts of the day, they would say, “That’s impossible. That will never work. That’s a stupid idea.” Fortunately, I didn’t know any experts, so I did it anyway." — D. Richard Hipp SQLite database creator.
I clicked allow all cookies. What happens next? Wrong answers only. 😮
i paid for all cpu cores and i’m going to use them 🧑🏻💻


Have you ever been blown away by a product's stunning user interface? Which one takes the crown for you? 🤔
kids who would run dos defrag utility and sit and look at the little squares change colors are either {developers, sysadmin, devops} now or retired farmers


How to Become a Farmer 🧑🌾
00. Learn Python
01. Write code day and night
02. Become a senior developer
03. Burn out solving problems
04. Finally had enough of this. Quit.
05. Become a farmer. Work with trees and animals and grow crops.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Biggest IT outages in the world. Here is your 10 bucks. Go drink some coffee. 🤡 CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage 

TechCrunch
CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage | TechCrunch
Several people who received the CrowdStrike offer found that the gift card didn't work, while others got an error saying the voucher had been ...
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Guys, I started working at the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike. Today is my first day. Four hours ago, I pushed major code to production. I am so proud of myself 🧑🏻💻👍🥰
NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules
#linux

NVIDIA Technical Blog
NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules | NVIDIA Technical Blog
With the R515 driver, NVIDIA released a set of Linux GPU kernel modules in May 2022 as open source with dual GPL and MIT licensing. The initial rel...
wish me a good luck guys: i am upgrading arch #linux after 6 months of break 😓


Flash back to your coding beginnings! What's the first project you remember creating?
Tom: All things being equal, what is your language of choice?
Jerry: Python
Tom: That's a relief!
Jerry: Oh?
Tom: Based on the greyness of your beard, I was afraid you were going to say perl.
#StoryOfMyLife #DevOPS #Sysadmin
Good reads: Programmers Should Never Trust Anyone, Not Even Themselves
Deep Roots
Programmers Should Never Trust Anyone, Not Even Themselves
Programmers should be paranoid.
Which one would you choose?
Fortnite
OR
Fortran
My Linux distribution recommendation guide for various users:
* Arch/Gentoo: Elitist, technically skilled, enjoys challenges.
* Debian: Experienced, values stability and customization.
* Fedora: Enthusiastic, early adopter, embraces new technologies.
* Ubuntu or Mint: Beginner-friendly, user-friendly, values ease of use.
* FreeBSD or OpenBSD or NetBSD: You know what you want in life. Nuff said.