time to set up zabbix or icinga or something … i guess … ^^"
at least with netbox as data source, config won't be too annoying.

I can't find any decent looking simple status page thingy either way. So nothing stopping mew from going all the way :neofox_floof_angel:

I really shouldn't be using BGP for server monitoring … but it is already there *and* rather convenient.

Technologieoffenheit bedeutet doch, auch in Bayern vegane Weißwurst zu servieren, richtig? :neofox_floof_angel:

can't we just be "normal" and have more common kinds of late evening thoughts? ^^"

Like … different types of bread? Or train couplings? … or ticketing? Or why DataMatrix is superior to QR Codes, especially in non-consumer use cases? Or the todo list for fixing my bicycle? Or vegan cake recipes?

brain is once again busy with the question: NSD or knot?

This is neither urgent nor hugely important.
Both are plausible implementations of the usual stuff i like to see and use, with mostly minor differences.
And migration should be entirely possible — which serious authoritative server won't support plain zonefiles, catalog zones, TSIG, primary + secondary modes, … aka. "the usual stuff"?!
(Yeah … i've seen software failing to properly support TSIG :dragnangry:)

But somehow this brain likes to get stuck on advantages of architectural decisions, the control interface specifics, available metrics, … ^^"

The even funnier part: i'm in a position where i could reasonable manage my zones manually as handcrafted zonefiles, including serial. :neofox_floof_angel:
(This obviously quickly falls apart with other folks' zones, but wellp … even there most would likely be primarily interested in adding a few more secondaries, which is trivial either way.)

I missed innotrans two years ago. Planned for attending this year ever since.
And it didn't work out. Not even for a particularly good reason.

Now i have to do work (and get frustrated from it) instead of pawing at train thingies. Not ideal.

*sad kittyfox noises* :neofox_floof_sad:

Welchen Ausruf benutzt man in Bayern, wenn man sich bei der (moderneren) SSO-Konfiguration bei nur einem Buchstaben vertippt hat und das erst viel zu spät merkt?

OIDA

Wie nennt man es, wenn mehrere Hochschulen gemeinsam Identitätsmanagement mit SSO kaufen wollen?

Eine SAML-Bestellung.

PS: Dieses Wortspiel fühlt sich angestaubt an … und so als hätte ich das schonmal gemacht. Aber passt ja zum Thema :neofox_googly_woozy:

it might be time to start building simpler software, "less efficient" software, that doesn't aim to scale to infinity.

Have a thread or two. Process incoming requests one by one. Wait for blocking operations.
If something will take longer or is a semi-persistent connection … just start a new thread for handling events and detach the curent one.
No need for async task scheduling in every project — leave that to the OS.

Build hyposcalers instead of hyperscalers!

Things i can do perfectly fine with my (e)ID card and libre software:

• check tax related data
• look at the data the pension scheme thingy has on me
• login for digital services of my city (e.g. renew library card)
• declare my preferences regarding organ donation online

Things i can't do:

• register and account with the health insurance, because they want their own proprietary app "for security reasons" (aka. badly implemented 2FA)
• prove my identity to banks (because they want to use proprietary software to read my eID, instead of the official libre one)
• prove my identity to telco providers (they prefer PostIdent or some "AI" proprietary "selfie with smartphone" apps)
• prove my identity to RIPE NCC (because they insist on using some proprietary "selfie + ID photos" service instead of using eIDAS infrastructure)

Why are the places that used to be "fax or postal service" now the ones with decent digital infrastructure?

Oh nein …!
Es hat wieder angefangen:
Lebkuchen im Laden :neofox_scream_scared:

the most scary part: already had edited the command and only caught the mistake right before pressing enter ^^"

Kids, remember to read the hostname in your shell! It can save headaches and uptime!

When you are wondering why sys completes to systemctl reboot instead of systemctl poweroff … and realise just in time that this is within an SSH session! :dragnsweats:

btrfs … go home, you're drunk!

> btrfs scrub status /mnt
UUID:             REDACTED
Scrub started:    Mon Aug 31 20:19:04 2026
Status:           running
Duration:         0:00:45
Time left:        8355838:16:21
ETA:              Tue Nov 23 17:36:10 2979
Total to scrub:   21.73GiB
Bytes scrubbed:   25.70GiB  (118.29%)
Rate:             584.83MiB/s
Error summary:    no errors found

It may only be called "Pottcast" when it was made in the Ruhr area!
Otherwise, it's just sparkling "audio recording Rheinischer Art" …

from the theme song of the german softdrink industry:
"Life in plastic, it's pfandtastic!"

If Miles O'Brien was a real engineer, he'd've been called Kilometres O'Brien :neofox_think_anime:

when Jean-Luc Picard has a hot beverage of choice before laying to rest …

… he is going to bed Earl-y :dragntea:

"it goes into the pretix hole" :dragneyes:

installing Windows … haven't done that in ages!

And the reason for it is even more cursed than the act itself :neofox_woozy: