The Art of Sysadmin

Sadiq Saif

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The Art of Sysadmin

A podcast about the human side of sysadmin

09/11/2023

Burnout Hell

Content Warning: This episode talks about various mental health episodes such as burnout and depression. Here we are, the last episode of this season of The Art of Sysadmin. I left the heaviest topic for last. Here is a rough list of things I talk about in this episode: * what is burnout? * what causes it? * overwork * not enough personal time * work intruding on personal time * fighting fires * what does it feel like? * feeling empty inside * feeling dead inside * depressive episodes * lack of self confidence * how do we prevent and/or mitigate it? * work-life balance * setting aside time specifically for personal growth and enjoyment * self care and balance * fuck capitalism, go home If you wish to support the podcast financially, you can do so on here.

33 min
08/28/2023

Finding Purpose and Joy

That sure is a title for a podcast episode eh? In this episode we talk about the following topics: * Why do I do this? * Fun * Learning * Work interest * The Joy of Building Infrastructure * Making Friends * Helping People Reference links: * EntropyNet – the IRC network * Ten Forward – the fediverse instance If you wish to support the podcast financially, you can do so on here.

24 min
08/14/2023

Cattle vs. Pets

In this episode I talk about the concept of cattle vs. pets and how it relates to the concept of scale and scaling. I talk about my particular methodology of management and how I came to it. I talk about the concept’s relation to designing systems and about simplicity and complexity in said design. No Kubernetes clusters were harmed in the making of this episode. Reference links: * My Ansible playbooks * Kubernetes If you wish to support the podcast financially, you can do so on here.

32 min
07/31/2023

What's in a name?

In this episode of The Art of Sysadmin, I talk about names. More specifically, I talk about the names we give computers: the hostname. I get into how I picked a naming scheme, what my methodology is and personal touches like references to certain characters from media I enjoy. Some reference links: * Hostname * Fully qualified domain name * Dresden Files Characters If you wish to support the podcast financially, you can do so on here.

26 min
07/16/2023

Introductions

Welcome to the very first episode of the The Art of Sysadmin podcast! This podcast is one where I approach various system administration topics from a more human perspective rather than a purely technical perspective. This is for now a solo podcast, that is: it is just me talking into a mic. This first episode is me talking about myself and how I got into the hobby/field and my intentions for this podcast. Thank you for listening, and if you enjoyed it please share the podcast with a friend! If you wish to support the podcast financially, you can do so on here.

24 min

5 Episodes

A podcast about the human side of sysadmin

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Sadiq Saif
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The Art of Sysadmin