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The Art of Sysadmin Sadiq Saif
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A podcast about the human side of sysadmin
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 Patreon.