<div dir="ltr">I am personally skeptical of the impending death of system administration. <br><br>After all, what happens when redeploying doesn't fix the issue? You still have to have <br>someone that understands the architecture to lay hands on it at 2 AM to put it right again.<br><br>Best Regards,<div>David Ritchie</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 2:54 PM Leam Hall via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">While I personally like it, a lot of sysadmin jobs are going away. It's easy to click a few buttons and spin up a new cloud instance. Why trouble-shoot something when you can just destroy it and start over?<br>
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On 2/27/24 12:02, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
> <br>
> I define system transparency as a system or subsystem with accessible<br>
> test points and adjustments AND the ability to see its sub components<br>
> and how they connect to each other. What are your thoughts on system<br>
> transparency?<br>
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> Obviously, with my core competency and core business being<br>
> troubleshooting, I value transparency hugely. I have a feeling that my<br>
> viewpoint isn't universal, given how much software (and hardware and<br>
> machines) are not transparent (they're translucent at best, and often<br>
> opaque black boxes). Obviously, when the system is operating as<br>
> designed and desired, a black box is less intrusive than something with<br>
> exposed test points and adjustments and seemingly extraneous messages.<br>
> <br>
> So what do you think?<br>
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> Thanks,<br>
> <br>
> SteveT<br>
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