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This week we talk about network documentation and alerts! What makes a good alert? When should you tap a human on the shoulder, and what should be left to the backlog?

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01:50 Music Production On Linux - William
  • MuseScore
  • LMMS
  • Audacity
  • Write in if you do music on Linux!
    • 05:45 DIY Smart Plug - Charlie
    • Instructables
    • TH3D Studio
    • Enough electricity it could kill you
      • 09:15 Thoughts from the AMA - Steve S
      • "good enough"
      • "Class of tool" vs "disposable"
      • CLECs moving away from copper
      • Convert to VOIP and ATA
      • Cell companies not held to the same standard
      • Right tool for the right job
      • 17:30 Frappe.io - theendbeta
        • Frappe.io
        • Looks cool
        • Lots of apps
        • Haven't used it
          • 22:00 News Wire

          • Perl 5.40 - Perl Doc

          • Tor Browser 13.0.16 - Tor Project

          • Firefox 127 - Mozilla

          • ICEWM 3.6 - Github

          • Cinnamon 6.2 - OMG Ubuntu

          • Opensuse Leap 15.6 - Opensuse

          • Open Standards - Health Care IT News

          • Open Source Summit - PR News Wire

          • In-Vehicle Linux Milestone - Businesswire

          • DISGOMOJI - Bleeping Computer

          • Unity Catalog - Datanami

          • OpenVLA - Venture Beat

          • OpenSora - GitHub

          • Stable Difusion 3 Medium - Stability.ai

            • 23:20 NetBox Interview
            • Adam Kennedy - Senior Network Admin
            • Network documentation
            • NetBox
            • Single source of truth
            • DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management)
            • Holds tons of information
            • Documenting changes
            • Importing/Exporting information
            • Netbox and Ansible
            • Extra information
              • 34:00 Best Practices
              • OS Ticket - Client notes
              • Markdown docs
              • Plain text
              • Explorable and discoverable
              • GNS3
              • NetBox falls down with multiple clients
              • Menu Bar hides
              • What is standard documentation?
              • 3 Choices
                • Plain text
                • Wiki system
                • Purpose built software
                • Good to re-evaluate from time to time
                • Cost of up ending the apple cart
                  • 48:00 Alerts
                  • What is a good alert?
                  • They need to be actionable
                  • What the problem is
                  • How it happened
                  • Where do I go
                  • Why dashboards are bad
                  • Ticket back log
                  • Human attention
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