In this episode we spend some time discussing the idea that there is no magic bullet. At some level, you do need to understand how things work and why they work.

— cwebber

In this episode Steven and I chat about the fun that is DNS. Everything is a DNS problem including this episode.

— cwebber

You may notice a bit of a gap in episode numbering… There is a show 013 out there, it was rather unlucky though so we are holding it back and may release it at some future point in time.

Since Chris and I haven’t talked much recently, we spent this show catching up on some industry changes.

We talk about:

— Steve

Steve and I caught up to chat about the state of the world and what we have been up to. Now that the holidays are over, we should be able to get a little more consistent again.

— cwebber

In this episode Steve and I discuss a bit about our recent conference experiences and then dig into the idea that Attitude is Everything. Hope you enjoy!

— cwebber

In this episode, Chris and I talk about the changing role of operations and systems administration.

Both Chris and I share the view that systems administration is evolving and that rounding out your systems knowledge with software engineering practices and skills will make you more valuable and enhance your career potential.

— Steve

Chris and I get together to talk about one of my all time favorite topics – debugging!

Enjoy the podcast, set breakpoints where you need them, and if you have a question include the stack trace from where the question arose. :)

— Steve

Notes:

Dear listener,

Chris and I got back together to talk about the basic concepts around High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR). (And, no, High Availability is not being on-call in Colorado!) We cover some of the terminology used in the space, as well as some basic concepts and misconceptions.

This show was produced through the generosity of Chef.

— Steve

Hey All,

This was an awesome chance for Steve and I just to provide an update to where things stood. It is also the first episode where Chef started sponsoring. Looking forward to some time to do more of these.

— cwebber

There is a certain irony in the fact that it has taken us long to get this episode up. Sadly, the Ops part of both mine and Steve’s life got a bit more hectic than expected. So here it is, with special guest, Tom Limoncelli, the author of Time Management for Systems Administrators and a co-author of The Practice of System and Network Administration. It was great having Tom on the show and I hope we can have more episodes like this in the future.

— cwebber