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Have you looked at AWS Config? Config gives you the ability to build asset inventories and be alerted when things change. It only works regionally, but it's better than nothing.

I like the fact matrixnotorg decided to alert Matrix to Elasticsearch's existence. But Matrix probably should first figure out how to fix the whole 'all server management ports are…

It's just a screenshot of the same info shown on the archive.org page linked by the title. https://web.archive.org/web/20190412060115/http://matrix.org... If you can't get to archi…

I'm assuming you mean the LPIC certification? LPIC certification: "Vendor neutral," meaning you need to memorize (note I said memorize, not learn) how both Debian and RHEL do thing…

Intuitively there is some cost for retrieval. Otherwise you'd just use the cold storage to store everything.

Interesting. Then again, that shows another problem with the LPIC exams: They're really out of date.

Wikipedia does a decent service, but its community is a toxic cesspool. And I think one of the underlying issues with Wikipedia is its is community incredibly hostile to new editor…

I find certifications good for really three things: 1.) Having a structured curriculum to learn something new. All my tech skills are self-taught, and it's useful to have a structu…

This is great news. Now let's just make sure they don't replace employees with lower-paid contractors. I'm always suspicious when these minimum wage hikes don't talk about contract…

If the world was just, the Sackler family would be buried under the jail cell in which Ross Ulbricht will rightfully spend the rest of his days. But alas, Big Pharma can slang dope…

Nah bruh. He's where he deserves to be. Just like the Sackler family, he aided and abetted the destruction of many families and actual death of many drug users.

I guess the first question is: What do you want to do with AWS? Do you want to have a good understanding of the breadth of services, or do you want to learn how to leverage AWS to …

Linux Academy is how I went from dude working at a call center for an insurance company to Linux SysAdmin/AWS SA interviewing for jobs at Fortune 500 companies and Amazon.