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davidmichael··on Amazon says displaying tariffs 'not going to happen' after White House blowback
I guess the Leadership Princple of "Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit" doesn't apply when dealing with our current POTUS.
davidmichael··on Freenginx.org – open-source Nginx fork
There was a previous discussion about the fork here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39373327
davidmichael··on Mariadb.com is dead, long live MariaDB.org
There are a number of large companies sponsoring MariaDB.org development. I don't think there is any concern about its development going forward at this point.

https://mariadb.org/donate/#corporate-sponsorships

davidmichael··on Sanders calls for minimum salary of $60000 for public school teachers
Attempting to get a seasonal job, year after year, for just 2-3 months a year would be difficult.

My wife is a former school teacher and she spent a considerable amount of time planning and working on things for the next school year. If teachers are expected to all work over summer break to make ends meet then their performance will suffer.

I'd argue that a better approach for teachers and education in general would be to move to more year-round schooling.

davidmichael··on Microsoft Windows is prohibited at Gitlab
Wouldn't they still have the same licensing issues then? Maybe this is just a workstation issue and they still allow/support some Windows server OSes.
davidmichael··on Ask HN: Why is the Facebook desktop website so bad?
I have not worked at Facebook but have several acquaintances who have in the past. A frequent complain I've heard is they actually do dogfood their own product. Much of the communication is done via Facebook between employees and is difficult to stay up to date on things.
davidmichael··on GitHub will require all code contributors to use two-factor authentication
You can use a security key or TOTP app instead of providing your phone number.
davidmichael··on Ask HN: Is an AWS certification worth it for learning the basics of dev ops?
If you want to get familiar with DevOps basics in a cloud environment I would start with the Cloud Resume Challenge (https://cloudresumechallenge.dev/). It provides a good way to get started on building things with IaC and using pipelines to do so.

It also provides practical, real-world experience that none of AWS' certs offer.

davidmichael··on Position on 1-Year Certificates
A coworker we think has figured it out. Its 365 + leap year days + 31 day month.
davidmichael··on Position on 1-Year Certificates
I think having shorter cert lifetimes is generally a good thing and with tools like Let's Encrypt its becoming easier and easier.

If anyone is aware of how Safari came up with the 398 day number I'd love to know.

davidmichael··on The Site Reliability Workbook: Practical Ways to Implement SRE [pdf]
I tried Calibre and it ended up with funky line spacing :(
davidmichael··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)
Meredith Corp | Full-Time | ONSITE | Des Moines, IA | Sr Engineer - DevOps

This position is primarily responsible for managing our infrastructure in AWS, provision and configure AWS instances. Writing, debugging and managing applications to ensure optimal performance. Create and manage application and infrastructure monitoring solutions.

Skills required: * Manage AWS Infrastructure using CloudFormation * Write and maintain Ansible playbooks for server configuration * Design and implement monitoring solutions for all application and infrastructures * Work with engineers to make ensure applications are secure and adhere to the best practices * Assist in the design and maintenance of infrastructure for automate testing

Apply Here: https://meredith.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EXT/job/Iowa-De...

davidmichael··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)
Meredith | Des Moines, Iowa | Sr Engineer - Web Operations | ONSITE Meredith Corporation, a publicly held media and marketing services company founded upon serving our customers and committed to building value for our shareholders. We are on the pulse of pop culture, entertainment, food, fashion and lifestyle, news, business and finance, and sports.

We are looking for a Sr Engineer in our Digital Operations team. This member will be responsible for managing our AWS infrastructure using a combination of CloudFormation, Ansible and other tools. Strong Linux, Python and Jenkins experience is preferred. This is a great team and an opportunity to work for a company with a large digital presence in the middle of the heartland.

https://meredith.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EXT/job/Iowa-De...

davidmichael··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)
Meredith | Des Moines, Iowa | Sr Engineer - Web Operations | ONSITE

Meredith Corporation, a publicly held media and marketing services company founded upon serving our customers and committed to building value for our shareholders. We are on the pulse of pop culture, entertainment, food, fashion and lifestyle, news, business and finance, and sports.

We are looking for a Sr Engineer in our Digital Operations team. This member will be responsible for managing our AWS infrastructure using a combination of CloudFormation, Ansible and other tools. Strong Linux, Python and Jenkins experience is preferred. This is a great team and an opportunity to work for a company with a large digital presence in the middle of the heartland.

https://meredith.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EXT/job/Iowa-De...

davidmichael··on Android Oreo
They did the same thing wit KitKat.
davidmichael··on Microsoft Azure in Plain English
Microsoft themselves publish a comparison document of services with AWS: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/guidance/guidance-azu...
davidmichael··on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
I haven't tried it but I think if you do a manual install and format disks as zfs you could have a zfs root filesystem with 16.04.
davidmichael··on No-Cost RHEL Developer Subscription Now Available
thanks, I'll give it another try. I have a subscription provided by my employer but it's good to know I'll have access if I ever leave.
davidmichael··on No-Cost RHEL Developer Subscription Now Available
After creating a developer account and logging in I still do not have access to the subscriber knowledge base.
davidmichael··on The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Nginx
I wish there was more input as to why Apache 2.4 isn't suitable. It's been 3 years since its event driven model was released and it is a perfectly acceptable web server even for static content.
davidmichael··on Amazon Elastic File System
Its going to be really nice if you are able to snapshot these like EBS volumes. I didn't see any reference in the details on how data recovery would work.