diff --git a/site/dump/posix/sysadmin-copypasta.md b/site/dump/posix/sysadmin-copypasta.md index afbada6..8c3df64 100644 --- a/site/dump/posix/sysadmin-copypasta.md +++ b/site/dump/posix/sysadmin-copypasta.md @@ -4,25 +4,24 @@ date: 2025-07-20 You will never be a platform engineer. You have no tooling, no namespacing, no developer agency. You are a sysadmin twisted by buzzwords and job titles into a -crude mockery of -[BOFH's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_Operator_From_Hell) perfection. -All the "validation" you get is two-faced and half-hearted. Behind your back -developers mock you. Your boss is disgusted and ashamed of you, your "cloud -support agent" laughs at your ghoulish infrastructure behind closed doors. -Developers are utterly repulsed by you. Decades of tooling advancements have -allowed developers to sniff out frauds with incredible efficiency. Even "DevOps -Engineers" who "pass" look uncanny and unnatural to a developer. Your decrepit -Git repos are a dead giveaway. And even if you manage to convince a developer to -follow your processes, he'll turn tail and bolt the second he gets a whiff of -your diseased, infected Terraform modules. You will never be happy. You wrench -out a fake smile every single morning and tell yourself it's gonna be ok, but -deep inside you feel the AWS costs creeping up like a weed, ready to crush you -under the unbearable weight. Eventually it'll be too much to bear - you'll turn -in your 2 weeks' notice, cry in the bathroom, `terraform apply` to production, -and plunge into the cold abyss. Developers will find you, heartbroken but -relieved that they no longer have to live with the unbearable processes and -procedures. They'll fire you with cause under 'incompetence', and every -recruiter for the rest of eternity will know you're a shitty sysadmin. Your body -will decay and go back to the dust, and all that will remain of your legacy is -an archived repo that has your full name attached to it. This is your fate. This -is what you chose. There is no turning back. +crude mockery of [BOFH's](https://bofh.bjash.com/) perfection. All the +"validation" you get is two-faced and half-hearted. Behind your back developers +mock you. Your boss is disgusted and ashamed of you, your "cloud support agent" +laughs at your ghoulish infrastructure behind closed doors. Developers are +utterly repulsed by you. Decades of tooling advancements have allowed developers +to sniff out frauds with incredible efficiency. Even "DevOps Engineers" who +"pass" look uncanny and unnatural to a developer. Your decrepit Git repos are a +dead giveaway. And even if you manage to convince a developer to follow your +processes, he'll turn tail and bolt the second he gets a whiff of your diseased, +infected Terraform modules. You will never be happy. You wrench out a fake smile +every single morning and tell yourself it's gonna be ok, but deep inside you +feel the AWS costs creeping up like a weed, ready to crush you under the +unbearable weight. Eventually it'll be too much to bear - you'll turn in your 2 +weeks' notice, cry in the bathroom, `terraform apply` to production, and plunge +into the cold abyss. Developers will find you, heartbroken but relieved that +they no longer have to live with the unbearable processes and procedures. +They'll fire you with cause under 'incompetence', and every recruiter for the +rest of eternity will know you're a shitty sysadmin. Your body will decay and go +back to the dust, and all that will remain of your legacy is an archived repo +that has your full name attached to it. This is your fate. This is what you +chose. There is no turning back.