For a while, the O'Reilly subscription was included in the $99/yr ACM membership. Then they stopped offering O'Reilly for a bit. Then they brought it back as part of the $75 skills add-on.
I feel like this is a little known secret (discount via ACM) that more folks should know about. Hopefully this post helps spread the word.
I recently gave up on Proxmox for my home lab needs after a failed upgrade from 8 to 9. I also never liked the feeling of not having an easy to use API.
Question: did you run the pve8to9 script? Read their extensive documentation [0]on how to upgrade? Fix the stuff aforementioned script comes up with?
My cluster went from 6 to 7, 7 to 8 and recently 8 to 9, along with Ceph - all without a single problem.
Given it’s more or less Debian underneath, not too surprising I’d say? Granted, there’s always a chance for something to go sideways, however, it’s unlikely you’re the first person to encounter this problem and if you check their forums, you should find a solution.
Depending on what your needs are, have a look at Incus-OS. While recently released and with lot of stuff “still in progress”, it’s something to keep an eye on. Even comes with ZFS:
This resonates with me. I'm also around the same age and have the same amount of experience.
I love AI and use it for both personal and work tasks for two reasons:
1. It's a way to bounce around ideas without (as much) bias as a human. This is indispensable because it gives you a fast feedback mechanism and validates a path.
2. It saves me typing and time. I give it one-shot, "basic work" to do and it's able to do accomplish at least 80% of what I'd say is complete. Although it may not be 100% it's still a net positive given the amount of time it saves me.
It's not lost on me that I'm effectively being trained to always add guardrails, be very specific about the instructions, and always check the work of AI.
I like Podman with it's API for hosting (no k8s) but I reverted back to Docker for local because of docker-compose incompatibilities. This was a year or more ago so it may not still be an issue.
I've been following Dark since its inception and found the idea inspiring. I'm happy about today's announcements and look forward to seeing what comes next.
On a personal note, I'm curious around the move to F# as the implementing language and wonder if there will be ports to other languages now that it's open source.
I use the Windsurf Cascade plugin in JetBrains IDEs. My current flow is I rough-in the outline of what I want and have generally use the plugin to improve what I have by creating tests, performance improvements, or just making things more idiomatic. I need to invest time to add rules at both a global and project level which should make the overall experience event better.
I feel like this is a little known secret (discount via ACM) that more folks should know about. Hopefully this post helps spread the word.
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