tech_curiosity retweeted
Im actively encouraging the members of the networking and network automation community get behind this movement and come out of your AI closet.
We will only figure this out if we figure it out together.
If the fear you feel is the judgement from the community and NOT the fear of using these new tools I'm here to support you. Lots of us are here to support you.
tech_curiosity retweeted
Be Aggressive about your life.
It is the only way to get what you want from it...
Nothing comes from the gentle hoping, half-given effort, or the daydreaming of most.
You have to know who you are...
What you want, pursue & reject
Be Aggressive about your life.
tech_curiosity retweeted
I don't think you know everything on your network..... in fact, I bet Auvik finds something you completely forgot existed.
Prove me wrong ----->
• Start an Auvik trial
• Deploy the collector
• Let it map your entire network in under an hour
If I’m wrong? You get a FREE $300 UniFi Dream Router 7.
If I’m right? You STILL get a free router..... and your network gets fixed.
This month only, get on it! 👇
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This might be the only free Terraform course you’ll ever need.
It takes you from the basics to state, modules, testing and real production workflows.
courses.devopsdirective.com/…
tech_curiosity retweeted
Roles of a Network Engineer
1. Design and plan network infrastructure
2. Configure and manage routers, switches, firewalls, and access points
3. Implement routing, switching, VLANs, and other network technologies
4. Monitor network performance, availability, and traffic
5. Troubleshoot connectivity, latency, packet loss, and routing issues
6. Manage IP addressing, subnetting, DHCP, and DNS
7. Implement network security controls such as ACLs, firewalls, and segmentation
8. Deploy and maintain VPNs and remote-access solutions
9. Perform network upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning
10. Analyze network traffic and investigate unusual behavior
11. Document network configurations, topology, and changes
12. Work with other teams to maintain reliable and secure network infrastructure
tech_curiosity retweeted
Keep your problems smaller than your life. A flat tire is a flat tire. A bad meeting is a bad meeting. A canceled flight is just an extra two hours. These things become catastrophes when you let them. But they stay manageable when you remember the depth of your real life the people you love, the work you care about, the beautiful years still ahead. Zoom out. Fit your reaction to the size of the problem.
tech_curiosity retweeted
Consistency beats talent. Every time.
I used to think I needed to be the smartest guy in the room. Turns out showing up every single day and doing the unglamorous reps is the actual cheat code for certs, for coding, for anything hard.
tech_curiosity retweeted
We spend years trying to change our lives without noticing the patterns quietly running them.
Self-awareness begins when you become curious about your own reactions instead of simply obeying them.
tech_curiosity retweeted
Nobody can learn Linux from a course.
If I had to learn Linux from scratch, this is exactly how I’d do it:
1️⃣ Start with a virtual machine:
→ Install VirtualBox and create an Ubuntu VM.
→ Learn to install Ubuntu, update it with apt update && apt upgrade, and take snapshots before experimenting.
→ Treat the VM as your Linux playground where breaking things is completely fine.
2️⃣ Learn the Linux filesystem:
→ Explore /home, /etc, /var, /usr, /tmp, /dev, and /proc
→ Practice pwd, ls, cd, mkdir, cp, mv, rm, and find
→ Understand why configuration files live in /etc and logs commonly live in /var/log.
3️⃣ Get comfortable with the terminal:
→ Learn cat, less, head, tail, grep, sort, wc, and pipes.
→ Practice commands like cat file.txt | grep "error"
→ Start doing everyday tasks without opening the GUI.
4️⃣ Understand users and permissions:
→ Learn whoami, id, sudo, useradd, passwd, and groups
→ Experiment with chmod, chown, 755, 644, and file ownership.
→ Create another user and see what they can and cannot access.
5️⃣ Learn how processes work:
→ Use ps, top, and htop to see what's running
→ Learn about PIDs, background processes, signals, and kill
→ Find a process consuming too much CPU and figure out how to deal with it.
6️⃣ Learn package management:
→ Use apt install, apt remove, apt update, and apt upgrade.
→ Install Nginx, find its configuration files, and understand what it changed.
→ Learn how Linux installs, updates, and removes software.
7️⃣ Learn networking:
→ Use ip addr to understand network interfaces and IP addresses.
→ Practice ping, curl, ss, and dig to understand connectivity, ports, and DNS.
→ Connect to your VM with ssh user@ip-address and manage it remotely.
8️⃣ Learn services and systemd:
→ Learn systemctl start, stop, restart, enable, and status
→ Install Nginx, stop it, restart it, and configure it to start automatically.
→ When something breaks, use journalctl and systemctl status to find the problem.
9️⃣ Learn storage:
→ Understand disks, partitions, filesystems, and mount points
→ Practice with lsblk, df -h, du -sh, and mount
→ Create a virtual disk, format it, mount it, and understand where your data actually lives.
🔟 Learn Bash:
→ Start with variables, conditions, loops, functions, and exit codes
→ Learn $?, $1, pipes, redirection, and #!/bin/bash
→ Write scripts that automate things you actually do.
1️⃣1️⃣ Learn troubleshooting:
→ When something breaks, don't immediately search for the error.
→ Check journalctl, /var/log, systemctl status, and application logs.
→ Learn to go from symptom, evidence, cause, and fix
1️⃣2️⃣ Break things on purpose:
→ Stop services, change permissions, modify configurations, and kill processes
→ Figure out why you broke something and recover it yourself.
→ Restore your VM snapshot when you completely destroy it
1️⃣3️⃣ Build something real:
→ Run Nginx, deploy an application, connect a database, and expose it over the network.
→ Manage everything through SSH and the terminal
→ Then learn Docker and understand what containers are actually doing underneath.
1️⃣4️⃣ Delete Windows:
→ Once you're comfortable, install Linux directly on your machine.
→ Make it your daily driver and learn to solve problems without switching back.
→ Expect plenty of man, --help, searching, breaking things, and fixing them
Don't memorize Linux. Use it until you understand what's happening underneath. 🐧
tech_curiosity retweeted
At this point I realized that marriage is not for lovers. It's for forgivers, sacrificers, grown adults. Why? You can love someone and still hurt them. Still disappoint them. Still forget their needs. Love alone is not enough.
At this point I realized that real marriage needs emotional maturity, conflict resolution, humility, communication and a lots of forgiveness. You'll forgive things you swore you never could.
