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Re:Ripe NIC: 'In Five Weeks We'll Run Out of IPv4 Internet A... by esotericn on Monday October 28, 2019 @01:52PM (#21379563)
> cut-and-paste repeatedly as needed

Pretty much this, though with IPv4 as I don't trust myself to remember that either.

I find myself increasingly frustrated with tools which force GUI flows or context switches that require me to do that, though. I prefer a 'edit a bunch of flat files in repos, push, magic config engine makes it happen' flow.

It's quicker for me to copy-paste than it is to type even an IPv4.

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Re:Ripe NIC: 'In Five Weeks We'll Run Out of IPv4 Internet A... by kees99 on Monday October 28, 2019 @04:53PM (#21381539)
This, exactly.

I've spent way more time troubleshooting various obscure network problems that ended up being a typo in IP address/port number, than I'd be proud to admit.

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Re:Ripe NIC: 'In Five Weeks We'll Run Out of IPv4 Internet A... by esotericn on Monday October 28, 2019 @04:57PM (#21381576)
Right. When I do "remember" an IPv4 it's usually that I've committed a /24 to long-term through repeated exposure, and then I really just have the 8 bits in short term memory.
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