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Re:The Evolution of Code Deploys at Reddit on Saturday June 03, 2017 @04:52AM (#14475568)
Lot of the features you built over the years were built in tools like capistrano or fabric. Any particular reason on why not use them in the first place?
Re:Ask HN: How to Be a Good Technical Lead? on Saturday October 17, 2015 @02:44PM (#10405533)
I'd add a

6) Make sure your team fully integrate the solutions with other teams. Encourage cross team communication. Make sure solutions are built with other teams feedback. The more other people is integrated in your team solutions, the more will be used and supported

Oncall support during outdoor activities

Hey Guys. I'm a system administrator that loves outdoor activities. Unfortunately these two aspects of my life seems to be in constant conflict as companies require me to be reachable most of the time. Specially I have some personal customers where I'm the only point of contact so suggesting having another person is not an option. I was wondering if you guys have experienced similar situations...

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Re:Aren't you tired of using "cd ../" on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @09:28AM (#6211319)
Great, thank for the advices. I'll take a look at them all!

Cheers

Juan

Aren't you tired of using "cd ../"

As a sysadmin how many times have you typed this sequence? I bet that in my past 20 years... billions. This might be a silly simple thing but never read it before.Why not:alias .='cd ../'and voila from 5 to 1. That is what I call a quick win :-)

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