I started this blog because I work in a niche area of a niche area of technology – the commercial application of UNIX/Linux compute farms. I was frustrated that what is obvious to me about how to run operations is difficult to communicate to my clients, who are often in operational breakdown.
From the executive side, I make the case that operations is the critical part of their business. My favorite way to say it is: Success is not writing software, it’s running it. They agree, but are often not positioning operations to succeed.
From the staff side, I make the case that capturing everything they do in scripts and a diary will pay off a hundred fold. They agree, but often don’t want to foul up the carefully crafted way they do things.
This blog is for both of you. I have year’s worth of tech tricks, short-cuts and solutions for people who live on the command-line. For managers and executives I have 25+ UNIX shops worth of things that never work.
It’s my intention to provide you information and techniques that will make a difference for your career or business.
-Tony