It's extremely important that logs never be written to a plaintext file--instead, they should go to a special format that requires a custom binary to read because the systemd author hates everything about Unix.
Was gonna take a second cert tonight. These two screenshots are 30 minutes apart because @PearsonVUE is apparently the most dogshit vendor @awscloud could find to run their certification program.
Someone owes me either a reschedule or a refund.
Took longer to check in for the AWS exam than it did to take it. I was particularly impressed by the no fewer than 3 factual errors in the test questions.
Apparently the team cares even less about this exam than most of its takers.
"No standing, talking, drinking water, using your phone, taking notes, or using the toilet" says the AWS online certification requirements, as Amazon once again mistakes test-takers for their own employees.
Was reminded today that Bonzi Buddy was derided as spyware two decades ago for doing considerably less than the telemetry in virtually every modern application.
As the spec allows, AWS has added five AWS-specific columns to their implementation of the FOCUS spec. I'm heartbroken that "spite" is not one of them.
AWS Compute Optimizer supports RDS sizing recommendations now. Too bad it's f*cking useless because RDS doesn't support savings plans and their RIs are the epitome of "inflexible." Means this is near-worthless for anything that's not on-demand.
"Why did Azure get applause for supporting FOCUS and Google didn't?"
Because people think Google's gonna turn it off in a week, plus they already shot their announcement at Next "in preview."
"Margaritaville" is a far darker song when you think of it not in the context of "tropical setting" but instead "Jimmy Buffet's restaurant location in Cleveland."
