First, as should be clear if you read more than half a blog post, I’m a computer geek, data nerd, tech fanboi – use whatever vaguely deprecating term you like. Second. I…
Job listings for week ending 3/17
If you’re not sure what this job list is all about, check out my handy “About the Weekly Job Listing post” explainer. You can also use this form to manage your subscription to this email, a…
Four Questions Friday: Questions
Between now and the end of Passover, I’m sharing excerpts from my book “The Four Questions Every Monitoring Engineer is Asked“. It blends wisdom and themes from Passover with common questions (and…
The Difference Between Work & Life
As a counterpoint to my post last week, I wanted to talk about why I’m on social media at all, and the fine line I find myself sometimes walking in that regard….
Pretty data all in neat rows
DBA Mary, extraordinary,What makes your tables grow?When queries propel, through my TSQL shelldata ingests into neat little rows. This will likely be the last post in my series about monitoring the pihole…
Four Questions Friday: The Beginning
Purim is over, Passover is on the horizon, which makes this the perfect time to grab a copy of “The Four Questions Every Monitoring Engineer is Asked“. The book blends wisdom and…
Job listings for week ending 3/10
Week two of our new adventure. I’ve made some updates including click-able links and visible separators. Once again, if you run into any issues, please let me know (leon(at)adatosystems(dot)com). If you’re not…
Throwback Thursday: Walking Away
I was digging through some old posts, and found this one from 2014. I was shocked to realize it’s been almost 10 years since I completely shut down my Facebook account. It’s…
Mind the Gap
Recently I posted a tutorial on how I monitored my Raspberry-pi based “pihole” server using New Relic and Flex. Like many tutorials, what I shared was the end-result, a clear and concise…
Job listings for week ending 3/3
Well folks, this is it. The inaugural voyage of the new email system (if you don’t count that little glitch on Tuesday. If you run into any issues, please let me know…
Your Pi-Hole is a rich source of data
While a lot of my inspiration for blog posts come from talking with New Relic users, it’s hard to share them as examples because they’re so specific and often confidential. So I…