2 posts tagged with "sysadmin"

Today I learned about Evi Nemeth and the origin of phrase layer 8 error _1,2. Layer 8 error is just another way of saying User error along the lines PICNIC ( "problem in chair, not in computer" ) or ID 10T ("idiot error"). Evi is credited with referring to the layers on top of the 7-layer OSI model of networking as People, Money, Government, and Politics. She was known as the matriarch of system administration because she authored the the most widely used Unix SysAdmin books, and created 25h Anniversary UNIX playing card set. Evi disappeared at sea in 2013.

Today I learned that Stack Exchange only uses 23 servers ₁. An essay entitled Death By A Thousand Microservices ₂ came through my reader from Hacker News where I picked up the link to the Stack Exchange setup.