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Re: Perhaps it's time to think about enhancements to the NANOG list...?


From: Alain Hebert <ahebert () pubnix net>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:27:29 -0400

    Hey, I did some OS/2 network driver for SNA over X.25 card using a PRI =D.

    But its all a question of workflow...  Fake busy work created by devices/apps battling for your attention ain't my cup of tea.

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On 3/23/21 2:14 PM, Sabri Berisha wrote:
----- On Mar 23, 2021, at 1:09 AM, Mark Tinka mark@tinka.africa wrote:

Hi,

I'm of the opposite view... front-end shiny GUI's are the risk. I'd
babysit them before I let them leave the house. For a long time.
Children of the magenta line...

Most of the more effective troubleshooting techniques will require some sort
of CLI or CLI-like output. In times of crisis, you'll want to be able to
type "show ip bgp summary", instead of waiting for your browser to send a
javascript request to a server, the server to run a python script invoking
netmiko to log onto a node, grab the output, reformat it, have it sent back
to your browser and rendered.

Not to mention that, like pilots, network engineers need hands-on time to
stay effective. Planes have crashed because pilots lost it and relied on
automation (Asiana 214, anyone?).

That said, as a soon-to-be-dinosaur, I try to keep up with the latest and
greatest. I don't want to run the risk of becoming an ATM engineer.

Thanks,

Sabri


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