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Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦

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Network anarchitect and matrix greasemonkey, #CCIE 41436, Mikrotik Certified Instructor, #MTCRE, #MTCINE, #MTCIPv6E, #MTCSE, #MTCSWE, #TechFieldDay Delegate (Follow me in the Fediverse at @[email protected]. I’m here, but it’s a side thing.)

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Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · 7h

Proof of concept lab complete (RFC 1925 Truth 1 has been satisfied) and my MikroTik Professionals’ Conference presentation request has been submitted. Now to start working on the actual presentation in case they actually say yes. #MTPC #MikroTik #NetEng

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · 2d

Them: What social media platforms are you on so I can follow you?
Me: Mostly Rebo and Zooty
Them: ?
#B5

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Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · 2d

The “Simplicity where possible. Complexity where necessary.” mantra applies long before we get to the design stage. 2/2 #NetEng #Labbing #RabbitHole #KISS

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · 2d

The problem with labbing cool networking ideas? Rabbit holes. Every step along the way, there’s another “Oh! Wouldn’t it be better if I integrated •this• idea?” Taking the red pill leads to a fun day of network geekery, but doesn’t get me any closer to the original goal. 1/2

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Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · 4d

I’m surprised I don’t misplace my military driver’s license (DND 404) constantly. #GeekJoke

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · 5d

Discovering that something is a DNS problem rather than a network problem feels good… until we learn to accept the fact that DNS is a fundamental network service. If it’s DNS, it’s the network. The real joy comes from it not being •my• network’s DNS that’s at fault. #NetEng #DNS

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Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · 10d

After two weeks of banging my head against this multicast routing lab, I finally found the problem. The default TTL for •all• multicast packets on Linux is 1. Of course, I overlooked the simple stuff in my troubleshooting, as one does. #NetEng #Multicast #Troubleshooting #LessonLearned #ThereAreDays

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · 22d

I haven’t played extensively with multicast routing for a little over a decade, but here I am grinding the rust off of the metal. Gotta stay fresh if I want to engage in silly proof-of-concept labs. #NetEng #Milticast #Labbing #WorthIt

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Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Oct 1

“Something went wrong. Please try again later.” as an error message is about as helpful as “It’s broken.” is. Not only is the first part so vague that it’s useless to anyone who might be able to help, but we •know• that trying again later is unlikely to work either. #Grr

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Sep 18

Apparently it’s one of •those• days again. #CorgiLife

Red and white Corgi, flat on his back and with his paws in the air.

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Sep 16

An IPv6 address is composed of 8 16-bit quybbles (quad-nybbles) and this shall be the standard term used in all of my documentation going forward. #NetEng #Quybble #BecauseItMakesMeSmile #IHaveSpoken

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Sep 14

“The standard that you walk past is the standard that you accept.” - LGen David Morrison. Simple phrase, but infinitely powerful. #Leadership #ThingsToLearn

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Sep 13

Today I learned that my approach to leadership is actually an established method. Need to read some of Robert K. Greenleaf’s stuff sooner than later. #Leadership

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Sep 6

Favourite use of ANI so far? Auto-generated transcripts for videos and podcasts. #NoTime #LetMeSkimThat #MyPace #AI

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Aug 28

Some days I wonder if the companies that are so keen on using ANI to streamline their processes and eliminate jobs are considering that their customers are simultaneously using ANI to kill the need for their products and services. #AI

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Aug 17

#NetEng #AI #Forums

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 (@[email protected])

Is it just me, or have technical forums devolved to the point where every question about if there’s a way to do something produces responses asking the OP to justify their reasons for wanting to do it...

hachyderm.io

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Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Aug 16

To those who keep asking, no. I’m not worried about ANI taking my job. Well, no more so than I am about my screwdrivers taking my job. The practitioner is always more than the sum of their tools. #AI

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Aug 10

I would place businesses above 1,000 employees in the ultra-large category. That’s 500 above large, which is already the top 0.3% of businesses. Networking practitioners would be anyone specialized in networking. I agree that there’s a critical mass needed for those, but how much?

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Aug 10

If (approximately) one in four people are employed by ultra-large businesses, do networking practitioners have a similar distribution? My experience in discussions with my peers indicates that we’re skewed heavily toward that market, perhaps four in five or even nine in ten. #NetEng

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Sardonic Systems @sardonic.systems · Aug 9

why does enterprise software UI absolutely suck?
you get engineers with a sense of superiority because they “got gud“

bro, you have stockholm syndrome from an aruba controller, and you’re telling me to git gud? get outta here.

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Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Aug 4

#SME #Enterprise

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 (@[email protected])

More than once, I’ve seen folks narrowing the concept of “enterprise” organizations to include only largest fraction of a percent of businesses lately. Admittedly, large organizations (above 500 emplo...

hachyderm.io

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Aug 1

The products of #AI aren’t subject to copyright. Does this mean organizations who are vibe coding have no intellectual rights to the results? I’m thinking the answer is yes. If I’m right, I now wonder if these organizations have considered this… or have they been too caught up in the hype?

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Jul 23

If we outsource our customer service, it can be fairly said that we’re not serving our customers at all. Now let that sink in.

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Jul 23

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 (@[email protected])

Mental filters for post comments: 1. "You should look at doing it this way instead." (No justification provided.) 2. "You're doing it wrong." (Again, no justification included.) 3. "I feel like there...

hachyderm.io

Jody Lemoine 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social · Jul 22

It absolutely does. Then again, the bulk of HTTPS/QUIC requests go to servers that host multiple sites, so IP literals are becoming less and less useful.