Why, in the cloud era, do we still keep these monolithic IBM Power Machines in our data centers? Isn’t it cheaper to rewrite everything into microservices and scatter it across thousands of…
AIX for Linux Administrators – part1
Introduction I frequently encounter curiosity among Linux administrators regarding what AIX administration looks like and how much it differs from what they already know. Most specialists are aware that Linux is derived…
XOPS – The Evolution of the IT Administrator
The role of the IT administrator is undergoing a transformation that is redefining the profession. In the past, this job was primarily associated with physically tending to servers and reactive firefighting in…
IBM Acquires Confluent: AI, Streaming, and Data Architecture
The news of IBM acquiring Confluent for $11 billion has caused quite a stir. This isn’t a revolution that changes the laws of physics in IT, but rather a very pragmatic completion…
IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX – Operational Basics
IBM PowerHA clusters are used where the high availability of business-critical applications and databases is paramount. Maintaining and configuring these clusters requires specialized knowledge, which is why working with them can be…
RHEL 10 Image Mode: The System as an Image
Who doesn’t have that one server in their infrastructure that everyone is afraid to restart? The one where something was tweaked in the configuration, nobody knows exactly what, but if we touch…
The Magic is in the Prompts, or Why AI Thinks You’re an Idiot
I see it every day. Someone opens a chat window and types: “Write me a marketing strategy.” They get three paragraphs of generic bullshit that sounds like it was pulled from a…
Learn for free – IBM courses
As is well known, the continuous improvement of one’s skills is the key to professional success. The specifics of the IT industry require constantly staying up-to-date with new technologies and unceasingly developing…
Your Local AI Assistant for Reading Documents
There’s a flood of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) tools on the market, but if you want to quickly see how it works in practice without wading through documentation, you’ve come to the right…
Ansible Facts Explorer: From Idea to Tool
Sometimes we face the need to find a specific tool that would make our daily work easier. I was recently looking for something to conveniently browse facts from Ansible AWX. Of course,…