I hate the \"cattle vs. pets\" framing of managing larger clusters of computers with automation, implying that managing small clusters or single machines is done manually.<\/p>
I hate it because managing a single machine without a framework suitable for automation has been generally poor practice *forever*.<\/p>
But I hate it even more because the foundation of the metaphor is that it is OK and normal to treat livestock without compassion or care. It is quite simply not.<\/p>
Retire that framing, please.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gnomon\/statuses\/115652595404337405","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gnomon\/statuses\/115652595404337405","objectType":"note","content":"
I hate the \"cattle vs. pets\" framing of managing larger clusters of computers with automation, implying that managing small clusters or single machines is done manually.<\/p>
I hate it because managing a single machine without a framework suitable for automation has been generally poor practice *forever*.<\/p>
But I hate it even more because the foundation of the metaphor is that it is OK and normal to treat livestock without compassion or care. It is quite simply not.<\/p>
Retire that framing, please.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gnomon\/115652595404337405","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-03:objectType=thread:nonce=da217f7b9bc9b8be","notice_info":{"local_id":"11639181","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-12-03T19:27:43+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gnomon\/115652595404337405"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/queer.hacktivis.me\/users\/lanodan","displayName":"Haelwenn \/\u044d\u043b\u0432\u044d\u043d\/ :triskell:","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/792-original-tmp20230912084901.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":1023,"height":1023},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/792-96-20230912093141.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/792-48-20230912093141.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/792-24-20230912093141.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"792"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/792-96-20230912093141.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"\ud83e\udd8a\ud83e\udd84\u26a7\ud83c\udca1\u24e5 :anarchy: \ud83d\udc7f\ud83d\udc27 :gentoo: :sun:Pleroma maintainer (mostly backend); BadWolf developer; Gentoo contributor; Eternal upstreamerOpinions are your employerArch users needs to pacman -R works-for-me arch-btwMake the changes you want to see.Just because computer bad: X5O!P%@AP[4\\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*banner from: https:\/\/soc.flyingcube.tech\/objects\/56f79be2-9013-4559-9826-f7dc392417dbFederation-bots: #nobot","url":"https:\/\/queer.hacktivis.me\/users\/lanodan","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"lanodan","displayName":"Haelwenn \/\u044d\u043b\u0432\u044d\u043d\/ :triskell:","note":"\ud83e\udd8a\ud83e\udd84\u26a7\ud83c\udca1\u24e5 :anarchy: \ud83d\udc7f\ud83d\udc27 :gentoo: :sun:Pleroma maintainer (mostly backend); BadWolf developer; Gentoo contributor; Eternal upstreamerOpinions are your employerArch users needs to pacman -R works-for-me arch-btwMake the changes you want to see.Just because computer bad: X5O!P%@AP[4\\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*banner from: https:\/\/soc.flyingcube.tech\/objects\/56f79be2-9013-4559-9826-f7dc392417dbFederation-bots: #nobot"}},"content":"@gnomon<\/a> To me the framing is more:
- Pets: They have custom hostnames; machines having special setups is extremely common
- Cattle: Purely number-based hostname or similar kind of careless naming scheme; too industrial to have individual setups
So automation is a bit more orthogonal, you'll get automation, but it'll take a very different shape (unless you're doing something like roleplaying a corporation at home).
Like how effectively a kitchen food processor is automation, but isn't comparable to a factory.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/queer.hacktivis.me\/objects\/a896c126-ba34-4bc6-956a-37fea50c9932","object":{"id":"https:\/\/queer.hacktivis.me\/objects\/a896c126-ba34-4bc6-956a-37fea50c9932","objectType":"note","content":"@gnomon<\/a> To me the framing is more:
- Pets: They have custom hostnames; machines having special setups is extremely common
- Cattle: Purely number-based hostname or similar kind of careless naming scheme; too industrial to have individual setups
So automation is a bit more orthogonal, you'll get automation, but it'll take a very different shape (unless you're doing something like roleplaying a corporation at home).
Like how effectively a kitchen food processor is automation, but isn't comparable to a factory.","url":"https:\/\/queer.hacktivis.me\/objects\/a896c126-ba34-4bc6-956a-37fea50c9932","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gnomon\/statuses\/115652595404337405","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@gnomon\/115652595404337405"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/gnomon"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-03:objectType=thread:nonce=da217f7b9bc9b8be","notice_info":{"local_id":"11639184","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-12-03T19:27:42+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/queer.hacktivis.me\/objects\/a896c126-ba34-4bc6-956a-37fea50c9932"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5920324","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}