@benhm3 Where in this conversation did I mention that I blame other people for my shortcomings? The vast majority of my shortcomings are my own damn fault, and there are plenty of them. Since you have reiterated that you are a fan, I can surmise you are referring to things I have said outside of this conversation. I can admittedly, be pretty gorram vicious when my failures are due to the limitations of another.
But I digress. A significant reason the rules about DNS almost all end with, "DNS is not hard," is because I don't think the common refrain of, "It's always DNS," is particularly funny, nor is it helpful. It is a defeatist attitude that needs to go away.
People have been blaming the mystery service that is DNS for so long, that a large portion of IT now seems to believe that DNS is beyond their capabilities.
Glad you enjoy the rules.