Yesterday an old friend asked me of the impact AI is having on my #sysadmin work, whether I was using it. I responded that it was not, & that using it would be unproductive as I'd lose so much time auditing deployments by an agent I cannot trust for slop, bloat & flaws.
What I didn't have time to add was that I already have v low carbon, 100% sovereign automation I can trust: shell scripts. I know exactly what they do, when & why, because I wrote them. Such value & confidence is irreplaceable.
Julian Oliver
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