these are the layoffs that cost my wife her job
she had NEVER had anything but 100% glowing performance reviews and had been grinding herself into a paste for this nonprofit hospital, recently getting up at 3AM to do IT cutovers for essential improvements
she had NEVER had anything but 100% glowing performance reviews and had been grinding herself into a paste for this nonprofit hospital, recently getting up at 3AM to do IT cutovers for essential improvements
Layoffs at Valley Medical Center stem from loss of funding | Renton Reporter
101 non-union employees were fired.
www.rentonreporter.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
these are the layoffs that cost my wife her job
she had NEVER had anything but 100% glowing performance reviews and had been grinding herself into a paste for this nonprofit hospital, recently getting up at 3AM to do IT cutovers for essential improvements
she had NEVER had anything but 100% glowing performance reviews and had been grinding herself into a paste for this nonprofit hospital, recently getting up at 3AM to do IT cutovers for essential improvements
How a utility billing team migrated COBOL logic to Java one algorithm at a time using parallel runs, reversible cutovers, and regression testing.
TL;DR: Instea #cobol
TL;DR: Instea #cobol
Modernizing COBOL-Based Billing Logic Without a Big-Bang Rewrite
hackernoon.com
September 25, 2026 at 11:40 AM
How a utility billing team migrated COBOL logic to Java one algorithm at a time using parallel runs, reversible cutovers, and regression testing.
TL;DR: Instea #cobol
TL;DR: Instea #cobol
I prefer permanent standard time, but will settle for permanent DST just to stop the cutovers.
July 16, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I prefer permanent standard time, but will settle for permanent DST just to stop the cutovers.
A little late, real life hits hardest after cutovers. Enjoy the short journey... #blueskyphotography #photography #lake #water #ice #snow #superior #beach #sunrise #hobbies
January 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A little late, real life hits hardest after cutovers. Enjoy the short journey... #blueskyphotography #photography #lake #water #ice #snow #superior #beach #sunrise #hobbies
Blocking cutovers to save replication slots
arc-codex.com
September 22, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Blocking cutovers to save replication slots
Past Me: At some point, arrange scenes with cutovers carrying thematic relevance where order not entirely obvious.
Present Me: *blank stare*
Present Me: *blank stare*
October 25, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Past Me: At some point, arrange scenes with cutovers carrying thematic relevance where order not entirely obvious.
Present Me: *blank stare*
Present Me: *blank stare*
Bloke on the train on a call loudly discussing transitions, cutovers and hypercare before playing you tube loudly on his phone, so all the cunt boxes ticked. Well played sir.
April 28, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Bloke on the train on a call loudly discussing transitions, cutovers and hypercare before playing you tube loudly on his phone, so all the cunt boxes ticked. Well played sir.
Can't quite believe what I have achieved in 2024
• Passed the DEVNET DEVCOR exam!
• Became a Cisco Learning Network Designated VIP
• Member of Cisco Champions 2024
Most importantly, I executed Production DC cutovers using automation the first time 🥳
An amazing year!
• Passed the DEVNET DEVCOR exam!
• Became a Cisco Learning Network Designated VIP
• Member of Cisco Champions 2024
Most importantly, I executed Production DC cutovers using automation the first time 🥳
An amazing year!
December 30, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Can't quite believe what I have achieved in 2024
• Passed the DEVNET DEVCOR exam!
• Became a Cisco Learning Network Designated VIP
• Member of Cisco Champions 2024
Most importantly, I executed Production DC cutovers using automation the first time 🥳
An amazing year!
• Passed the DEVNET DEVCOR exam!
• Became a Cisco Learning Network Designated VIP
• Member of Cisco Champions 2024
Most importantly, I executed Production DC cutovers using automation the first time 🥳
An amazing year!
Modernizing COBOL-Based Billing Logic Without a Big-Bang Rewrite
How a utility billing team migrated COBOL logic to Java one algorithm at a time using parallel runs, reversible cutovers, and regression testing.
TL;DR: Instea
#hackernews #news
How a utility billing team migrated COBOL logic to Java one algorithm at a time using parallel runs, reversible cutovers, and regression testing.
TL;DR: Instea
#hackernews #news
Modernizing COBOL-Based Billing Logic Without a Big-Bang Rewrite
How a utility billing team migrated COBOL logic to Java one algorithm at a time using parallel runs, reversible cutovers, and regression testing.
TL;DR: Instea
hackernoon.com
September 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Modernizing COBOL-Based Billing Logic Without a Big-Bang Rewrite
How a utility billing team migrated COBOL logic to Java one algorithm at a time using parallel runs, reversible cutovers, and regression testing.
TL;DR: Instea
#hackernews #news
How a utility billing team migrated COBOL logic to Java one algorithm at a time using parallel runs, reversible cutovers, and regression testing.
TL;DR: Instea
#hackernews #news
When I still worked, I celebrated things like successful cutovers of thousands of phones & voicemail implementations at hospitals with minimal disruption.
At 7+ years retired, I was pleased with myself this morning that I remembered to put the lid back on the coffee carafe after filling it.👵🏻
At 7+ years retired, I was pleased with myself this morning that I remembered to put the lid back on the coffee carafe after filling it.👵🏻
August 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
When I still worked, I celebrated things like successful cutovers of thousands of phones & voicemail implementations at hospitals with minimal disruption.
At 7+ years retired, I was pleased with myself this morning that I remembered to put the lid back on the coffee carafe after filling it.👵🏻
At 7+ years retired, I was pleased with myself this morning that I remembered to put the lid back on the coffee carafe after filling it.👵🏻
at one point I was leading overnight calls with 70 people across 15 to 30 locations a night coordinating and troubleshooting network cutovers, that part of the project lasted 60 days I slept like 8 hours a week during that time
April 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
at one point I was leading overnight calls with 70 people across 15 to 30 locations a night coordinating and troubleshooting network cutovers, that part of the project lasted 60 days I slept like 8 hours a week during that time
Which, unfortunate, but this sort of thing does happen with system cutovers, and they were transparent about it and got reimbursements out in two days as promised
This month: guys are you fucking kidding me
This month: guys are you fucking kidding me
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Which, unfortunate, but this sort of thing does happen with system cutovers, and they were transparent about it and got reimbursements out in two days as promised
This month: guys are you fucking kidding me
This month: guys are you fucking kidding me
In Canada, we tend to plant single species in cutovers. It's all about costs.
Monocultures are useless to wildlife & they're more prone to disease and insects, leading to even more wildfires.
We don't learn.
Monocultures are useless to wildlife & they're more prone to disease and insects, leading to even more wildfires.
We don't learn.
February 17, 2024 at 8:59 PM
In Canada, we tend to plant single species in cutovers. It's all about costs.
Monocultures are useless to wildlife & they're more prone to disease and insects, leading to even more wildfires.
We don't learn.
Monocultures are useless to wildlife & they're more prone to disease and insects, leading to even more wildfires.
We don't learn.
A Postgres replica can finish replaying WAL and still not be safe to promote.
If it doesn't have your logical replication slots, your change stream breaks on cutover.
See how PlanetScale solves this:
If it doesn't have your logical replication slots, your change stream breaks on cutover.
See how PlanetScale solves this:
Blocking cutovers to save replication slots — PlanetScale
Postgres understands high-availability architecture, but its defaults assume you don't have replication slots. This can get you into trouble in a cutover event. The combination of what Postgres can do and what PlanetScale lets you do is what keeps connected applications safe.
planetscale.com
September 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A Postgres replica can finish replaying WAL and still not be safe to promote.
If it doesn't have your logical replication slots, your change stream breaks on cutover.
See how PlanetScale solves this:
If it doesn't have your logical replication slots, your change stream breaks on cutover.
See how PlanetScale solves this:
One thing we’re building into Deenez:
Scheduled DNS changes.
Useful for migrations, launches, verification records, temporary records, and planned cutovers.
Because DNS changes should not always depend on someone being online at the exact right moment.
#buildinpublic #DNS #DevOps #SaaS
Scheduled DNS changes.
Useful for migrations, launches, verification records, temporary records, and planned cutovers.
Because DNS changes should not always depend on someone being online at the exact right moment.
#buildinpublic #DNS #DevOps #SaaS
May 27, 2026 at 8:14 AM
One thing we’re building into Deenez:
Scheduled DNS changes.
Useful for migrations, launches, verification records, temporary records, and planned cutovers.
Because DNS changes should not always depend on someone being online at the exact right moment.
#buildinpublic #DNS #DevOps #SaaS
Scheduled DNS changes.
Useful for migrations, launches, verification records, temporary records, and planned cutovers.
Because DNS changes should not always depend on someone being online at the exact right moment.
#buildinpublic #DNS #DevOps #SaaS
Meridian 0.1.0-alpha.1 is out.
I built it because I wanted rootless Podman deployments without requiring a container registry.
It deploys over SSH, uses Quadlets and systemd, and can transfer images directly.
meridian-deploy.dev
I built it because I wanted rootless Podman deployments without requiring a container registry.
It deploys over SSH, uses Quadlets and systemd, and can transfer images directly.
meridian-deploy.dev
Meridian - Deploy containers anywhere | Meridian
A native CLI that ships your containers to any Linux box - Podman Quadlets for supervision, Caddy for zero-downtime cutovers, and no registry required.
meridian-deploy.dev
September 25, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Meridian 0.1.0-alpha.1 is out.
I built it because I wanted rootless Podman deployments without requiring a container registry.
It deploys over SSH, uses Quadlets and systemd, and can transfer images directly.
meridian-deploy.dev
I built it because I wanted rootless Podman deployments without requiring a container registry.
It deploys over SSH, uses Quadlets and systemd, and can transfer images directly.
meridian-deploy.dev
Not just Friday deploys, but Friday launches and cutovers 💪
March 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Not just Friday deploys, but Friday launches and cutovers 💪
SafetyCulture migrated 300+ Kubernetes microservices to ArgoCD using a custom Cuelang DSL to eliminate Helm drift, enable declarative GitOps, and achieve zero-downtime cutovers
➤ https://ku.bz/h-Ndr-K3c
➤ https://ku.bz/h-Ndr-K3c
August 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
SafetyCulture migrated 300+ Kubernetes microservices to ArgoCD using a custom Cuelang DSL to eliminate Helm drift, enable declarative GitOps, and achieve zero-downtime cutovers
➤ https://ku.bz/h-Ndr-K3c
➤ https://ku.bz/h-Ndr-K3c
Some DNS changes should follow a plan, not happen in a rush.
Launches, migrations, verification records and cutovers benefit from scheduled updates.
That’s a workflow we’re building into Deenez.
#DNS #DevOps #buildinpublic
Launches, migrations, verification records and cutovers benefit from scheduled updates.
That’s a workflow we’re building into Deenez.
#DNS #DevOps #buildinpublic
June 5, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Some DNS changes should follow a plan, not happen in a rush.
Launches, migrations, verification records and cutovers benefit from scheduled updates.
That’s a workflow we’re building into Deenez.
#DNS #DevOps #buildinpublic
Launches, migrations, verification records and cutovers benefit from scheduled updates.
That’s a workflow we’re building into Deenez.
#DNS #DevOps #buildinpublic
If you're considering PostgreSQL, some episodes:
HA: postgres.fm/episodes/hig...
Upgrades: postgres.fm/episodes/upg...
If you're able to take on logical replication and DNS, you can do near zero-downtime cutovers for minor and major version upgrades. Or some hosting providers offer this.
HA: postgres.fm/episodes/hig...
Upgrades: postgres.fm/episodes/upg...
If you're able to take on logical replication and DNS, you can do near zero-downtime cutovers for minor and major version upgrades. Or some hosting providers offer this.
February 16, 2024 at 8:48 PM
If you're considering PostgreSQL, some episodes:
HA: postgres.fm/episodes/hig...
Upgrades: postgres.fm/episodes/upg...
If you're able to take on logical replication and DNS, you can do near zero-downtime cutovers for minor and major version upgrades. Or some hosting providers offer this.
HA: postgres.fm/episodes/hig...
Upgrades: postgres.fm/episodes/upg...
If you're able to take on logical replication and DNS, you can do near zero-downtime cutovers for minor and major version upgrades. Or some hosting providers offer this.
It's much better to work in chunks than have big hard cutovers. In practice the big hard cutovers tend to be a series of unplanned chunks. So better to plan the chunks.
March 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It's much better to work in chunks than have big hard cutovers. In practice the big hard cutovers tend to be a series of unplanned chunks. So better to plan the chunks.
Discover #Stripe's Zero-Downtime Data Movement Platform: petabyte-scale migrations with millisecond cutovers.
This platform handles: ⇨ 5 million database queries per second across 2,000+ MongoDB-based shards ⇨ $1.4 trillion in annual transactions ⇨ 99.9995% reliability
👉 bit.ly/4p7JtJK
#InfoQ
This platform handles: ⇨ 5 million database queries per second across 2,000+ MongoDB-based shards ⇨ $1.4 trillion in annual transactions ⇨ 99.9995% reliability
👉 bit.ly/4p7JtJK
#InfoQ
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Discover #Stripe's Zero-Downtime Data Movement Platform: petabyte-scale migrations with millisecond cutovers.
This platform handles: ⇨ 5 million database queries per second across 2,000+ MongoDB-based shards ⇨ $1.4 trillion in annual transactions ⇨ 99.9995% reliability
👉 bit.ly/4p7JtJK
#InfoQ
This platform handles: ⇨ 5 million database queries per second across 2,000+ MongoDB-based shards ⇨ $1.4 trillion in annual transactions ⇨ 99.9995% reliability
👉 bit.ly/4p7JtJK
#InfoQ
Check it out and see if there's anything I can add if you are a Doctor Who fan?
I tried to pretty much get EVERY online resource in one place + a bunch of supplementary timeline docs and stuff about the traveling and bounces and cutovers between stuff
I tried to pretty much get EVERY online resource in one place + a bunch of supplementary timeline docs and stuff about the traveling and bounces and cutovers between stuff
January 19, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Check it out and see if there's anything I can add if you are a Doctor Who fan?
I tried to pretty much get EVERY online resource in one place + a bunch of supplementary timeline docs and stuff about the traveling and bounces and cutovers between stuff
I tried to pretty much get EVERY online resource in one place + a bunch of supplementary timeline docs and stuff about the traveling and bounces and cutovers between stuff