vgill
@vgill
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Also after helping build the modern Internet, working on most distributed systems seems so small and pointless. We were jolly green giants, striding the earth with routers, slinging light thousands of kilometers over spun glass thinner than a hair.
7:09 AM · Oct 6, 2020·Twitter Web App
@chuegen
4 preproduction OC192 cards in the back of my convertible, driving down Tasman, each one worth far more than my convertible... I miss those days.
vgill
OC192c cards piled up in
@paulvixie
's office like pizza boxes after an office party
Paul Vixie
corner office, no lock on the door.
marekj
@marekj
Yeah, I could get 3 GSR line cards in my Miata! I kind of miss the late nights at mae-east and mae-west. Something nostalgic about installing routers in a parking garage!
Zeke
@chezbut
I have similar feelings working on most small corporate systems, after having worked on complex distributed systems at scale. I guess it's kind of like developing a sommelier's palate.
telinit 6
@mexisme
It often feels like aiming far too low, but still so important to so many other people.
Darrel Lewis
@darreljlewis1
“Had I known at the time how well I wrought," said Yama, "I might have numbered its days intentionally. Occasionally, do I regret my genius." —Yama, Lord of Light
Suzanne Woolf
@suzworldwide
Postel used to say i should always be trying to work my way out of my current job, because that’s the only way to get to do the next cool thing, but sometimes the job I miss is that “helping build the modern Internet” one.
Predisent Joe Provo; Abolish ICE; I do not yield.
@jprovo
It is hard to do ... anything after having changed the world from the front lines.
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