I'm filled with the anticipation of removing a old, delapidated elasticsearch cluster (1.7!!) after doing a tonne of (team) work to move to a managed service.

The VMs on which these run haven't been rebooted in 6+ years

And I'm ignoring as best as I can any and all news eminating from across the pond

Sounds to me as though you have plenty to distract you from existential dread, at least on the International scene @U11EL3P9U!

🙂

This is why I got a dog. I try to tell him all about the looming dangers of Fascism, global trade disputes, and nuclear war but he just rolls his eyes and demands a walk which is probably the most effective thing for a low-level bit twiddler like me.

All we can do is hope that enough voters turn out for the Democratic candidate in November to avoid the world's "greatest superpower" from plummeting off the cliff into fascism 😞 In other words, for now it is all just noise we should ignore for our own sanity!

rolls his eyes and demands a walkMe and your dog Your dog and I are in the same club.