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1. Konnor Rogers Mastodon 1 min later

   @zachleat listen...you brick a laptop *one time*...

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 10 min later

      @konnorrogers it happens to the best of us

   2. Peter N. M. Hansteen Mastodon 49 min later

      @konnorrogers @zachleat ITYM "you brick laptops one at a time"

      which leads to you going for autoinstall(8) whenever possible, including the magic to restore ~ from backups and pull in all the packages you need.

2. Alex Riviere Bluesky 15 min later

   Zach, are you trying to automate your new computer setup, and do you need to call your therapist?

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 18 min later

      the desire is there and I thought social media was free therapy …oh no

3. Craig Brozefsky Mastodon 37 min later

   @zachleat for sure, years of trauma, and feeling like you are building on quicksand, even more so for those who do systems administration of dozens of hosts.

4. Charlie O’Hara Mastodon 44 min later

   @zachleat devs in companies that given a new laptop every year are patient zero for this.

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 49 min later

      @awfulwoman whew, my brain is thinking about widespread layoffs but *yes*

      1. Charlie O’Hara Mastodon 1 hr later

         @zachleat haha I obviously interpret trauma in a very different way.

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5. Sune Marcher Bluesky 2 hr later

   But how do you automate bootstrapping the support environment for automating the new computer setup?

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 5 hr later

      who hurt you 😅

      1. Sune Marcher Bluesky 2 days later

         Indecent exposure by chef, puppet, ansible, Kubernetes and... Tech in general? ;)

6. Thomas Steiner Mastodon 3 hr later

   @zachleat I tried Migration Assistant for the first time recently when I upgraded my work horse from M1 to M4 and it was like swapping the harddisk and continuing working. Honestly a fantastic job, Apple! 👏

7. w Mastodon 3 hr later

   setting up a new computer is fun. why would anyone want to automate that?
   
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   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 3 hr later

      oh no what did you learn

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         1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 5 hr later

            “IT BUILDS CHARACTER” 😱

9. w-lfpup Bluesky 6 hr later

   XP reinstalls really did a number on us