not the first time, I stopped using manjaro when I noticed ping.manjaro.org was being pinged every 30 seconds on a new router I setup. nothanks on that.
but seriously, sudo crontab -e, @monthly cerbot renew
That's how I learned a pretty important lesson about software engineering that still informs how I work to this day.
"A layer of abstraction on top of a stateful legacy system often doesn't result in a simpler system, it just introduces exciting new failure possibilities. This especially applies when the owners of the legacy system have no responsibility over the abstraction layer."
Manjaro sells itself as "Arch, but more approachable". In reality, you'll often end up with "Arch, but with additional weird package management upgrade issues that are a byproduct of Manjaro's own repositories interacting with the arch on your system."
Instead of just having to track the arch repos, you suddenly have those and Manjaro's own stuff (and own package manager tool etc.), which is another point of failure. Every new bit of technology is another part that can fail.
A lot of repositories and similar go offline randomly. It hasn't happened in a few months but usually the Microsoft package mirrors go past their Azure limits and I get reminders.
At this point we have to assume they're doing it for attention. I refuse to believe a team of people that can ship an OS, even if it's just a riced Arch, cannot figure out acme.sh. Come on...
Uptime Kuma supports certificate expiry notifications and will send you messages in whatever channel (e.g. e-mail, Slack, ...) you configure ahead of time: https://uptimekuma.org/
That way, even if some of your automation is borked (or if you don't have any), you'll at least be reminded.
I'm often stuck at my desk for long hours, which made it difficult to maintain a healthy weight. I started using Manjaro a few months ago, and it's had a significant impact. It helped control my appetite and reduced the constant cravings I'd usually get, making it easier to make healthier choices. I've lost around 15-20 lbs so far, and I feel much more in control of my eating habits. I know it's a bit anecdotal but it's been an important part of my weight loss journey
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 39.0 ms ] threadbut seriously, sudo crontab -e, @monthly cerbot renew
No excuses.
That's how I learned a pretty important lesson about software engineering that still informs how I work to this day.
"A layer of abstraction on top of a stateful legacy system often doesn't result in a simpler system, it just introduces exciting new failure possibilities. This especially applies when the owners of the legacy system have no responsibility over the abstraction layer."
Instead of just having to track the arch repos, you suddenly have those and Manjaro's own stuff (and own package manager tool etc.), which is another point of failure. Every new bit of technology is another part that can fail.
That way, even if some of your automation is borked (or if you don't have any), you'll at least be reminded.
Though with this being pushed, feels like nobody will have much choice, but automate: https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will...
You could even browse it if you used a browser who still treats you like an adult and allows you to ignore certificate warnings.
<https://www.certkit.io/>