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Written by John on 2025-01-23 at 01:13

Creative work vs set up:

For a programmer creative work is writing some new code for a fun project you thought up; set up is installing framework dependencies, or signing up for an API, or working on deployment.

For a traditional artist creative work is painting something; set up is prepping canvases, preparing paints, cleaning brushes, having a space to set up.

As a sysadmin by trade/mental defect, it feels like everything I do is set up. What's my creative work? (Pls share, answers wanted.)

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Written by tef on 2025-01-23 at 01:14

@semanticist trying out something new, playing with weird config options

but honestly id recommend a hobby for creative urges

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Written by John on 2025-01-23 at 01:18

@tef Yeah, that's kinda where I am as well. Although with half of my other hobbies I'm stuck in set up hell with a lack of physical space (and/or safe ventilation), and the other half have sysadmin work set up to do first. So that then led to thinking: is there creative sysadmin work that I've just not thought of? Setting up KVM on a Debian server hasn't really sparked joy this week, you know?

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Written by tef on 2025-01-23 at 01:23

@semanticist the thing is, sometimes you need a break from something to appreciate it

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Written by jack on 2025-01-23 at 01:37

@tef @semanticist and there's nothing quite like sysadministry to give you lots of opportunities to break things

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