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A daily the AI task watches his servers and only messages a colleague about real trouble

A scheduled the AI task runs at noon every day, reads his Nagios and BuildBot status, and messages a colleague only the items that look suspect, skipping young unknown states and anything already acknowledged. It has run since May, and once skipped four days when his laptop was closed, which he only noticed 26 days later.

How it works

  1. The task runs at noon
  2. It reads Nagios and BuildBot
  3. It drops young unknown states and acknowledged items
  4. It messages a colleague only what still looks suspect

Why it’s worth knowing

The value is what it leaves out. The colleague hears from it only when something is actually wrong.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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