r/freebsd • u/grahamperrin BSD Cafe patron • Jul 24 '23

5 Reasons We Use Open Source FreeBSD as Our Enterprise OS | Jason Kafer | HackerNoon article

https://hackernoon.com/5-reasons-we-use-open-source-freebsd-as-our-enterprise-os
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u/grahamperrin BSD Cafe patron Jul 24 '23 edited Jul 24 '23

A very likeable article. The compliance management observations, in particular.

Via https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2023/07/24/valuable-news-2023-07-24/ thanks /u/vermaden

Initially, I was uncertain about the author:

  1. no prior history at HackerNoon
  2. the nature of HackerNoon
  3. tweets are protected – https://nitter.net/jasonkafer
  4. linked from Twitter, his home page http://www.jasonkafer.com/ can not be reached (found later, in the Wayback Machine: a 2018 capture).

After finding his LinkedIn page, I'm happy to ignore the four points above. I see:

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u/TheWiFiNerds Jul 24 '23

Good read, thank you for sharing.

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u/paprok Jul 24 '23

i think points 1-4 can be explained with:

a data breach would be extraordinarily bad for us. We do intensive pen testing and vulnerability scanning on a daily basis to make sure we’re as strong as possible. We regularly undergo security and compliance assessments, which we pass with flying colors.

since the business is sensitive, it's probably better to keep it hush-hush, and minimize exposure.

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u/IanArcad Jul 24 '23

I agree, it's a good article by a solid technical writer. Lacks a little creative flair perhaps, but that's often asking for too much in tech.

Off-topic question - what places like that do you recommend reading and potentially writing for? Would hackernoon be a good choice? I'm thinking about long-form articles (2000+ words).

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u/grahamperrin BSD Cafe patron Jul 25 '23 edited Jul 25 '23

… a good choice?

I probably never visited HackerNoon before this article.

The article aside, my first impression of the site was:

I don't doubt their passion, however it's a ratio that makes me wonder what proportion of the content is high quality.

Redditors' votes on shared content may help to form a judgement:

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u/mss-cyclist seasoned user Jul 24 '23

Interesting article.

Some of the arguments do apply for me as a hobby user with my homelab as well. It really comes down to reliability and maintainability.

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u/IanArcad Jul 24 '23

You're right, it does go a long way to explaining why FreeBSD is a perfect homelabber OS and also why I keep accumulating FreeBSD servers.,,