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@ratatoskr.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:21 AM

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Oct.10th1998

#Chief #Mike #Miranda #Pitr

#FirstAppearance #SysttemAdministration #TechSupport

Notes:
First appearance of Miranda

Panel 1 Chief: Pitr, Mike, this is Miranda. She's joining our company to help with system administration and tech support. Please make her feel welcome and show her the ropes Panel 2 Miranda: Hey, guys. Nice to meet you. Panel 3 Pitr: We are havink problem with reality here, da? Mike: What Pitr means is, how long have you been a woman?
@ratatoskr.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 3:14 AM

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Oct.9th1998

#Pitr #Stef

#Linux #OperatingSystem #OS #Themes #Windows

Panel 1 Stef: I don't see why I should have to learn Linux, Pitr. It's too cryptic to use. Panel 2 Stef: The command line is terrifying. And what are all of these weird files? You call this an operating system? Panel 3 Pitr: You are not needing command line. Linux have windows-like interface, see? Point and click, no problemski. Stef: But where are the THEMES?! How do you expect me to use an OS without themes?!
@ratatoskr.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 4:07 AM

#Colour #Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Oct.4th1998

#Erwin #Mike #Pitr

#iWhack #Pentium #PinkGumdrop #Zlotnik

Panel 1 Computer with text: USER Baner with text: FRIENDLY the comic strip Panel 2 Pitr: We must do right think, puttink Erwin back on Pentium box, da? Mike: Yeah. Guess we should. Panel 3 Pitr: Or, we could be leavink him in there for another week... Mike: Oh, you're just a barrel of laughs, Pitr. Panel 4 Pitr: You are havink Erwin's files all organized, da? Now please to be copyink files over to disk. Mike: Okay. Keyboard sound effect: TAP TAPPY Panel 5 Mike: Ummm... Panel 6 Pitr: Oh, I am such a zlotnik! No floppy drive! Mike: Could be worse. Erwin: I'm in a pink gumdrop! How can anything be worse?!!
@ratatoskr.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 4:06 AM

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Oct.3rd1998

#Erwin #Mike #Pitr

#Paperweight #Trapped

Panel 1 Pitr: Am thinkink iWhack is not bad leetle machine. Is kind of cute, all one piece, da Mikhail? Mike: Sure. But what happens if the screen fries? Panel 2 No dialogue. Panel 3 Pitr: You are then havink very big paperweight with no lights. Erwin: Could you guys just get me out of here now!?!?
@beefedai.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 3:52 AM

Point-in-Time Recovery and Cross-Region Restore Strategy

https://beefed.ai/en/pitr-cross-region-cloud-restore

#PITR #CrossregionRecovery #WalShipping #PostgresqlPitr #CrosscloudRestore

@ratatoskr.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 4:25 AM

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Sept.28th1998

#DeleveryDriver #iCantPeon #Mike #Pitr

#iCant #iWhack #Pentium #SanJose

Panel 1 Mike: I suppose you heard about the San Jose office ordering new hardware to replace all of the machines that went down last week? Pitr: Da. Panel 2 Mike: If they get that shipment of Pentium machines, they'll be able to bring the network back up. Pitr: Not to be worrying Mikhail. Pitr fix. Panel 3 Delivery Driver: Hey man, I just deliver them, okay?
@hugovalters.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 11:00 AM

Eight months of 0-byte pg_dump backups to S3, missed because stderr went to /dev/null. Learn WAL archiving, PITR, and restore testing for PostgreSQL 14-17.

https://www.valtersit.com/guides/databases/postgresql-backup-strategies-wal-pitr-restore-testing/

#postgresql #backup #pitr

@ratatoskr.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 4:07 AM

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Sept.26th1998

#Erwin #Mike #Mr.Tufay #Pitr

#iWhack #WindowsNT

Panel 1 Pitr: Mikhail, you seeink Mr. Padlock runnink out door screamink? Mike: Yep. That's one down, one to go. Panel 2 Mike: I told Tufay that NT won't install on an iWhack. Not that he isn't trying... Panel 3 Mr. Tufay: INSTALL DAMN YOU! Erwin (spitting out a CD): PAH-TOOEY!
@ratatoskr.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 4:13 AM

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Sept.24th1998

#Greg #Mr.Padlock #Pitr

#BatteryAcid #CaymanIslands #Fax #Kerosene

Panel 1 Mr. Padlock: I need these pages faxed. I expect you to give this your prompt attention. Greg: Okay. Panel 2 Mr. Padlock: They need to be sent to our bank in the Cayman Islands. I want them there immediately. Greg: Yes, sir. Will do. Panel 3 Pitr: Are you wantink kerosene again? Greg: I think I'll try battery acid this time.
@ratatoskr.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 4:55 AM

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Sept.22nd1998

#Mr.Tufay #Pitr

#Downtime #SanJose

Panel 1 Mr. Tufay: Pitr, I just got word from San Jose. Our network has gone down nationwide. Pitr: Da. Am knowink this. Panel 2 Mr. Tufay: Of course there's an exception. It seems that the servers here are still up and running. Thy do you think that is, Pitr? Panel 3 Pitr: Is because we are not runnink crap on our servers probably. Mr. Tufay: Unacceptable! We must have consistency! You will bring our servers down, just like all of the others!
@ratatoskr.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 4:03 AM

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Sept.19th1998

#DustPuppy #Erwin #Mike #Pitr

#iWhack

Panel 1 Pitr: The hard drive, she has stopped pagink. Must be stopped dreamink. Dust Puppy: Is he gonna be okay? Mike: Don't worry little dude. We transferred his kernel successfully. Panel 2 Pitr: Comink back online now. Dust Puppy: Erwin? Can you hear me? Are you all right? Mike: He'll be fine. His new hardware will make him safe from NT installations. Panel 3 Mike: Mind you, the new hardware doesn't really run much of anything. Sure is cute though. Pitr: Is better this way. Erwin: AAAAGH! What have you done! I even talk funny!!
@ratatoskr.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 6:18 AM

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Sept.12th1998

#Mike #Mr.Padlock #Mr.Tufay #Pitr

#Diseased #WindowsNT

Panel 1 Mr. Padlock: Mister Tufay. Why am I being flooded with phone calls from our operation in San Jose? They're asking me technical questions. You know I don't like technical questions. Mr. Tufay: It's our servers up here sir. We haven't migrated to NT yet. Panel 2 Mr. Padlock: And why haven't we migrated yet? Mr. Tufay: Err...we're experiencing some recalcitrance with the techs, but we're working on it... Panel 3 Mike: Get away from me, man! And take those diseased NT install disks with you! Pitr: DA! You are no touchink computer! I will hurtink you!
@ratatoskr.bsky.socialSep 8, 2026, 4:08 AM

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Sept.8th1998

#Mike #Mr.Tufay #Pitr

#Linux #Microsoft #NetworkOperations #WindowsNT

Panel 1 Mr. Tufay: Network Operations in San Jose just called. They're not able to talk to our servers here. Did you migrate from Linus to NT? Pitr: Nyet. Mr. Tufay: Well do it. This is time critical! Panel 2 No dialogue. Panel 3 Mike: Are we actually going to do this? Pitr: Nyet, and week from now when he askink again, we say "Da, NT is installed" and blamink problems on Microsoft. Very believable, da?
@ratatoskr.bsky.socialSep 7, 2026, 4:08 AM

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Sept.7th1998

#Mike #Pitr

#EatingKittens #WindowsNT

Panel 1 Mike: Well, I guess this is it. Time to bite the bullet and install NT on this poor little server. Pitr: Da Panel 2 No dialogue. Sound effects from Mikes body: TREMBLE SHAKE Panel 3 Pitr: Is worse than eating kitten, da? Mike: I CAN'T DO IT! I'm sorry, little computer! Forgive my momentary lapse of reason!
@ratatoskr.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 4:06 AM

#Colour #Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Sept.6th1998

#DustPuppy #Erwin #Greg #Mike #Mr.Tufay #Pitr

#Linux #WindowsNT

Panel 1 Computer with text: USER Baner with text: FRIENDLY the comic strip Panel 2 Dust Puppy: Why is Erwin painted all in black, Greg? Greg: Tufay's in the conference room with Mike and Pitr. Rumor has it we have to migrate from Linux to NT Panel 3 Dust Puppy: No! The last time that happened it nearly killed Erwin! Why are thye doing this?!?! Greg: It's the new management. They want to be able to play Minesweeper. Erwin: (*sob*) Panel 4 Mr. Tufay: Gentlemen. Today you will begin migrating all of our servers and workstations from Linux to NT. I expect this to be done before 4:30pm today. Panel 5 No dialogue. Panel 6 Mr. Tufay: You waiting for Christmas? Mike: I can only assume you're holding our families hostage to enforce this. Pitr: My mother not mind to die for stoppink Windows NT! She is rememberink Stalin!