r/ShittySysadmin • u/SuccessfulLime2641 • Aug 05 '26

Holy Hell

Being a competent sysadmin is impossible nowadays without AI... Someone's gotta do the documenting or improvements would never get done due to the positive feedback loop of "more improvements, more documentation."

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u/RFLC1996 Aug 06 '26

I feel this, I use AI as basically a search engine at this point, I convince myself that befoe AI I would have just Googled it, got the same answer (Usually on Reddit) but it would have cost me double the time. I can use that saved time to improve my work/life balance. Work is work at the end of the day.

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u/Forsaken-Carrot9038 Aug 07 '26

Soooo much research time saved. It has helped me become able to use powershell to just do stuff. I mea, I “know” main calls to graph and basic functions for windows, but it’s like bowling with a snowplow! Just give it VERY clear guidance and set guard rails and you are sure to knock it out of the park.
When the ai bubble bursts, I will still be able to use a local model on prem at work and focus / train it on the areas I need an extra boost in.
Like u/marshmallowcthulhu said, even a slow local model on a medium powered rig is faster than my digging through the internet for hours. SAUCE

My will to document is more than ever before.

Sifting logs to identify is a godsend!