I’m currently working on a longer blog entry about measuring systems performance, but this will take some additional days. Meanwhile I would like to point you to a really great documentary in German language about the work of a fire department in the Ruhr area (currently Bochum, the next season is already announced to cover the fire department of Duisburg). The series is called “Feuer&Flamme” and it’s in the seventh season. They just published the first episode of this new season. I think it’s a really great documentary: No speaker, the members of the fire department are talking themselves about their work. Not the usual bad e-guitar music to make it more pressing. You can find it in the media service of the public-service broadcaster ARD (this link for the seventh season). Sorry, it’s in German language.
I feel obliged to point out that this blog post is roughly 2 years and 5 months old. People change, opinions evolve. In just a few years, vast technological landscapes can shift. And don't get me started on config files. Please consider this text in the context of its time.