Who else on here is a geek?
Gaming, computers, whatever that may be classified as a geek, put it here!
I have been practicing programming for about a month and half now. I work at a tech company, and we had an issue with a single task taking quite a while. We have a TON of servers, and one check had us pouring through anywhere from 30 - 80 servers to check configs. 98% of the time, there were no issues.
So I took it upon myself to code a solution. It is easy, but wasn't easy for a newb like me to code.
Basically, the user uploads the server list into a text file. The program imports that data into a list. The master file (which has server names and IP addresses) is imported in the program. The program takes the servers to check and runs them against the master list. It then outputs the data to an HTML file and opens itself in the default browser. Whoever runs the program will get an easy to click list that opens up the web interface. We used to have to look up each device one by one in our address management software. It would take at least 30-plus per lookup. That adds up quite a bit.
I learned a lot from this task, and it also refreshed me on older basics.
I love coding.
