Sysadmin Day

July 29, 2006

Matt

Remember when we used to have all those problems with the site going slow, being down, blogs disappearing, polio, et cetera? I do, but it’s a thankfully fading memory. Lately our internal and external measuring tools have been showing all services as pretty rock solid, and when something does go wrong the right folks are notified immediately wherever they are in the world.

This is the result of a lot of work on part of our whole team, but one man in particular: Barry Abrahamson. You may not know much about him, and he doesn’t blog too much, but he’s the systems expert that has made things around here so dang smooth lately and instituted measures so we’ll be able to scale gracefully as you guys keep making more blogs and getting more pageviews.

Why mention this? Well first to let you guys know that since our last batch of problems a few months ago (the Easter blog massacre), we’ve been working really hard behind the scenes to minimize that chances of anything like that happening again in the future. It’s a process that is never “finished” but I’ve been sleeping a lot easier with the new infrastructure in place.

Second, today is System Administrator Appreciation Day. Barry, we love ya. Thank you for the long hours, late nights, and infinite patience.

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  1. VDO Vault Jul 29th at 1:00 am

    Barry you’re my hero 🙂

    And the rest of all y’all at WordPress.com are really making blogging wonderful.

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  2. climenole Jul 29th at 1:06 am

    Thank you Gentlemen !
    🙂

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  3. gapp Jul 29th at 1:07 am

    Barry yo da maan

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  4. avuee Jul 29th at 1:48 am

    that’s just awesome to recognize someone who’s a core part of a team.

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  5. ShiNa Jul 29th at 1:58 am

    thanks guys.. you guys are the best!!

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  6. rdgujarati Jul 29th at 1:58 am

    all are doing wonderful job. No words to describe. Best wishes for all wordpress team.

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  7. taraden Jul 29th at 1:58 am

    Yes..thank you very much! Your great work has been noticed and is very much appreciated!! 😀

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  8. sorasky` Jul 29th at 2:04 am

    we now know yet another genius from the team! hooraY~

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  9. P. A. Monteiro Jul 29th at 2:28 am

    Thanks Barry for all the behind-the-scenes work that makes us love WP.com . Keep up the great work.

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  10. Elsie Jul 29th at 2:28 am

    thank you Barry!!!! and thank all of you guys for working so hard. Your work is fantabulous!

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  11. Justin Jul 29th at 2:46 am

    Thank you guys, you all do great work!

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  12. Yaser Jul 29th at 3:10 am

    Thanks!

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  13. Naomi Jul 29th at 3:13 am

    Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
    Thank you.

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  14. K Jul 29th at 4:24 am

    Thanks Barry for all the hardworks.

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  15. K Jul 29th at 4:29 am

    Thank’s Barry for all the hardworks.

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  16. tazo Jul 29th at 4:30 am

    it is nice to have such dedicated programmers and system administrators working to keep our blogs running and stay secure. thanx. 😀

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  17. JV Jul 29th at 4:40 am

    Thanks , Berry.

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  18. Brent Jul 29th at 4:44 am

    Brent Roos would like to give a shot out to Barry Abrahamson, and the rest of the sysadmins.

    Stay good! 8)

    Thanks for your dedication, and professionalism.

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  19. dresramblings Jul 29th at 5:30 am

    Barry’s definitely da man!

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  20. Schizo Phrenic Jul 29th at 5:38 am

    keep up the good work
    schizo

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  21. janoz Jul 29th at 5:45 am

    hey we now cant remember the days we were cursing you :p lol jk!! i really love wordpress and now, you of course, matt and Andy and Podz, other guys too 😉 i love you guys you are the heroes 🙂
    hugs and kisses on your appreciation day, and just wanna tell you that i Appreciate you heaps 🙂

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  22. myepinoy Jul 29th at 6:13 am

    Thank you Barry Much!

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  23. the forester Jul 29th at 6:30 am

    Hooray, Barry! You may not feel our appreciation all the time, but whenever my blog loads promptly I am a very grateful user. Thank you for all your work!

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  24. everythingelse Jul 29th at 6:35 am

    add that one to my christmas list too, elf. he’s been a very good boy this year.

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  25. Linh760Li Jul 29th at 6:52 am

    I am sysadmim, too.

    Cheers to me!

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  26. Julian Jul 29th at 7:00 am

    Barry YOU ARE A GENIUS, GENIO, Thank you SO MUCH…

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  27. Qwerty Maniac Jul 29th at 7:03 am

    Lets nominate Barry!

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  28. parafonos Jul 29th at 7:18 am

    i am the new boy in the blog, and i enjoy it very much because of you …. thank you very very very much 🙂

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  29. MadMark Jul 29th at 7:22 am

    Thank you for your work Barry!

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  30. E@zyVG Jul 29th at 7:35 am

    Thanks Barry for awesome job done.

    We all appreciate that.

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  31. traya Jul 29th at 8:22 am

    Yeah, thanks a lot…i guess :S

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  32. girlfriday Jul 29th at 8:28 am

    Thanks Barry: we love wordpress for the great sysadmin 🙂

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  33. fritoy Jul 29th at 9:32 am

    Barry Thank you for all your hard work.

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  34. Unique Fish Jul 29th at 10:04 am

    Kudos to Barry for doing such a excellent job.

    My standing as an ex-sysadmin is that sysadmins are the modern heroes. Not only they have to deal with tough technical problems but with also with nagging users and bosses 🙂

    Thank you

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  35. Avatar DJ Flux Jul 29th at 10:54 am

    Missing the System Administrator Appreciation Day by 24h, I still want to thank Barry and the whole WP crew.

    And I will thank you the other 364 days of the year, maybe not publicly, for sure in my thought every time I get my hands on my blogs.

    — DJ Flux

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  36. P. A. Monteiro Jul 29th at 12:01 pm

    If at first you don’t succeed… The comment monster ate my comment, so here goes the second try, which is a rephrasing of the first.

    Thanks a lot Barry for making WP.com such an attractive platform (word choice?) to be on. Keep up the good work.

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  37. Vivek Jul 29th at 12:40 pm

    Great work, Berry !

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  38. strambinha Jul 29th at 12:50 pm

    Barry, thanks for your hard work and endless patience… sysadmins are the ones who have to fix all the mess we regular humans do. I wish you many tranquil and uninterrupted weekends.

    Cheers to you and all the WordPress team, you guys rock!

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  39. britgirl Jul 29th at 1:03 pm

    Good job. Thanks.

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  40. Nobodyknows Jul 29th at 1:04 pm

    Happy Sysadmin day, Barry!

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  41. глагол Jul 29th at 1:06 pm

    nice occasion to learn who the team behind wordpress is 🙂

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  42. homesweethome Jul 29th at 1:38 pm

    I would like to than not only Barry, but also all of the unnamed people who work to keep WP running smoothly, and with more and more attractions. You make it so nice for the technically challenged like me. A great big Thank You.

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  43. jewaira Jul 29th at 2:55 pm

    Barry you’re simply wonderful..
    And special thanks to the whole wordpress.com team 🙂

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  44. engtech Jul 29th at 3:47 pm

    Quick, someone send him a text message at 12 am with “the servers are on fire” followed by a “we love you man”.

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  45. Chittaranjan Jul 29th at 4:21 pm

    Attaboy Barry!

    Welldun WP staff et al!

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  46. Jope Jul 29th at 4:34 pm

    Late and all (must be the heat here in Madrid 😉 ), congrats and thanks, Barry!

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  47. Cem Basman Jul 29th at 5:52 pm

    Thanks to all the brave bit stokers!

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  48. livingjourney Jul 29th at 10:52 pm

    Thanks Barry for all your hard work and dedication to WordPress… I for one am a very happy user, and cannot speak highly enough of WordPress.

    Here’s to ya 🙂

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  49. Max Jul 30th at 7:23 am

    Woot.

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  50. royalflare Jul 30th at 7:42 am

    Thank you very much to all of you! I never have been more happier with blogging now that I am with wordpress. 🙂 Thank you so much!

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  51. Guru Panguji Jul 30th at 8:15 am

    Go Barry go!!! :-D!! I should say my sysadmin guys should meet Barry! Hail Barry is gonna be their new motto :-D!!

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  52. vinu Jul 30th at 9:50 am

    Thanks Barry – dedicate this pic to you 🙂
    http://flickr.com/photos/vinu/18488769/

    its Indian Lord ganesha – Destroyer of all evils 🙂 {I don’t believe much in God and Lords) But I just love the pic!

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  53. jmjosemi69 Jul 30th at 12:05 pm

    When will be my Blog MusicBox60 one of the best of the day ????

    ( http://jmjosemi69.wordpress.com )

    Cheers ! 🙂

    jmjosemi@hotmail.com

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  54. tomwork Jul 30th at 12:55 pm

    Thank you Barry! and Thank to All Team.

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  55. Katrina Jul 30th at 7:30 pm

    thank you Barry!

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  56. Brian Alexander Jul 30th at 7:39 pm

    Wooo! WordPress Team Rox!

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  57. unsentpostcards Jul 30th at 9:01 pm

    Thanks a bunch! Mahal ko ang wordpress! [I love WordPress!]

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  58. grhomeboy Jul 30th at 11:24 pm

    Barry > Kudos and thanks!

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  59. Ian Lumb Jul 31st at 2:51 pm

    Belated appreciation, Barry! -Ian

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  61. Kristine Aug 2nd at 5:01 am

    Would Mr. Abrahmsom step up to the podium, take his bow, and…
    Thank you to one and all. But I still have a gremlin running around when I need to post.

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