I was basically told the other day, that if I (as a Network Engineer) don’t start using LLMs more regularly, that the vibe coders on my team will replace me with agents.

Let that sink in.

Imagine, an agent, configuring a BGP session, and validating it. MPLS. DWDM.

Yep. Me too. I’m fucking terrified.

I found https://github.com/TwiN/gatus recently and its been a welcomed alternative to UptimeKuma (I have many hosts I monitor, so having a configuration file makes it far easier).

I run a Prometheus server at work, for doing ICMP latency checks, thats all I need at home. Gatus is super simple for my needs.