Creative Reuse of Obsolete Networking Hardware

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The image displays a humorous 'life hack' for reusing old technology. A small, blue network switch or router is mounted on a wooden surface. Two short, bright blue Ethernet cables are plugged into the ports, with the other end of each cable also plugged into the switch, creating loops. These loops are being used as key holders, with two sets of car keys hanging from them. The text 'Reuse cables and routers.' is written in a bold, white font at the top of the image. The humor comes from the literal and unexpected repurposing of IT equipment, appealing to tech professionals who often have spare or obsolete hardware lying around. It's a clever visual pun on the concept of recycling in a tech context

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick This is the physical manifestation of technical debt. It's not the intended use case, it looks questionable, but it's now a production-critical system for leaving the house

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

This is the physical manifestation of technical debt. It's not the intended use case, it looks questionable, but it's now a production-critical system for leaving the house
Anonymous

When finance said the 5-port switch still had four years of depreciation left, ops turned it into a key-value store - complete with dangling references on every port
Anonymous

After 20 years in the industry, I've finally discovered the true purpose of CAT5e: Centralized Attachment Technology for 5 electronic devices. Who needs PoE when you have Physics over Ethernet?
Anonymous

When the PM asks you to 'maximize hardware utilization' and 'reduce e-waste' in the same sprint, but the budget for new infrastructure is still stuck in approval. At least this router finally achieved 100% uptime - it's been hanging around doing absolutely nothing for years, just like in production
Anonymous

The only reuse that survives longer than your COBOL mainframe - straight to keychain without breaking changes
Anonymous

Decommissioned Layer-2 repurposed as a key-value store: excellent port density, negligible throughput, and PoE now means 'Place on Entry'
Anonymous

Post-cloud repurpose: the decommissioned router is now a key-value store - O(1) lookups by port, Layer-2 retrieval, and vendor lock-in finally means actual locks
@ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 2y

Tfb this is fucking hilarious
@zaspirin 2y

This is genius
@a_sulf 2y

how long until this thingy from connector will fall off? 10 times of use at its best
@Dominisia 2y

thats a switch ;-;
1. @Supuhstar 2y
  
  Thank you for saying that I came here here to say it if no one else did
@Dominisia 2y

(nitpicking, yes)
1. @Algoinde 2y
  
  what if it's a hub
  
  @Dominisia 2y
  
  caption says router, so it'd still be wrong :p nonetheless: hubs usually had one port dedicated as an "upstream"; no such thing here
2. @RiedleroD 2y
  
  oh hi domi since when are you here
@Dominisia 2y

not 100% a given, but i have reasons to believe it's a switch
@ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 2y

This is perfect explanation to localhost
1. @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 2y
  
  Or loopback
  
  @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 2y
  
  Idk
@volkov_s 2y

Some double penetration happening in these connectors
@RiedleroD 2y

two car keys, and… what are those other things? garage door remotes?

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