Best Oxide Computer Company Podcasts (2024)

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Rebooting a datacenter: A decade later 1:40:34

35m ago1:40:34

1:40:34

Back in May 2014 Joyent accidentally rebooted an entire datacenter (not just the handful of node as intended!). That incident--traumatic was it was--informed many aspects of the Oxide product. Bryan and Adam were joined by members of that former Joyent team to discuss, commiserate, and--perhaps--get some things off their chests. a live show weekly …

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Bookclub: How Life Works by Philip Ball 1:50:30

18m ago1:50:30

1:50:30

The long-awaited Oxide and Friends bookclub! Bryan and Adam were joined by special guest--and real life biologist--Greg Cost to discuss Philip Ball's terrific book, How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology. Spoiler: Alan Turing makes a very expected appearance! In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by special gue…

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All we have to fear is FUD itself 1:21:01

1M ago1:21:01

1:21:01

The Oxide Friends have talked about the Hashicorp license change, the emergence of an open source fork of Terraform in OpenTofu, and other topics in open source. A few weeks ago both InfoWorld and Hashicorp (independently?) accused OpenTofu of stealing Terraform code—a serious claim that turned out to be fully unfounded. We (you!) have been lucky t…

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A Baseball Startup with Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel 1:13:11

1M ago1:13:11

1:13:11

Bryan, Adam, Steve, and the Oxide Friends are joined by the founders of the Oakland Ballers, the continuation of a long history of baseball in Oakland. There turns out to be a plenty in common between founding a computer company and founding a baseball team--and we both have our fans supporting us! In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, …

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Discovering the XZ Backdoor with Andres Freund 1:37:17

2M ago1:37:17

1:37:17

Andres Freund joined Bryan and Adam to talk about his discovery of the xz backdoor. It’s an incredible story… so great to get into the details with Andres. We started by ranting about the coverage in the New York Times… coverage that explicitly refused to dig into the details! It’s all the more shocking because the big story here is how Andres’ pen…

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Cultural Idiosyncrasies 1:27:17

2M ago1:27:17

1:27:17

The Oxide Friends talk about about cultural idiosyncrasies--turns out we have a lot of them at Oxide! Some might even sound good enough for you to try out! Demo Fridays, morning water-cooler, no-meet Wednesdays, recorded meetings, dog-pile debugging (aka CSPAN for debugging), RFDs (requests for discussion), no performance review process... In addit…

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Adversarial Machine Learning 1:23:30

2M ago1:23:30

1:23:30

Nicholas Carlini joined Bryan, Adam, and the Oxide Friends to talk about his work with adversarial machine learning. He's found sequences of--seemingly random--tokens that cause LLMs to ignore their restrictions! Also: printf is Turing complete?! In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by special guest Nicholas Carlini. If …

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Data Visualization 1:25:52

2M ago1:25:52

1:25:52

Data visualization is an important--and overlooked!--tool in the software engineer's tool belt. Bryan describes a recent journey with gnuplot while Oxide colleague, Charlie Park, shares his own experience with data visualization and Adam offers a visual analysis of Simpsons episodes. Stay tuned to the end to find out about the Oxide and Friends boo…

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Crucible: The Oxide Storage Service 1:38:40

3M ago1:38:40

1:38:40

Bryan and Adam are joined by members of the Oxide storage team--Josh, Alan, James, and Matt--to talk about Crucible, the service that provides block storage for VM instances running in the Oxide Rack. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide colleagues Josh Clulow, Alan Hanson, James MacMahon, and Matt Keeter. Some …

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Innovation Stagnation? 1:00:44

4M ago1:00:44

1:00:44

Sometimes Bryan gets trolled by a tweet and brings it to Adam and the Oxide Friends. This was a well-crafted troll: is innovation slowing? Are the most interesting problems solved. In a word: no. For many more words, listen in! In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Steve Klabnik. Some of the topics we hit on, in the or…

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Helios 1:47:50

4M ago1:47:50

1:47:50

Bryan and Adam are joined by Oxide colleagues Josh Clulow, Patrick Mooney, and Steve Klabnik to discuss Helios, the operating system that runs on the Oxide Rack. Helios is a distro of illumos (derived from OpenSolaris, derived from Solaris, etc.). What's a distro? Why did Oxide choose illumos? Plenty of cross-generational appeal in this episode! So…

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What's taking so long?! 1:35:10

4M ago1:35:10

1:35:10

We love Rust at Oxide, but the haters aren’t wrong: builds can be slow. Bryan and Adam are joined by Sean Klein, Rain Paharia, and Steve Klabnik to discuss techniques for analyzing and accelerating Rust builds. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers included Sean Klein, Rain Paharia, and the illustrious Steve Klabnik. Some of th…

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Open Source LLMs with Simon Willison 1:33:19

4M ago1:33:19

1:33:19

Simon Willison joined Bryan and Adam to discuss a recent article maligning open source large language models. Simon has so much practical experience with LLMs, and brings so much clarity to what they can and can’t do. How do these systems work? How do they break? What are open and proprietary LLMs out there? Recorded 1/15/2024 We've been hosting a …

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Predictions 2024! 1:56:39

5M ago1:56:39

1:56:39

Bryan and Adam are joined by MIT Research Scientist, Michael Cafarella, for our annual predictions episode where we check in on past predictions and gaze 1-, 3-, and 6- years into the future. No surprise: there were a lot of AI-related predictions. Big surprise: many of them came from Bryan … and with unabashed optimism! Recorded 1/8/2024 Bryan Can…

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AMD's MI300 and the Future of Accelerated Compute 1:14:01

6M ago1:14:01

1:14:01

George Cozma from Chips and Cheese and Jordan Ranous from Storage Review joined Adam, Bryan, and the Oxide Friends to discuss AMD’s recent MI300 announcement and the implications to accelerated to compute. The MI300A particularly caught our eye--CPU and GPU chiplets on in the same package! Bryan pronounced ML "the biggest thing since the spreadshee…

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Framework Computer with Nirav Patel 1:07:16

6M ago1:07:16

1:07:16

Nirav Patel, CEO and founder of Framework Computer, join Bryan and Adam to talk about building a new computer company (yes! another new computer company!) focused on making laptops repairable and open. It turns out, there are a bunch of shared lessons between building a 3lb laptop and a 2,500lb cloud computer! In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam…

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OpenAI's Boardroom Brawl 1:10:26

6M ago1:10:26

1:10:26

So… OpenAI happened… and Bryan and Adam try it break it down with help from Steve Tuck and even more special guest Chuck McManis. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by variously special guests Steve Tuck and Chuck McManis. Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them: Hacker News: OpenAPI's board has fir…

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Hiring Processes with Gergely Orosz 1:45:02

7M ago1:45:02

1:45:02

Bryan and Adam were joined by Gergely Orosz, the Pragmatic Engineer, to talk about Oxide's hiring process, the experiences that led to that process, and hiring generally. There's a lot there for anyone interested in hiring or being hired... and especially for anyone who's considered applying to Oxide! In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventha…

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Launching the Cloud Computer 1:34:22

7M ago1:34:22

1:34:22

Oxide Founder and CEO, Steve Tuck, joined Bryan, Adam, and Oxide Friend, Steve Klabnik, to talk about our recent announcements: general availability of the Oxide Cloud Computer, and raising $44m. The reception was (broadly) great! Bryan and Steve answered questions about the product, company, and launch. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leven…

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Open Source and Capitalism with Ashley Williams and Adam Jacob 1:39:40

7M ago1:39:40

1:39:40

Ashley Williams and Adam Jacob joined Adam and Bryan to continue their panel discussion with Bryan following up his p99conf talk revisiting open source anti-patterns. Notably, open source has accelerated the distribution of value… without clarity on how contributors can capture that value. Has open source accelerated unequal distribution? In additi…

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Settling Beef 1:39:06

8M ago1:39:06

1:39:06

Recently, a clip from Oxide and Friends was played by another podcast as something of a punching bag. Adam was called "uneducated" and Bryan, it was observed accurately, "hadn't used C++ since the '90s". Well, Conor Hoekstra from the ADSP pod joined us to settle the beef. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by special g…

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Mr. Nagle's Wild Ride 1:30:45

8M ago1:30:45

1:30:45

Adam and the Oxide Friends follow Bryan on Mr. Nagle's Wild Ride as he investigates performance anomalies. Bryan used all manner of tool from gnuplot to DTrace-inspired bpftrace! If you have ever or plan to ever care about the latency of network-borne protocols, you won't want to miss this! We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for…

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DTrace at 20 2:04:06

9M ago2:04:06

2:04:06

Bryan and Adam reminisce about the DTrace journey 20 years after first integrating the code into Solaris back in September 2003. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Josh Clulow. Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them: Hungry Jack's Bryan's other online dating profile The Sun E10000 (E10k), the wo…

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Open Source Anti-Patterns with Kelsey Hightower 1:38:44

9M ago1:38:44

1:38:44

Kelsey Hightower joined Bryan and Adam to revisit a topic Bryan had spoken about a decade ago: corporate open source anti-patterns. Kelsey brought his typical sagacity to a complex and fraught topic. We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the recording from August 28th, 2023. In add…

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Fork in the road for Terraform? 1:20:17

10M ago1:20:17

1:20:17

On August 10th, HashiCorp made the controversial decision to re-license some of the popular, formerly-open source project under the Business Source License (BUSL). Bryan and Adam spoke with founders of the OpenTF project, an effort to keep Terraform operating in the open. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers on August 21st inc…

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No Silver Bullets 1:17:48

10M ago1:17:48

1:17:48

Bryan and Steve Klabnik discuss Fred Brooks' essay "No Silver Bullets"--ostensibly apropos of nothing!--discussing the challenges to 10x (or 100x!) improvements in software engineering. In addition to Bryan Cantrill speakers on included Steve Klabnik, Ian Grunert, and Tom Lyon. Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them: No Silver …

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Books in the Box III 1:30:02

10M ago1:30:02

1:30:02

In an Oxide and Friends tradition, Bryan and Adam invite the community to share book recommendations. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers on included Steve Klabnik, Tom Lyon, Ian Grunert, Owen Anderson, phillipov, makowski, and saethlin. (Did we miss your name and/or get it wrong? Drop a PR!) Some of the topics we hit on, in …

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The Frontend of the Computer 1:03:34

11M ago1:03:34

1:03:34

Bryan and Adam were joined by Justin and David from the Oxide team to talk about their work on the Oxide Console--the frontend to the Oxide computer. The rigor they've brought to all aspects of the frontend--client/server type safety, test automation, a11y--it's astounding! We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, a…

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Tales from Manufacturing: Shipping Rack 1 1:24:13

11M ago1:24:13

1:24:13

Bryan and Adam were joined by members of the Oxide operations team to discuss the logistics of actually assembling the first Oxide Rack, crating it, shipping it... and all the false starts, blind alleys, and failed tests along the way. We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the reco…

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Shipping the first Oxide rack: Your questions answered! 2:02:53

11M ago2:02:53

2:02:53

On this week's show, Adam Leventhal posed questions from Hacker News (mostly) to Oxide founders Bryan Cantrill and Steve Tuck. Stick around until the end to hear about the hardest parts of building Oxide--great, surprising answers from both Bryan and Steve. They were also joined by Steve Klabnik. Questions for Steve and Bryan: [@6:38] Q: Congrats t…

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Okay, Doomer: A Rebuttal to AI Doom-mongering 1:11:21

11M ago1:11:21

1:11:21

Bryan and Adam offer a rebuttal to the AI doomerism that has been gaining volume. And--hoo-boy--this one had some range. Heaven’s Gate, ceteris paribus, WWII, derpy security robots, press-fit DIMM sockets, async Rust, etc. And optimistic as always: the hardware and systems AI doomers imagine are incredibly hard to get right; let’s see AIs help us b…

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Software Verificationpalooza 1:21:40

12M ago1:21:40

1:21:40

Greg and Rain from the Oxide team joined Bryan and Adam to talk about powerful methods of verifying software: formal methods in the form of TLA+ and property-based testing in the form of the proptest Rust crate. If you care about making software right, don't miss it! In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide colleagu…

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Virtualizing Time 1:05:38

12M ago1:05:38

1:05:38

Jordan Hendricks joined Bryan and Adam to talk about her work virtualizing time--particularly challenging when migrating virtual machines from one physical machine to another! We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the recording from June 12th, 2023. In addition to Bryan Cantrill an…

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Open Source Governance 1:25:45

1y ago1:25:45

1:25:45

Bryan and Adam are joined by Ashley Williams to talk about open source governance... and the recently, and various stumblings of the Rust project leadership.By Oxide Computer Company

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Building Together: Oxide and Samtec 1:20:23

1y ago1:20:23

1:20:23

Bryan and Adam are joined by Jonathan and Jignesh from Samtec to discuss working together to build the Oxide Rack. We've all seen bad vendors--what does it mean to be a great partner? Also: silicon photonics are (still!) just 18 months away!By Oxide Computer Company

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The Network Behind the Network 1:39:08

1y ago1:39:08

1:39:08

Bryan and Adam are joined by Oxide colleagues Arjen, Matt, John, and Nathaneal to talk about the management network--the brainstem of the Oxide Rack. Just as it ties together so many components, this episode ties together many many (many!) topics we've discussed in other episodes. We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an …

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Blue Skies Over Mastodon (with Erin Kissane and Tim Bray) 1:41:29

1y ago1:41:29

1:41:29

Erin Kissane joins Bryan and Adam to talk the new social network "Bluesky" through the lens of her blog post "Blue Skies Over Mastodon". Long-time friends of Oxide and social-media aficionados Time Bray and Steve Klabnik also helped shed light on technical and social aspects of the net network. Blue Skies Over Mastodon (with Erin Kissane and Tim Br…

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Rust Trademark: Argle-bargle or Foofaraw? 1:22:16

1y ago1:22:16

1:22:16

The Rust Foundation caused a fracas with their proposed new trademark rules. Bryan and Adam were lucky enough to be joined by Ashley Williams, Adam Jacob, and Steve Klabnik for an insightful discussion of open source governance and communities--in particular as applied to Rust. Rust Trademark: Argle-bargle or Foofaraw? We've been hosting a live sho…

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Cabling the Backplane 1:00:30

1y ago1:00:30

1:00:30

Bryan and Adam are joined by Doug Wibben and Robert Keith to talk about the mechanical design of the cabled backplane of the Oxide rack that allows for "blind-mated" server sleds--no network and power cables to plug, unplug, and mis-plug! Watch the chapter art for relevant pictures. We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about a…

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Get You a State Machine for Great Good 1:08:22

1y ago1:08:22

1:08:22

Andrew Stone of Oxide Engineering joined Bryan, Adam, and the Oxide Friends to talk about his purpose-built, replay debugger for the Oxide setup textual UI. Andrew borrowed a technique from his extensive work with distributed systems to built a UI that was well-structured... and highly amenable to debuggability. He built a custom debugger "in a wee…

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Does a GPT future need software engineers? 1:39:18

1y ago1:39:18

1:39:18

Bryan and Adam and the Oxide Friends take on GPT and its implications for software engineering. Many aspiring programmers are concerned that the future of the profession is in jeopardy. Spoiler: the Oxide Friends see a bright future for human/GPT collaboration in software engineering. We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about…

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On Silicon Valley Bank with Eric Vishria 59:24

1y ago59:24

59:24

Eric Vishria of Benchmark and Oxide CEO, Steve Tuck, join Bryan and Adam to talk about Silicon Valley Bank, its role in the startup ecosystem, and the short- and long-term effects of its collapse. We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the recording from March 17th, 2023. In additio…

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Rack-scale Networking 1:34:27

1+ y ago1:34:27

1:34:27

Bryan and Adam are joined by a number of members of the Oxide networking team to talk about the networking software that drives the Oxide rack. It turns out that rack-scale networking is hard... and has enormous benefits! We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the recording from Feb…

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Oxide and Friends 1:04:38

1+ y ago1:04:38

1:04:38

Bryan and Steve are joined by Adam to revisit some highlights from almost two years of the Oxide and Friends live show and podcast. Bryan’s blog entry on Twitter Spaces: http://dtrace.org/blogs/bmc/2021/05/02/twitter-spaces-a-few-weeks-in/ Oxide and Friends, “Mr. Leventhal, Come here I want you”: https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/mr-…

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Memory Safety with Yael Grauer 1:17:52

1+ y ago1:17:52

1:17:52

Yael Grauer joined Bryan, Adam, Steve Klabnik, and the Oxide Friends to talk about her recent Consumer Reports article on memory safety and memory safe languages. How do we inform the general public? How do we persuade practitioners and companies? Thanks for joining us, Yael! In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by speci…

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Oxide and the Chamber of Mysteries 1:40:47

1+ y ago1:40:47

1:40:47

Members of the Oxide team join Bryan and Adam to talk about our journey through compliance (spoiler: we passed!). Oxide and Friends: February 6th, 2023 We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the recording from February 6th, 2023. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, spe…

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Revisiting Unikernels 1:23:16

1+ y ago1:23:16

1:23:16

Oxide and Friends: January 23rd, 2023 Revisiting Unikernels We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the recording from January 23rd, 2023. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers on January 23rd included Steve Klabnik, Dan Cross, and others. Some of the topics we h…

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The Power of Proto Boards! 1:41:32

1+ y ago1:41:32

1:41:32

We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the recording from January 16th, 2023. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Nathanael Huffman, Cliff Biffle, Rick Altherr, Matt Keeter, Eric Aasen, and Dan Cross. Check out the show notes on github to browse the i…