Episodios

  • Futurelock
    Nov 7 2025

    We're big users of async Rust at Oxide, and recently we found (another) very odd and hard to debug pathology related to async Rust that we dubbed "Futurelock". Oxide engineers who diagnosed the problem join Bryan and Adam to describe Futurelock and discuss methods to identify and avoid it.

    In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers included our Oxide colleagues Dave Pacheco, John Gallagher, Rain Paharia. Sean Klein, and Eliza Weisman.

    Previously, on Oxide and Friends:

    • OxF s05e22 - When Async Attacks!
    • OxF s05e26 - Technological Revolutions with Jerry Neumann

    Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:

    • Oxide RFD 609: Futurelock
    • PRs needed!

    If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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    1 h y 38 m
  • Books in the Box V
    Oct 31 2025
    Revisiting an annual tradition--Books in the Box! Bryan, Adam, and the Oxide Friends share book recommendations (and--sometimes--anti-recommendations). Take a listen if you're looking for your next read.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by some guests noted below:Previously, on Oxide and Friends:OxF s05e06 - A Half‑Century of Silicon Valley with Randy ShoupOxF s05e26 - Technological Revolutions with Jerry NeumannOxF s04e03 - Fork in the Road for TerraformOxF s01e16 - The Books in the BoxOxF s02e18 - Books in the Box ReduxOxF s03e22 - Books in the Box IIIOxF s04e28 - Books in the Box IVOther Notes:Princeton Review: Happiest StudentsUMass Dining Named Best Campus Food by The Princeton ReviewCHM Oral HistoriesNight Rider (and K.I.T.T.)From Bryan and Adam (and others)The Mouse Driver ChroniclesFumbling the FutureSlingshotChip WarTechnological Revolutions and Financial Capital @bcantrill (economics book recommendation)Snow Crash (another Neal Stephenson book)The Big ShortReinventing The WheelEccentric Orbits (recommended by listener)Language Machines Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Humanism (recommended by listener)Molly White's **review ** of Read Write OwnCareless PeopleNOT A RECOMMENDATION If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies (If you are Molly White, please destroy this for us!)Surreal Numbers by Knuth (recommended by listeners)From Oliver HermanOpen CircuitsSystems PerformanceWhy We're Getting PoorerTermination ShockFrom Tom LyonFrom Airline Reservations to Sonic the HedgehogSee also Systems We Love: Life of an Airline FlightThe War of Don Emmanuel's Nether PartsThe NVIDIA WayFrom Dan McDonaldInventing the RenaissanceCharles Sumner: Conscience of a NationIf we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!
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    1 h y 21 m
  • AI in Higher Education with Michael Littman
    Oct 17 2025

    LLMs have had a dramatic impact on education. There are obvious reasons for concern, but what about the less obvious opportunities afforded by LLMs? Bryan and Adam were joined by Michael Littman, professor at Brown University and Associate Provost for AI, to talk about his role advising the university on productive, innovative, creative uses for AI in higher education.

    In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, our special guest was Michael Littman.

    Previous, on Oxide and Friends:

    • OxF s01e18 - Dijkstra’s Tweetstorm
    • OxF s04e02 - Open Source LLMs with Simon Willison
    • OxF s05e18 - AI, Materials, and Fraud with Ben Shindel

    Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:

    • Michael's home page
    • Leslie Kaelbling
    • Computing Up: Rich Sutton
    • PRs needed!

    If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!


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    1 h y 21 m
  • Systems Software in the Large
    Sep 25 2025

    Dave Pacheco is leading Oxide's multi-year effort around full-system update. He recently gave a talk about his experience leading that project, the complexities of designing the system and organizing the team. Dave, Bryan, and Adam discuss the project, the many sources of leadership, and the often underestimated peril of "organizational procrastination".

    In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide colleague, Dave Pacheco.

    Previously on OxF:

    • OxF s05e21 - Rebooting a Datacenter: A Decade Later
    • OxF s01e09 - Agile + 20
    • OxF s04e11 - A Baseball Startup with Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel

    Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:

    • Dave's talk: Path to self-service update (slides)
    • Fire trucks dousing the champion Ballers
    • Bryan's talk: Debugging Under Fire
    • Roger Faulkner: "I'm not here to make it perfect; I'm here to make it better"
    • Mid-recording earthquake

    If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!


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    1 h y 45 m
  • Scaling Manufacturing
    Sep 19 2025

    Bryan and Adam were joined by members of the Oxide manufacturing team to talk about all that goes into ramping up production, from people and processes to expanding the team and refining inefficiencies. It's a great problem to have!

    In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide colleagues, CJ Mendes, Kirstin Neira, Erik Anderson, Aaron Hartwig, and Doug Wibben.

    Previously on Oxide and Friends...

    • OxF s03e20 - Tales from Manufacturing: Shipping Rack 1

    Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:

    • Topic
    • [@M:SS](link into recording) Leventhal's Conundrum
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    If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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  • Technological Revolutions with Jerry Neumann
    Sep 18 2025

    Jerry Neumann joined Bryan and Adam to discuss his blog post from 2015, examining the work of Carlota Perez on technological revolutions. These waves have similarities, in particular: frenzy, bust, and deployment. Is AI a new wave or the culmination of the IT wave of the last 50 years?

    In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by special guest, Jerry Neumann.

    Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:

    • Jerry's 2015 blog post: The Deployment Age
    • PRs needed!

    Previous episodes mentioned:

    • OxF s05e24 - Oxide’s $100M Series B
    • OxF s05e04 - AI Disruption: DeepSeek and Cerebras

    If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!


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    1 h y 25 m
  • The Promises of Tech with Scott Hanselman
    Aug 15 2025

    Scott Hanselman gave a terrific talk about the promises of tech: connection, convenience and creativity. Did it deliver? Scott joins Bryan and Adam to discuss... and also wander around as one expects from an Oxide and Friends episode.

    In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, our special guest was Scott Hanselman.

    Past episodes mentioned:

    • OxF s01e12 - A Brief History of Talking Computers
    • OxF s02e18 - Books in the Box Redux
    • OxF s05e10 - Lip‑Bu Tan’s Intel

    Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:

    • Scott's talk: Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver?

    If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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    1 h y 26 m
  • Oxide's $100M Series B
    Aug 9 2025

    Oxide raised its $100M Series B round of venture capital. Oxide's founders, Bryan and Steve, answer questions selected by Adam from social media about the round, the company, and the future.

    In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide CEO, the man, the myth, the legend, Steve Tuck.

    Previous episodes mentioned:

    • OxF s05e10 - Lip‑Bu Tan’s Intel
    • OxF s03e04 - Oxide and the Chamber of Mysteries
    • OxF s04e27 - Unshrouding Turin (or Benvenuto a Torino)
    • OxF s05e14 - Bringing up Cosmo

    Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:

    • blog: Oxide's $100M Series B
    • Hacker News thread
    • PRs needed!

    If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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    1 h y 32 m