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The Hacks

Thomas Hatch and Jimmy Chunga are The Hacks! Join them every week as they talk about nerd stuff. If you’re into cybersecurity, DevSecOps, SecOps, DevOps, all the Ops, infrastructure automation, network automation, configuration management, and open source then subscribe now. This will be your new favorite podcast! Because we know you’re thinking it...NO, they don’t live in their moms’ basements...this month.

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50:27

How Secure Is Your Tech Job?

The Hacks ·

2022/08/09

Wow, what a difference a few weeks can make! Do you remember when everyone was talking about, and participating in the "great resignation"? Everyone was quitting their jobs and jumping to new opportunities that offered better benefits and more money. Now, things are different. The tech industry has gone from big signing bonuses and tons of open positions--to hiring freezes and large-scale layoffs. In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga are talking about your job! Do you feel like you have

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38:42

Fitness and Tech / Tech and Fitness!

The Hacks ·

2022/08/02

Tom is still recovering from Covid. Somedays he feels great, and other days, he feels horrible. This has been really tough for him, because even though he's "better", he still can't exercise like he usually does. To make things worse, the less he exercises, the more he thinks about it. To be clear, Tom is NOT a "gym guy", not even close, but he is really starting to notice the effects of not exercising in his work! In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga talk about the importance of fitness in

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36:47

What Does a Chief Open Source Officer Actually Do?

The Hacks ·

2022/07/26

Tom Hatch is still waging a valiant battle against Covid! Nevertheless, he's excited to be doing this episode of The Hacks. Today, He and Chunga are talking about what a Chief Open Source Officer actually does. It's a mysterious position for people, even if they have a career in the open source world! Do you work closely with a Chief Open Source Officer? Would you have an interest in holding that title? Tom and Chunga break down the various responsibilities, liabilities, and pressures that a

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47:13

Open Source is Dominant--and Dangerous!

The Hacks ·

2022/07/19

Tom is back from his long, super summer vacation! How did it go? Not well, not well at all... Now that he's back, Chunga has a bunch of questions about an article that Tom sent him. It's about the dangerous vulnerabilities of open source software. It's a technological truth, open source software runs the world and affects the lives of every, single, human in the civilized world—the U.S. Government is exceptionally concerned about this truth. The article in question claims open source is all

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36:45

**Bonus** Free Flow Friday -- "The Offer"!

The Hacks ·

2022/07/08

Tom and Chunga have wanted to try a special bonus episode like this, for a while. The idea is simple. Release a bonus episode on a Friday that has nothing to do (or at least very little) with tech or the tech industry. After all, there is life outside of code, cloud automation, or config management, right? We're calling these episodes Free Flow Friday! In this bonus episode, Tom and Chunga are talking about an amazing new streaming series on Paramount + called The Offer. It's a series about the

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51:44

Untrue Tech Based Conspiracy Theories

The Hacks ·

2022/07/05

We all love them--maybe it's human nature. Regardless of whatever it is, that's pushing our buttons, we can't seem to get enough when it comes to conspiracy theories. There are a billion of them out there and a sizeable amount of them are focused on tech! Lucky for us, Tom Hatch is a former member of the U.S. Intelligence community and has an abundance of knowledge when it comes to this type of subject matter. What he has to tell you may not be as fun as some outlandish conspiracy, and it may

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42:43

Ancient Egypt and Modern Tech, More Alike Than You...

The Hacks ·

2022/06/28

Every so often, Tom comes up with an idea for The Hacks that, at first, seems pretty wacky, only to find out later that he's kind of a genius. This is one of those episodes. Tom has made an observation that ancient Egypt and the modern-day tech industry are virtually identical when it comes to the problems that each has had to face. The issues that brought about the decline of dynasties and pharaohs are-at their core-the exact same issues. Does this mean that these problems could do the same thing

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48:09

Crypto Has Crashed--Yet Again.

The Hacks ·

2022/06/21

It's been a rough few weeks for Tom. First, it was building temperamental servers, and then--he got a cat. Anyone who knows Tom knows he's just not an "animal" type of guy. To make things even more challenging, Crypto has crashed--yet again. This latest crash has been bad enough that it has people selling off video cards and other types of computer hardware. It has others walking away from Crypto Currency completely. Are they making the right decision? Could this be a bit of an overreaction? Even

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51:50

Why Big Corporations Buy Other Big Corporations

The Hacks ·

2022/06/14

It's something we should all come to grips with, and prepare for. If you choose to build a career in the tech industry, you will--at some point--go through the acquisition process. Odds are, many of you have been through it already. Because of this, Tom and Chunga thought it would be a good idea to talk about why big corporations buy other big corporations. What is the motivation? Why do companies choose to go through this intense, time-consuming, and intricate process? Tom says the motivation for

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47:58

Demonic Computing!

The Hacks ·

2022/06/07

While Tom and Chunga were working away on a project earlier this week, Tom mentioned a computing term that Chunga hadn't heard before. He used the word "demon" and said that it wasn't working in his new, custom-built servers. Demon as a computer term was something that surprised Chunga and was curious about what it meant in context. Was Tom saying his computer hardware is evil? In this episode of The Hacks, Tom talks about the historical origin of the word Demon as a computer term. The story is

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53:26

Real "Virtual" Relationships In Tech

The Hacks ·

2022/06/01

Tom and Chunga have heard from many of you about how hard it is to build and maintain real, substantive, relationships within the tech industry from the beginning of the pandemic. Whether you prefer to work remotely or not, networking in this new environment of ours is still something that we're trying to master. Tom and Chunga are quite sure that you're all currently building relationships with great co-workers that you've never actually met in person! In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga

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46:18

The Escalating Video Card War!

The Hacks ·

2022/05/24

It's impossible not to notice how insanely expensive video cards have become over the past few years. There's a variety of reasons for this, supply chain issues, the pandemic, etc. Perhaps one of the biggest reasons is the explosion in crypto popularity. Over the past few weeks, cryptocurrency has taken a substantial dip in value. This dip has also triggered a possible market correction for video card prices. AMD is now taking steps to ensure that its video cards remain at the suggested retail

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47:59

Tech Professionals! Do You Have "The Storm"?

The Hacks ·

2022/05/17

May is mental health awareness month and in this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga have a question for you--Do you have "the storm"? The Storm is a term that Chunga uses to describe something that happens internally to some people. It's an internal urgency that creates a high level of discomfort and an almost unquenchable thirst to push yourself forward. It's especially common among people who strive to innovate, think outside the box, and create. Ultimately, the storm can be a good thing, but it

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45:49

Tom & Chunga Build a Server. It Doesn't Go Well!!

The Hacks ·

2022/05/10

After a week off, Tom and Chunga are back! Tom is really excited about a new project he's getting started on. For the first time in over a decade, he's going to build his own servers! He's really interested in participating in some new networks and areas of computing. In order to do that at the level he wants, he needs some fairly powerful new servers. Sure, Tom could just head to the store or order some completed servers online, but no--that would be beneath him! Although he's beyond thrilled to be

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41:19

Everything Wrong With Crypto--Part-2

The Hacks ·

2022/04/26

Last week, Tom and Chunga kicked off a two-part series, that focused on everything that's wrong with Crypto. In part one, they talked about the concept of Cryptocurrency and whether or not it will stand the test of time as a legitimate form of money. In part two, Tom and Chunga discuss the limitations of using Crypto as a utility and why that process is so slow. It's also extremely confusing. Tom says that while speed, is one of the biggest problems people face when using Crypto, it's far from the

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44:16

Everything That's Wrong With Crypto - Part 1

The Hacks ·

2022/04/19

A few weeks ago, Tom and Chunga did a couple of episodes about CryptoCurrency. Although these shows were generalized and neutral, there were a few people that felt that The Hacks was in some way being a "shill" for crypto companies. While that couldn't have been further from the truth, the feedback did give Chunga an idea. Why not do a couple of episodes about everything that's wrong with crypto! We all know that when it comes to NFTs, the blockchain, and various types of crypto, they have an awful

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39:22

What Is a Botnet?

The Hacks ·

2022/04/12

Chunga is asking for Tom's help. He's wondering about something and he feels like it's something that he should already know about. He's also curious to know if this is something that everyone claims to understand but in reality, experts are more like him, and they don't understand as well as they should. In this episode of The Hacks, Chunga asks "what is a botnet"? Botnets have been mentioned a lot in the news lately. The FBI has caught and shut down two major Russian botnets just in the past week

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41:37

Super Nerd Spotlight: Who is Dan Bernstein

The Hacks ·

2022/04/05

Tom is hanging out in Las Vegas with Chunga! They're working on a writing project together and while they were diligently grinding away, Tom came up with a great idea. Every so often, he wants to do an episode of The Hacks that focuses on an individual that has changed the face of technology and made a massive impact on the way society works! They're going to call these special episodes the "Super Nerd Spotlight"! For the first official episode, Tom and Chunga have selected legendary mathematician,

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46:52

The Trinity of Open Source

The Hacks ·

2022/03/29

Tom is in the process of writing a new book and (big shock) it's about open source! More specifically, it's called "The Trinity of Open Source". So, what does that mean? Simply Put, The Trinity of Open Source is all about the natural balance between three components that are essential to any open source project! Tom says that most corporations don't get the balance right, and because of this very few corporate-owned open source projects ever live up to their potential or become successful at all

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38:17

Is AMD Better Than Intel?

The Hacks ·

2022/03/23

Tom has wanted to do this episode for weeks! Shortly before the Ukraine conflict broke out, he read a news article announcing that AMD had passed Intel in terms of market cap and now he wants to take a victory lap. Chunga says "they'll be no shutting him up about this". As many of you know, Tom has been an AMD "fanboy" for decades, and this news doesn't surprise him a bit. So what does all of this really mean? Does it mean AMD chips have become better than Intel chips? Does it mean Intel is on the

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