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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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39:11

What Scares Tom Hatch!

The Hacks ·

2021/10/12

The Halloween season is upon us! Chunga thinks the timing is perfect to do an episode about things that are scary. When it comes to the tech industry, there's plenty of things that Tom is deeply afraid of! Obviously, Chunga is well aware of Toms tech anxieties, so he's going to throw different topics at Tom in order to find out what--within that topic--scares the daylights out of him! What scares Tom the most about open source? What scares him the most about cloud technology? What about cyber

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40:23

OS Kernels and memfd_secret!

The Hacks ·

2021/09/29

Chunga and Tom have talked about operating systems before and how each OS has a Kernel. That Kernel is basically what controls access to the hardware of the computer. It also gives you a platform to build applications. Every now and then, something will get added to a Kernel that can create a deep change in how applications are built. One such application is called Epoll. Simply put, Epoll makes everything run faster and makes you wait less. Tom created the core of Salt based on this technology! Tom

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36:06

An Intro To IDEM! It's Going To Be Big!

The Hacks ·

2021/09/21

Tom Hatch is an innovator. That's what he does best and where he is the happiest. He lives to create, refine, and repeat. For the past couple of years, Tom has been working new and very, very big--He calls it IDEM. Chunga says that in the world of tech, IDEM is very sexy and going to be a game-changer. In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga offer a solid, introductory explanation of what IDEM is, how it functions and what makes it different than Salt! Here's a hint, IDEM isn't part of Salt at

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36:03

Behold the Genius Criminal Mind of Tom Hatch!

The Hacks ·

2021/09/15

It's been a long time since Tom and Chunga have told a good heist story on The Hacks. Needless to say, they're both very excited! Have you heard about the guys who used an Apple Watch to track their victim and steal 500 thousand dollars? Yep, a group of seven guys used an Apple Watch to steal a half-million bucks! Were they brilliant, criminal masterminds for pulling this off? No--not even close. In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga play cops and robbers! Tom is the bad guy and Chunga plays

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50:24

The Freemium Up-sale Fallacy

The Hacks ·

2021/09/10

In this episode of The Hacks, Tom & Chunga are talking about freemium software. When you think of freemium software, what comes to your mind? Is it Google? Maybe Facebook or a different social media platform? In the world of open source, there seems to be a constant, never-ending issue that Tom spends an enormous amount of time talking to business owners and software developers about. The problem is that owners of open source software products killing themselves trying to get open-source users to

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30:07

Tom Talks About Tiamat!

The Hacks ·

2021/08/31

Chunga is really surprised that he and Tom have never talked about Tiamat on The Hacks before. Especially considering how valuable it is within the world of Salt! Tiamat solves a fundamental problem with Python. As many of you know, Python is an interpreted language. This means that if you want to run a Python program, you have to have Python installed on your computer, which can be a serious hindrance when it comes to building and distributing Python-based software. Tiamat solves this problem! Tom

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47:43

SaltConf21 Why It's So Important to Salt and to you!!

The Hacks ·

2021/08/25

SaltConf21 is happening on November 3rd and 4th this year, and once again, it's going to be virtual. Registration is completely FREE and you reserve your spot right now at saltconf.com! In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga talk about why SaltConf is so important to both Salt open source software and the Salt Project community. Tom says one of the main reasons is that open source is where most true tech innovation happens. If one is to truly get a grasp of innovation on that scale, they need

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35:12

Tom's 3-Types of Managers

The Hacks ·

2021/08/18

Tom Hatch has been around the block. When it comes to the world of Tech, he's seen it all. Especially when it comes to the business side of the industry. Because he has so much experience, Tom has broken down corporate managers into three separate categories. Two of these categories are pretty bad, and one is great! In this episode of The Hacks, Tom goes through each of these groups with Chunga and explains why it's essential for you to be able to understand them. This podcast may end up saving you

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47:12

We Have a BIG Problem! The Tech Industry Can't Find...

The Hacks ·

2021/08/10

You've seen it happening across all industries--companies are having substantial staffing problems and labor shortages. The tech industry is certainly not immune to this problem. Sadly within our space, it's even worse. Currently, there are thousands of high-paying tech jobs that are available and desperately need to be filled! Why is this problem happening? Is it because of the pandemic or is it because of a larger problem? Tom talks with Chunga about how dire this situation actually is and why

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39:59

What Is Resource Gravity?

The Hacks ·

2021/07/27

Tom wants to talk with Chunga about something called "Resource Gravity". Have you ever heard of it? Simply put, resource gravity is a problem. It starts when a large piece of software is conceptualized and the construction of that software is too heavily influenced by the source of the funding of that software. This creates a gravitational pull with regard to priorities. Because of this, companies and product get painted into a corner and are unable to evolve and scale. In many cases, it ultimately

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44:18

The Philosophy of Salt

The Hacks ·

2021/07/20

We all know Tom Hatch is the guy who created Salt. Salt is arguably one of the most powerful automation & configuration management platforms ever created. However, most of us don't really understand what the philosophy behind the product was when it was created. In this episode of The Hacks, Chunga talks with Tom about the thought process and decisions that made Salt so powerful. They also talk about "the children of Salt"! These are the programs that were created throughout the evolution of Tom's

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33:28

2D vs. 3D Thinking

The Hacks ·

2021/07/13

In the last episode of The Hacks, Tom Hatch made a reference to a specific type of thought process. He was talking about 2D vs. 3D thinking. Tom first heard about this in the film Star Trek 2 "The Wrath of Kahn". Ok, sure... It's easy to laugh at, but there's something legitimate and very serious that stuck with Tom. He says that our industry is filled to the brim with people who only choose to think in two dimensions; when they should be thinking in three! What does it mean to think in three

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38:53

The Tragedy of Being Normal

The Hacks ·

2021/07/07

Recently, Tom Hatch was invited to the U.S. Army War College for a seminar focused on national security. While he was there, he attended a presentation from an author who was speaking about forming and asking better questions. The core of this speech was centered around education and how modern society has been trained through standardized learning to solve problems a certain way. Because of this, people no longer have the ability to seek out robust and creative solutions to challenges. The

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41:58

Developers and Unsustainable STRESS!

The Hacks ·

2021/06/29

Developers are under constant pressure. Pressure to innovate, pressure to maintain, pressure to create something bigger and better than their previous offering, and on top of that--pressure to do all of it faster. Unfortunately, for many, that level of stress is simply unsustainable. Have you ever heard of John McAfee? At one point in his life, he was one of the world's most successful developers, until it all came crashing down. How can you avoid a crash of your own? Tom Hatch has some thoughts and

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37:54

Order From Chaos

The Hacks ·

2021/06/22

Did you know that every operating system is born from the chaos of open source software? Chunga and Tom had a completely different show planned for today until Chunga started complaining about his MacBook Pro. No, there's nothing wrong with it, he just doesn't like the way it "feels" when he uses it. Tom thinks Chunga's choice of words is interesting. He says feel actually means operating system! Because of this, everything in this episode was changed to talk about how operating systems are built

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41:37

The Most Pointless Cyber Attack Ever?!?

The Hacks ·

2021/06/15

A few days ago EA Games, one of the world's most successful video game companies was hacked by a group that stole the source code for a video game called FIFA 21. They also swiped the source code to a popular game engine called Frostbite. Currently, this group is trying to sell both on the black market. Tom and Chunga are fascinated by this story for several reasons, the biggest being that these hackers are actually talking! Believe it or not, they even have an official "representative" that's

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41:36

Building Corporate Open Source Muscle

The Hacks ·

2021/06/08

Building corporate open source muscle... What does that mean? Every company carries a culture with it. In some cases, that culture is very long-term, which can make a change in direction--regardless of the reason--difficult. Sure, some companies can do it better than others. For example, there are many companies that have an open source offering as part of their business model. While they may have an open source platform, that doesn't mean they have open source muscle. In short, Tom says that just

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48:58

The Most Creative Cyber Attack Ever?

The Hacks ·

2021/05/27

This episode of The Hacks may go down as Chunga's all-time favorite! Have you heard the recent news story about a group of hackers that breached the infrastructure of a major casino? They were able to steal the personal information of many of the casino's top "whales" and high net worth individuals. Not only that, but they were also able to use the casino's infrastructure to gain access to many additional companies. While this information alone is really scary, it's the way that they were able to

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42:52

The Evolution of DevOps

The Hacks ·

2021/05/18

It doesn't happen often, but occasionally, Tom and Chunga will talk about their personal lives on the show. Next week is a big week--Tom is getting married! Even though he's completely preoccupied with last-minute wedding preparations, He's making to have some fun and talk about the evolution of DevOps! Remember when DevOps was the term that everyone loved to abuse? Well today, you don't hear it said much at all. Chunga thinks that needs to change! Even though DevOps as a philosophy has been around

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42:11

Corruption In Open Source Communities

The Hacks ·

2021/05/11

Have you heard about the professor from the University of Minnesota? Apparently, this guy thought it would be a good idea to submit code, with known security vulnerabilities, to the Linux Kernel in order to show how easy it is to get potentially malicious code through the Linux approval process. It goes without saying that Linux is furious. Now, this professor may be in an awful lot of trouble, and the University of Minnesota is banned from submitting any further code. These types of actions scare

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