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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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44:06

VR Headsets, Why Tech Won't Just Let Them Go.

The Hacks ·

2023/06/13

Tom is back from phase one of his paternity leave! Chunga couldn't be happier, to have Tom back. He's also bouncing off the walls because the Vegas Golden Knights are one win away from the Stanley Cup! Although he hasn't been the biggest fan of VR headsets, Chunga thinks it'd be cool to watch the game in VR without actually having to go to the arena. While Tom was out, Apple unveiled their new "Vision Pro" VR headset that, raised a lot of eyebrows. In past episodes of The Hacks, both Tom and Chunga

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39:30

Napster, Planting the Seeds of Chaos!

The Hacks ·

2023/06/06

Tom and Chunga are feeling nostalgic! Recently, Tom was trying to explain to his daughters that music used to be fairly diffucult to get your hands on. It took effort and commitment to find certain albums or CD's! Now days, getting music, now matter how new or old is a very easy thing to do thanks to an open source offering called Napster! Both Tom and Chunga were huge fans of this decentralized, distributed file sharing platform. Although it was extremely popular, the very things that made it

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40:59

The New Mojo Programming Language. It Looks Cool!

The Hacks ·

2023/05/30

Tom loves learning new programming languages, always has. He even likes learning about the ones that he thinks are--in a word--crap! Even though he has this obsession, he's always maintained that his favorite is Python. Recently, Tom came across a brand new programming language called "Mojo"! Like Tom, it's safe to say that we're all fans of Python, generally speaking. However, Python is not without it's faults. Thats where Mojo comes in. The Mojo development team is present it to the world as

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48:40

Super Nerd Spotlight: Hedy Lamarr

The Hacks ·

2023/05/23

Every so often, Tom and Chunga like to have an episode that pays tribute to innovators that have not only changed the tech industry--they've changed the world. They call these special episodes, Super Nerd Spotlights! In this episode of The Hacks, Tom & Chunga are showcasing an amazing woman named Hedy Lamarr! Does that name mean anything to you? Once upon a time she was a very famous actress, that had become a household name, worldwide. She was also a brilliant, self taught innovator! In fact, all

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40:45

The Evolution of Video Games

The Hacks ·

2023/05/16

Toms life has changed significantly over the past few days. Now that he has a new baby, he's spending more time at home and in his downtime, he's getting the chance to play some video games! For reasons they can't quite figure out, Tom and Chunga haven't talked about video games for on The Hacks for a very long time, even though it's a massive segment of the tech industry. One of the games that Tom is most excited about right now is the new Legend of Zelda game! Experts are saying its going to take

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47:08

Putting the "A.I. Genie" Back In The Bottle

The Hacks ·

2023/05/09

You may have noticed that The Hacks missed an episode last week. We are proud to announce that Tom Hatch and his beautiful wife Melissa have had a baby!! Everyone is doing great and adapting quickly thanks to an abundance of new tech. Now days, even baby stuff is loaded with crazy new tech! Technology is moving fast, everybody knows this. There a growing number of innovators and thinkers that believe it's moving way too fast, especially when it comes to A.I.. Jeffery Hinton is one of these people.

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42:30

Toms New Laptop Is Ridiculous!!

The Hacks ·

2023/04/25

Odd's are, if you're working in the tech industry, you're also one of those people that still gets really nerdy when is comes time to get a new computer. Tom and Chunga are no different! Chunga is really jealous today. Tom just purchased a ridiculously cool new laptop! Plus, it has a new AMD processor that Tom claims is superior to Intels i9. In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga are allowing themselves to be gear heads and talk about stunning new laptop hardware. During his search for this

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50:26

Classified Information & 21-Year Old IT Admins

The Hacks ·

2023/04/19

The whole of the United States population has been scratching their collective heads for about a week now. Everyone wants to know how it's possible for a 21-year old IT guy to have access to the nations most sensitive and secret information. Some of this information is extremely damaging to the U.S. Government. Tom Hatch has a background in the U.S. Intelligence Community and feels a strong need to apologize on behalf of his former colleagues, who he says are honest, dedicated and very hard working

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46:49

Open Source: The Community Is Not The Customer

The Hacks ·

2023/04/11

Tom and Chunga were highly confused by last weeks episode of The Mandalorian. They came away from the story annoyed and wondering what happened! This confusion reminded each of them about a situation thats currently happening with Idem Project. In the world of open source software, there are always two distinct masters that need to be served. There's the open source community, and then there's the customer. Sometimes their needs align--most of the time they don't. In this episode of The Hacks, Tom

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45:27

What Tom Hatch Would Have Done Different

The Hacks ·

2023/04/04

Tom Hatch has had an incredible life! To be clear, his life has been no bed of roses but it has been remarkable. He's also had an amazing career as an innovator and thought leader. There are many who would say that Tom Hatch has changed the world. Tom loves meeting and talking with people at trade shows, conventions and while lecturing around the world. One of the most common questions that people ask when the meet Tom is "If you could, what would you do differently"? In this episode of The Hacks,

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39:51

How Do Good Programmers Get Past "Writers Block?

The Hacks ·

2023/03/28

Tom and Chunga have a problem. It's a problem they haven't had to face before on The Hacks. They're both--at the same time--dealing with a creative "block". For some reason, even though they're working hard to create a great episode for you to listen to, it isn't coming together! So... Lets make that the topic of todays episode! Writing software is an art form. For programmers, developers, and engineers, a creative block can be a serious problem. It can also be an issue that becomes more and more

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51:22

U.S. Government Hacked by Foreign Nation State!...

The Hacks ·

2023/03/21

For the longest time, Tom and Chunga have talked about the potential of a large scale breach of U.S. Government Infrastructure by a foreign country, and what the fallout would look like. Ultimately, Tom and Chunga were of the opinion that this type of intrusion would end up hurting the offending country economically and as a result, wouldn't be worth the effort. This past weekend, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced that the Federal Government has been hacked by an

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51:59

The SVB Meltdown and Tech Start Ups

The Hacks ·

2023/03/14

Tom and Chunga had just entered their respective studios to record this weeks episode of The Hacks, when BOOM! Breaking news reports started coming in saying that Silicon Valley Bank had just collapsed, which immediately changed the topic of the show! Tom has used SVB many times throughout his career. He even used it to start SaltStack! He's certainly not alone, most tech startups use this bank to launch their businesses. The failure of Silicon Valley Bank has sent shockwaves through the tech

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52:22

PyPi Found Stuffed With AWS Keys and Malware

The Hacks ·

2023/03/07

Chunga wants to give a quick shout out to programmers in the U.K.! Once again, a guy in England developed a scanning tool, and found 57 API access keys for AWS and a bunch of Malware in PyPi. Tom Forbes built this tool in Rust to automatically scan new packages released in PyPi, and many of the AWS keys he found grant full admin access to the key holder. Tom Hatch says there's a lot of similarities between the open source pipeline attacks back in the 1990's and whats happening with PyPi today. So,

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46:44

The Smallest Mis-Steps Lead To Catastrophe

The Hacks ·

2023/03/01

It's been a long, hard winter. The western U.S. is suffering from record breaking arctic weather and everyone is getting sick. Somehow Chunga has managed to avoid it--until now. He hasn't been sick since he had Covid 2-years ago! Tom says his timing is perfect because he's been following recent reports from the U.S. Intelligence Community that claim the Covid outbreak was the result of an "intended leak" from a research lab in China. Tom can draw a lot of parallels between this disaster and the tech

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48:20

Was a Major Wireless Provider Attacked Last Week?

The Hacks ·

2023/02/21

If you've been listening to The Hacks for any length of time, you know that Tom and Chunga LOVE a good conspiracy theory. So far, 2023 has given them a fountain of strange happenings, to keep their tin foil hats happy! T-Mobile (Tom and Chunga are both long time customers) suffered a major outage a few days ago that affected tens of millions of people. There were several additional wireless providers that got caught up in the mess as well. Normally, when an outage takes place, even when it's only

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40:34

Chat GPT, Is It Good Or Nah...

The Hacks ·

2023/02/14

In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga are talking about something they probably should've discussed before now. Chat GPT is taking the world by storm. It launched in early December 2022 and is already boasting more than a million users. Depending on who you talk to, Chat GPT is either a fantastic, world changing piece of software, or it's horrible. It's for dishonest cheaters and it's going to put army's of programmers out of work. So... Which is it? What do you think? Tom and Chunga have

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49:01

FBI Stops a Five Power Plant Terrorist Attack!

The Hacks ·

2023/02/07

Tom and Chunga have learned something about you! You REALLY don't like it when we talk about self driving cars. Sorry! A bonus episode to make up for it is coming soon! This episode of The Hacks however, is much more serious. This past week, the FBI has announced it was able to stop and large scale, simultaneous attack on 5 power plants in the Washington DC area. Experts say had this attack been successful, it would've devastated several cities. As many of you know, Tom has a previous life as a

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41:09

Tom Is Wrong! He's So Excited About It!

The Hacks ·

2023/01/31

Car lovers this episode is for you! Everyday in Chunga's city, (Las Vegas) there's a news story about some poor, unfortunate, soul crashing their electric car, while its in self drive mode. Because of this, Chunga is of the opinion that self driving cars are, in a word, a novelty. Toms opinion of them is even worse, and he owns a Tesla! He has said many times that self-driving cars can't be trusted and that he's completely lost hope that they ever be anything more that a gimmick. Well, this week,

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46:44

You've Been Laid Off! Now What?

The Hacks ·

2023/01/24

Tom has made a trip to Las Vegas to hang out with Chunga at Hacks HQ! It's too bad they couldn't be talking about something more fun. It's a scary time to be working in tech, we all know this. Layoff's are all too common and tech industry professionals, at every level, are worried. Ten of thousands have been laid off so far in 2023, with more no doubt on the way. Tom and Chunga have each been laid off at different times of their lives, and Tom has unfortunately had to be someone that has conducted

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