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Oxide and Friends

Oxide Computer Company

Oxide hosts a weekly Discord show where we discuss a wide range of topics: computer history, startups, Oxide hardware bringup, and other topics du jour. These are the recordings in podcast form. Join us live (usually Mondays at 5pm PT) https://discord.gg/gcQxNHAKCB Subscribe to our calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/c_318925f4185aa71c4524d0d6127f31058c9e21f29f017d48a0fca6f564969cd0%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

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105:49

Oxide's $200M Series C

Oxide and Friends ·

2026/02/27

Oxide raised a truckload of capital a few weeks ago to fund the business for the foreseeable future. Bryan and Steve describe the raise, and Adam poses the best the best (and worst) questions scraped from Hacker News.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide CEO, Steve Tuck.Previously on Oxide and Friends:OxF s01e25 - Tales from the Bringup LabOxF s04e30 - Intel after GelsingerOxF s05e24 - Oxide’s $100M Series BOxF s02e18 - Silicon Valley Bank with Eric

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83:23

Shell Game with Evan Ratliff

Oxide and Friends ·

2026/02/12

Evan Ratliff, journalist and podcaster, joined Bryan and Adam to talk about his extraordinary podcast, Shell Game, in which he started a company staffed exclusively by agentic AI.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, our special guest was Evan Ratliff.Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:Shell GameEvan on This American LifeMIT Review: Moltbook was peak AI theater"Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!"The Startup Chronicles - HurumoAIPRs needed!If we got

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54:52

Software Engineering Past, Present, and Future with...

Oxide and Friends ·

2026/02/07

Bryan and Adam were joined by Grady Booch, software engineering pioneer and living legend, to speak about the past present and future of software engineering. History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme!In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by special guest, Grady Booch.Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them (some LLM assistance):SAGE as foundational real-time distributed systemSoftware crisis demand outpaced ability to build reliable

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92:36

Engineering Rigor in the LLM Age

Oxide and Friends ·

2026/01/15

What do LLMs mean for the future of software engineering? Will vibe-coded AI slop be the norm? Will software engineers simply be less in-demand? Rain and David join Bryan and Adam to discuss how rigorous use of LLMs can make for much more robust systems.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Rain Paharia, and David Crespo.Previously, on Oxide and Friends:OxF s03e08 – Does a GPT future need software engineersOxF s04e04 – HeliosOxF s05e28 – Systems Software in the

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99:06

Predictions 2026!!

Oxide and Friends ·

2026/01/08

Time for the annual predictions episode! Bryan and Adam were joined by frequent future-ologists Simon Willison, Steve Klabnik, and Ian Grunert to review past predictions and peer into the future. If any of these predictions come to fruition, it's going to be an interest 1, 3, or 6 years!In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers included Simon Willison, Steve Klabnik, and Ian Grunert.Previously on Oxide and Friends:OxF s04e02 – Open Source LLMs with Simon WillisonOxF s02e23

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87:51

OxF 2025 Wrap-Up

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/12/21

Bryan and Adam reflect on Oxide and Friends in 2025--favorite moments, episodes, and images. Happy new year and see you in 2026!Your hosts are Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal.Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:RFD 576: Using LLMs at Oxide (hacker news comments)OxF: Oxide and Friends 6/2/2025 -- AI Discourse with Steve Klabnik (around 1:08:00)Shell Game podcastOxF s05e12 – Hell is other networks — April 4, 2025"No Egress" was a ChatGPT joke!OxF s05e33 – A Grown-up

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60:37

Death by Uptime

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/12/08

We hit a new (and disturbing!) failure mode recently when a production rack that had been up for several months saw every (!) compute sled's service processor become simultaneously unresponsive. Bryan and Adam were joined by the members of the Oxide team who debugged the vexing issue -- and reached its surprising root cause.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide colleagues, Cliff Biffle, Matt Keeter, and Will Chandler.Previously, on Oxide and Friends:OxF

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81:04

Grown-up ZFS Data Corruption Bug

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/11/26

Hey hey! We recently tripped over a ZFS data corruption bug–introduced over 18 years ago! Bryan and Adam discuss with members of the Oxide team as well as Matt Ahrens, the co-inventor of ZFS.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers included Alan Hanson, Matt Keeter, Andy Fiddaman, James MacMahon, and special guest, Matt Ahrens.Previously, on Oxide and Friends:OxF s4e6 - Crucible: the Oxide Storage ServiceOxF s5e28 - Systems Software in the LargeSome of the topics we hit

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88:37

Founder vs. Investor with Liz Zalman and Jerry Neumann

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/11/22

Oxide founders, Bryan and Steve, as well as Oxide investor, Seth Winterroth, were joined by Liz Zalman and Jerry Neumann, authors of the book Founder vs. Investor, discussing the collaboration and conflict in company formation. Adam was also present.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, our guests included Liz Zalman, Jerry Neumann, Seth Winterroth (Oxide investor), and Steve Tuck (Oxide founder / CEO).Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:Founder vs

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97:52

Futurelock

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/11/07

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

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80:51

Books in the Box V

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/10/31

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

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80:56

AI in Higher Education with Michael Littman

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/10/17

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

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104:57

Systems Software in the Large

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/09/25

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

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90:06

Scaling Manufacturing

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/09/19

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 1Some of the

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85:04

Technological Revolutions with Jerry Neumann

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/09/18

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 AgePRs

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86:00

The Promises of Tech with Scott Hanselman

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/08/15

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 ComputersOxF s02e18 - Books in the Box ReduxOxF s05e10 - Lip‑Bu Tan’s IntelSome of the topics we hit on, in

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92:05

Oxide's $100M Series B

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/08/09

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 IntelOxF s03e04 - Oxide and the Chamber of MysteriesOxF s04e27 - Unshrouding Turin (or Benvenuto a Torino)OxF s05e14 - Bringing up

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103:36

Adventures in Data Corruption

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/07/10

Two years ago, the Oxide team encountered data corruption during a fairly simple network data transfer. The ensuing debugging sessions uncovered a truly bizarre bug involving CPU speculation! Bryan and Adam were joined by colleagues John and Rain to discuss the discovery and circuitous hunt to track down the bug.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers included John Gallagher, and Rain Paharia.Previous episodes mentioned:OxF s03e09 - Get You a State Machine for Great

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113:35

When Async Attacks!

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/06/27

What happens when the Oxide API is slow? A podcast episode! More specifically, one about how the team employed all manner of debugging techniques to track it down to one obscure and configurable async runtime feature! Bryan and Adam were joined by members of the team to talk about that journey and the tools we used (and made!) along the way.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide colleagues, Dave Pacheco, Eliza Weisman, and Augustus Mayo.Previous episodes

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103:18

Diving In with Robert Bogart

Oxide and Friends ·

2025/06/19

On the heels of Bryan's blog post about the similarities between aspiring college athletes finding a team and entrepreneurs raising a round of capital, Bryan and Adam were joined by Robert Bogart to discuss his own experiences with both--and the life lesson accrued along the way.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by special guest, Robert Bogart.College Baseball, Venture Capital, and the Long MaybeOxF: Debugger‑Driven DevelopmentAnthony Ervin – WikipediaEddie

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