About this episode
Bryan Cantrill discusses the challenges and innovations in cloud computing and hardware with a focus on Oxide Computer's approach.
Bryan Cantrill is the co-founder and CTO of Oxide Computer Company. We discuss why the biggest cloud providers don't use off the shelf hardware, how scaling data centers at samsung's scale exposed problems with hard drive firmware, how the values of NodeJS are in conflict with robust systems, choosing Rust, and the benefits of Oxide Computer's rack scale approach. This is an extended version of an interview posted on Software Engineering Radio. Transcript available here Related links Oxide Computer Oxide and Friends Illumos Platform as a Reflection of Values RFD 26 bhyve CockroachDB Heterogeneous Computing with Raja Koduri
People in this episode
Guest: Bryan Cantrill
Topics covered
- cloud computing
- hardware
- data centers
- NodeJS
- Rust
- rack scale computing
Keywords
- Oxide Computer
- firmware
- scaling
- robust systems
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Rust, Oxide Computer, NodeJS, CockroachDB
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