Mechanical Engineering at Oxide [chapter images]

Mechanical Engineering at Oxide [chapter images]

Bryan and Adam were joined by members of the Oxide mechanical engineering team to talk the mechanical challenges of building a rack-scale computer, and--in particular--of scaling manufacturing from just a few racks to hundreds. NOTE: Keep an eye on the chapter art for the pictures under discussion.

In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide Colleagues Elliott Donlon, Brooks Willis, Doug Wibben, and Ben Williams.


Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:

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  • [@M:SS](link into recording) Leventhal's Conundrum
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