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17 Jan 202441min
The Charlie Brown Property of Software: Something Bad Will Eventually Happen
In this last recording for 2023, Mike and Erik talk about embarrassing things they've done at work over the years. These are mistakes, errors, screwups and mishaps and, yes, there will be swearing. ...
27 Dec 202338min
How To Swim with Sharks: An Interview with Chris Staszak
In this episode Mike and Erik talk to Chris Staszak who works for a startup investor in San Diego. Chris teaches the pair of hosts how to pitch startups to investors and also raises some of the common...
20 Dec 20231h 4min
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Liskov
This week on the show, Mike and Erik discuss the work of Barbara Liskov. Their discussion includes a tour through types, concurrency, and distributed systems. Liskov has had an incredible career spann...
13 Dec 20231h 3min
Cyber Crimes in the Early Days of Cloud Computing
Today on the show we welcome Scott Aker who regales us with a tale of a seedy group of hackers breaking into cloud compute services in order to steal compute power for their own nefarious aims. Scot...
6 Dec 202345min
Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich? An Entire Episode about Language Philosophy
This week Erik asks Mike what living person he'd want to meet and then volunteers a person he would _not_ want to meet, Ludwig Wittgenstein. Then Erik promises Mike that if they spend an hour talking ...
29 Nov 202356min
Kubernetes CPU Limits Got You Down? Come on down to our complaint clinic and we'll get you sorted out!
On this episode, Mike and Erik talk Kubernetes requests and limits as well as the Linux CPU scheduler. Erik complains impotently and Mike sagely breaks down the problem and then Erik complains some mo...
22 Nov 202350min
Disconnect from the Internet: the Morris Worm Is Out of Control! (A True Crime story!)
This week on the 35th anniversary of the infamous Morris Worm, Mike and Erik look back at this sensational true crime story. Computers will be disconnected from the internet and wiped clean! Network s...
15 Nov 202347min
