How does Oxide think about the supply chain? FAQ Friday #54

A big thank you to @simonwillison.net for joining me and @bcantrill.bsky.social on Monday to discuss some major events in the world of AI in the past few weeks: the OpenAI-escaped Hugging Face intrusion, and the Kimi K3 frontier-class open-weights model. Also: Turkey attacks, Pope Leo, & the Zizians

It has been a WILD couple of weeks in AI -- it's clear the open weight revolution is truly upon us -- and I am thrilled to announce that @simonwillison.net will be joining @ahl.bsky.social and me to help us make sense of it all! Join us today, 5p Pacific! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

On Monday, @bcantrill.bsky.social and I spoke with Ramy Katrib about the art of digital storytelling. Pretty wide-ranging: from 4D Gaussian splats and photogammetry to the much needed HD restoration of Three's Company.

Oxide and Friends 7/20/2026 -- The Past, Present & Future of Digital Storytelling with Ramy Katrib

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We're back! Today on Oxide and Friends, @ahl.bsky.social and I are going to talk to DigitalFilm Tree's Ramy Katrib about the past, present, and future of digital storytelling -- and what that future means for the infrastructure that underpins it. Join us, 5p Pacific! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

How are we able to air cool the rack? FAQ Friday #52

Disappointing everyone, @ahl.bsky.social is out today -- which means our Oxide and Friends summer hiatus continues for one more week. But we will be back next week with a fun one; stay tuned!

Boris Gordon@boris.au · 4w ago

node, values, memory safety, rust, LLMs, drama … I can’t be the only one who thinks Oxide and Friends is uniquely positioned to break down the fable bun rewrite post. Do it for the kids @bcantrill.bsky.social

🦀 NEWLY ANNOUNCED Keynote Speaker: @bcantrill.bsky.social, CTO @oxide.computer On Sept 10, Bryan shares a glimpse into 7 years in with #rustlang. Bryan shares the honest arc: infatuation, honeymoon, ups, downs, and what Rust still needs. 🔗 sched.co/2KHuE Register: bit.ly/4eUTQ1g #rustconf

No Oxide and Friends today, as @ahl.bsky.social and I will be watching the @usmnt.ussoccer.com try to advance to the World Cup quarter finals for only the second time in history!

U.S. Soccer Men's National Team@usmnt.ussoccer.com · last mo.

IT'S ROUND OF 16 REDUX IN SEATTLE!

On this week's Oxide and Friends, @bcantrill.bsky.social and I were joined by @benleonard.bsky.social to talk about the amazing Oxide rack explorer (explorer.oxide.computer) he designed, turning CAD models into a 3D interactive site.

Oxide and Friends 6/22/2026 -- The Oxide 3D Explorer

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Recently, @oxide.computer rolled out an eye-popping 3D rack explorer at explorer.oxide.computer. Today, @ahl.bsky.social and I will be joined by designer extraordinaire, @benleonard.bsky.social, to describe the process behind realizing this dream! Join us, 2p Pacific discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

Oxide 3D Explorer

Explore the Oxide Cloud Computer in 3D. Navigate from rack to sleds to CPUs with guided tours of the components that make up the Cloud Computer.

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As promised!

Bryan Cantrill@bcantrill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tonight at the @oaklandballers.bsky.social game (sponsored by @oxide.computer!), my 19-year-old son and I will live out a shared dream: to go at it in the Knockerball Knockout in the 5th inning break. Come for the baseball -- but stay to watch me get knocked on my ass! tickets.oaklandballers.com

Tonight at the @oaklandballers.bsky.social game (sponsored by @oxide.computer!), my 19-year-old son and I will live out a shared dream: to go at it in the Knockerball Knockout in the 5th inning break. Come for the baseball -- but stay to watch me get knocked on my ass! tickets.oaklandballers.com

No Oxide and Friends this week -- but look for @ahl.bsky.social and me to be back next week at a Europe-friendly time; stay tuned!

We love Rust for how much the compiler helps enforce safety. But sometimes it's up to us to uphold the complex--and often unclear--expectations of what constitutes safety on our own. @sunshowers.io, joined me and @bcantrill.bsky.social to talk about the hardest type of unsafe Rust.

Oxide and Friend 6/8/2026 -- The Hardest Kind of Unsafe Rust

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Last week @bcantrill.bsky.social and I talked about the process of restoring a software project--BattleTris--untouched and unbuilt in over 20 years! How did LLMs help restore code Bryan started in the mid-1990s and what does that teach us about developing and maintaining software in the future?

Oxide and Friends 6/1/2026 -- This Old Repo: LLMs and the Restoration of BattleTris

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ICYMI, @sunshowers.io had a terrific blog entry last week -- and today, she joins @ahl.bsky.social and me on Oxide and Friends to discuss the blog entry, the work behind it, and the reaction to it. Join us, 5p Pacific today! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

rain 🌦️@sunshowers.io · 2mo ago

iddqd, or the hardest kind of unsafe Rust. My first post for the @oxide.computer blog! Goes deep into the pitfalls of unsafe Rust and how to reason about it. A lot of labor went into the post -- please have a read! oxide.computer/blog/iddqd-u...

Today @ahl.bsky.social and I are going to talk about the restoration of BattleTris -- and specifically, our use of LLMs in getting it working. Join us, 5p Pacific today! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

Bryan Cantrill@bcantrill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With my apologies to Delaware, BattleTris is now open source github.com/bcantrill/Ba...

With my apologies to Delaware, BattleTris is now open source github.com/bcantrill/Ba...

GitHub - bcantrill/BattleTris: Two-player networked tetris with a twist

Two-player networked tetris with a twist. Contribute to bcantrill/BattleTris development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Bryan Cantrill@bcantrill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We must be careful with our plans for BattleTris: the good people of Delaware hang in the balance

Reminded that invitations on LinkedIn could really use a "Get Restraining Order" button

Can't I just build my own cloud computer? FAQ Friday #47

Does it play Battletris?

Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2mo ago

The Sun Dreamstation was Sun Microsystems' brief and deeply confusing attempt to answer the question: What if a Sparcstation was also really good at Crazy Taxi?

New baseball episode just dropped share.transistor.fm/s/6098caad

Rooting for the Home Team with Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel | Oxide and Friends | Episode 12

Two years ago we introduced listeners to the Oakland Ballers, the startup returning baseball to the city of Oakland. Bryan and Adam were joined again by Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel to discuss the B...

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We must be careful with our plans for BattleTris: the good people of Delaware hang in the balance

Bryan Cantrill@bcantrill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A portentous reunion bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/05/25/a...

A portentous reunion bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/05/25/a...

Bryan Cantrill@bcantrill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

No podcast from @ahl.bsky.social and me this week, as we are both coming back from our college reunions (his 25th, my 30th) -- which we celebrated by resurrecting (and playing!) a local classic of that era. (And it's still fun as hell.)

Last week, @bcantrill.bsky.social were joined again by the founders of the @oaklandballers.bsky.social--that's right, another baseball episode! @oxide.computer is excited to announce both our sponsorship of the Ballers and our upcoming joint, baseball/tech hackathon!

Oxide and Friends 5/18/2026 -- Rooting for the Home Team with Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel

YouTube video by Oxide Computer Company

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Wrote a bit about why LLM-written text is so painful, even when the content itself is fine, and the importance of using your own voice jola.dev/posts/the-so...

No podcast from @ahl.bsky.social and me this week, as we are both coming back from our college reunions (his 25th, my 30th) -- which we celebrated by resurrecting (and playing!) a local classic of that era. (And it's still fun as hell.)

at oxide we have, straight up, the best openapi generation and management tooling in the world

conputer dipshit@davidcrespo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

and that's why you build your own OpenAPI client generator folks www.stainless.com/blog/stainle...

Today, Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel from the @oaklandballers.bsky.social return to Oxide and Friends, joining @ahl.bsky.social, @sdtuck.bsky.social and me to reveal some exciting collaborations with @oxide.computer! Join us, 5p Pacific today: discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...