Oxide and Friends

• Shootout at the CNCF Corral

  Last week the kerfuffle between Synadia and CNCF, tussling over the ownership and futures of NATS, bled into the public. The outcome may cast a long shadow for open source and for the CNCF. Bryan and Adam were joined by Rachel Stephens and Adam Jacob to discuss how we got here and possible outcomes.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Rachel Stephens Adam Jacob, and Eliza Weisman.Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:Goats in sweatersCNCF Slide: Why You Should Host Your Project at CNCFCNCF NATS documentsNATS GitHub discussionThe uncashed $10k checkCNCF landscapeCNCF blog on NATS / SynadiaSynadia response to the CNCFPostscript:The CNCF updated its blog with proof that the ACH transfer of $10,000 was completed [still very funny! -ahl].Derek Collison--as reported by Runtime News--has agreed to transfer the NATS trademark to the CNCF "because we just feel that the damage to the ecosystem and the ugliness is not worth it for anyone."If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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• Bringing up Cosmo

  Oxide is bringing up its next generation server. To discuss the (amazingly smooth) bringup process, Bryan and Adam were joined by members of the oxide team. Tales of adversity, re-work, un-re-work, and triumph!In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide colleagues Nathanael Huffman, Ian Sobering, Matt Keeter, and Aaron Hartwig.We mentioned quite a few terms! Here's a helpful guide:Cosmo - Oxide’s next-generation sled (currently in development) with an AMD Turin CPUGimlet - Oxide’s current-generation sled with an AMD Milan CPUTurin - AMD Epyc 9005 SeriesMilan - AMD Epyc 7003 SeriesGenoa - AMD Epyc 9004 Series (Oxide chose to skip this generation)Sequencing - the precise control of when power rails are energized throughout a PCBSled - One of the (max 32) computers in an Oxide rack; a custom form-factor optimized for power and cooling efficiencyIBC - Intermediate Bus Converter (Our 54VDC -> 12VDC converter)RoT - Root of TrustSP - Service Processor, the small computer (running Hubris) that allows for low-level controlIgnition - An even lower-level control network for power management (including power of the SP)Ruby - The AMD reference platform (Oxide has used this to prepare Cosmo software in advance of bringup)DC-SCM - https://www.opencompute.org/documents/ocp-dc-scm-spec-rev-1-0-pdf and OpenCompute standard form factor.Grapefruit - OCP DC-SCM form-factor board with our SP, RoT, and FPGA on it, used to replace the OCP DC-SCM baseboard management controller in the Ruby platform.Cadence - Software Oxide previously used for PCB designAltium - Software Oxide now uses for PCB designHubris - Oxide’s embedded operating system, run on the SP and RoTHumility - The Hubris debuggerPLM - Product Lifecycle Management – a class of software used for managing hardware BOMsBOM - Bill of Materials – the components required to build a hardware productRFK - Our colleague, Robert Keith (to distinguish him from our other colleague, Robert, and our former colleague, Keith)FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array – Also referred to as “soft logic” – effectively programmable hardwareILA - Integrated Logic AnalyzerJTAG - A debugging interface for various processorsUART - A serial port or connectionFor previous tales from the bringup lab:Tales from the bringup labMore tales from the bringup labBringup Lab Chronicles: A Measurement Two Years in the MakingRaiding the MinibarIf we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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• Character Limit with Kate Conger and Ryan Mac

  Bryan and Adam have been gushing for months over Character Limit, the fantastic book by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac about Elon Musk's haphazard and disastrous takeover of Twitter. They're joined by the authors themselves to discuss the book, Musk, DOGE, and some of the Character Limit unreleased B-sides.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, our guests were Ryan Mac and Kate Conger.If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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• Hell is other networks

  An Oxide customer encountered a peculiar issue at the intersection of their Oxide network and their broader network. Bryan and Adam were joined by several members of the Oxide team who collaborated to investigate and--ultimately--solve the problem using a combination of tooling, intuition, and dark knowledge.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide colleagues, Levon Tarver, Alan Hanson, Will Chandler, and Trey Aspelund.Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:PRs needed!If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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• Raiding the Minibar

  Much of the work at Oxide goes into hardware and software used to build and test the eventual product. Bryan and Adam were joined by Ian, Doug, and Nathanael to talk about "Minibar", a rig for connecting up an Oxide server (code name: Gimlet) for manufacturing and internal use. Triumphs and catastrophes including stabbing a connector with a guide pin and bringup mishaps!In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers included Ian Sobering, Doug Wibben, and Nathanael Huffman,Some other, related Oxide and FriendsOxF: Cabling the BackplaneOxF: The Network Behind the NetworkOxF: The Power of ProtoboardsImages from the show:

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