Tag: the hacks

Apr 5, 2022

Super Nerd Spotlight: Who is Dan Bernstein

Tom is hanging out in Las Vegas with Chunga! They’re working on a writing project together and while they were diligently grinding away, Tom came up with a great idea. Every so often, he wants to do an episode of The Hacks that focuses on an…

Mar 29, 2022

The Trinity of Open Source

Tom is in the process of writing a new book and (big shock) it’s about open source! More specifically, it’s called “The Trinity of Open Source”. So, what does that mean? Simply Put, The Trinity of Open Source is all about the natural balance between…

Mar 23, 2022

Is AMD Better Than Intel?

Tom has wanted to do this episode for weeks! Shortly before the Ukraine conflict broke out, he read a news article announcing that AMD had passed Intel in terms of market cap and now he wants to take a victory lap. Chunga says “they’ll be no shutting…

Mar 15, 2022

The SRE Crisis

In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga are talking about Tom’s latest innovation called IDEM and how this powerful new software is designed to solve what many are calling an SRE (Site Reliability Engineer)crisis and several other…

Mar 11, 2022

BONUS EPISODE The Economics of a Cyberattack

For the first time ever, The Hacks are releasing a bonus episode! Over the course of the past few episodes, Tom and Chunga have been talking about the history of technology in human conflict. They’ve also been discussing the role cyberattacks are…

Mar 9, 2022

Blueprint of a Large Scale Cyberattack

As you all know, we are living in historic times. In the last episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga started talking about the current conflict in Ukraine and how cyberattacks are predicted to play a major role. In this episode, They’re talking about…

Mar 1, 2022

Nation-State Cyberattack's & Hacker Groups

(Chunga’s Note: This episode of The Hacks was recorded last week, on 2/23/22. From the time of this recording, as you are no doubt aware, there have been some significant changes with regard to world events. As a result, some commentary may seem…

Feb 22, 2022

Writing Software That Actually Gets Used

Chunga is jealous of Tom today. Last week, Tom was invited to give two lectures at Utah State University. Both of these lectures were centered around writing software that will actually get used. Seems like a pretty simple concept, right? Don’t be so…

Feb 16, 2022

Digital Parenting At Home & Work--We Suck At It!

Tom Hatch has two, young daughters. While he does his best to control, and carefully monitor what they’re doing on the internet, he knows that there’s only so much he can do to keep his family, home, and infrastructure protected. Sadly, there are a…