Tag: the hacks

Sep 10, 2021

The Freemium Up-sale Fallacy

In this episode of The Hacks, Tom & Chunga are talking about freemium software. When you think of freemium software, what comes to your mind? Is it Google? Maybe Facebook or a different social media platform? In the world of open source,…

Aug 31, 2021

Tom Talks About Tiamat!

Chunga is really surprised that he and Tom have never talked about Tiamat on The Hacks before. Especially considering how valuable it is within the world of Salt! Tiamat solves a fundamental problem with Python. As many of you know, Python is an…

Aug 25, 2021

SaltConf21 Why It's So Important to Salt and to you!!

SaltConf21 is happening on November 3rd and 4th this year, and once again, it’s going to be virtual. Registration is completely FREE and you reserve your spot right now at ! In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga talk about why SaltConf is so…

Aug 18, 2021

Tom's 3-Types of Managers

Tom Hatch has been around the block. When it comes to the world of Tech, he’s seen it all. Especially when it comes to the business side of the industry. Because he has so much experience, Tom has broken down corporate managers into three…

Aug 10, 2021

We Have a BIG Problem! The Tech Industry Can't Find Enough Talent!

You’ve seen it happening across all industries–companies are having substantial staffing problems and labor shortages. The tech industry is certainly not immune to this problem. Sadly within our space, it’s even worse. Currently, there are…

Jul 27, 2021

What Is Resource Gravity?

Tom wants to talk with Chunga about something called “Resource Gravity”. Have you ever heard of it? Simply put, resource gravity is a problem. It starts when a large piece of software is conceptualized and the construction of that software is too…

Jul 20, 2021

The Philosophy of Salt

We all know Tom Hatch is the guy who created Salt. Salt is arguably one of the most powerful automation & configuration management platforms ever created. However, most of us don’t really understand what the philosophy behind the product was when…

Jul 13, 2021

2D vs. 3D Thinking

In the last episode of The Hacks, Tom Hatch made a reference to a specific type of thought process. He was talking about 2D vs. 3D thinking. Tom first heard about this in the film Star Trek 2 “The Wrath of Kahn”. Ok, sure… It’s easy to laugh at, but…

Jul 7, 2021

The Tragedy of Being Normal

Recently, Tom Hatch was invited to the U.S. Army War College for a seminar focused on national security. While he was there, he attended a presentation from an author who was speaking about forming and asking better questions. The core of this speech…