Tag: the hacks

Jun 29, 2021

Developers and Unsustainable STRESS!

Developers are under constant pressure. Pressure to innovate, pressure to maintain, pressure to create something bigger and better than their previous offering, and on top of that–pressure to do all of it faster. Unfortunately, for many, that level…

Jun 22, 2021

Order From Chaos

Did you know that every operating system is born from the chaos of open source software? Chunga and Tom had a completely different show planned for today until Chunga started complaining about his MacBook Pro. No, there’s nothing wrong with it,…

Jun 15, 2021

The Most Pointless Cyber Attack Ever?!?

A few days ago EA Games, one of the world’s most successful video game companies was hacked by a group that stole the source code for a video game called FIFA 21. They also swiped the source code to a popular game engine called Frostbite. Currently,…

Jun 8, 2021

Building Corporate Open Source Muscle

Building corporate open source muscle… What does that mean? Every company carries a culture with it. In some cases, that culture is very long-term, which can make a change in direction–regardless of the reason–difficult. Sure, some companies can…

May 27, 2021

The Most Creative Cyber Attack Ever?

This episode of The Hacks may go down as Chunga’s all-time favorite! Have you heard the recent news story about a group of hackers that breached the infrastructure of a major casino? They were able to steal the personal information of many of…

May 18, 2021

The Evolution of DevOps

It doesn’t happen often, but occasionally, Tom and Chunga will talk about their personal lives on the show. Next week is a big week–Tom is getting married! Even though he’s completely preoccupied with last-minute wedding preparations, He’s making to…

May 11, 2021

Corruption In Open Source Communities

Have you heard about the professor from the University of Minnesota? Apparently, this guy thought it would be a good idea to submit code, with known security vulnerabilities, to the Linux Kernel in order to show how easy it is to get potentially…

May 4, 2021

Why Is SAAS So Misunderstood? (Part-2)

It’s time for part-2 of a conversation that was started in last week’s episode of The Hacks. Last week, Tom and Chunga asked the question–why is SAAS so misunderstood? In part-1, it was decided that at one point or another, everyone in the tech space…

Apr 28, 2021

Why Is SAAS So Misunderstood (Part-1)

Today on The Hacks, Tom and Chunga are talking about something that Chunga says is the most confused and misunderstood segment of the tech space. Why is this thing so misunderstood? Primarily because it’s so broad that everyone has their own…