Tag: the hacks

Jul 16, 2024

SO MANY CYBER-ATTACKS!!

Tom has lost his wallet! This has never happened before! If you find it, will you please let him know? Although his fresh back from his vacation, Tom is feeling anything but relaxed and recharged. In truth, he feels like he came home…

Jul 9, 2024

Companies use RTO to hide layoffs?!?

Tom is taking a much needed break. Before he left on his extended holiday, he and Chunga had a chat about the decline of remote work in the tech space. This is one of those rare subjects of which Tom and Chunga passionately disagree.Recently, it…

Jun 25, 2024

APPLE, OPEN AI, AND ELON

Chunga made an observation recently. He says we’re in the tech industry “silly season”! Every single day, there’s a new, completely crazy, earth-shattering story coming out of a big tech company, somewhere. Tom partially agrees with…

Jun 18, 2024

Data Center Drama

For a long time, Tom has wanted to do an episode of The Hacks that’s centered around what he refers to as data center “bloopers”. Chunga isn’t entirely sure what he means by this. Tom has always been amazed by the cathedral like way in which data…

Jun 11, 2024

Agile Software Is No Bueno!

Chunga saw an article a few days ago, and it really surprised him! This particular article said that agile software has had a 268% failure rate… 268%. While Chunga is shocked to his this news, Tom isn’t surprised at all! How is this possible from…

Jun 4, 2024

Done Is Better Than Perfect!

Tom loves to innovate, it’s who he is, and for him, its an unquenchable thrist. The pressure he puts on himself to create something new, is sometimes unhealthy. At the same time, Tom will also tell you that if he would’ve understood how hard it was…

May 28, 2024

The Cloud Shell Game

Hey everybody, its Toms birthday! Happy Birthday old man!! Today on The Hacks, Chunga wants to talk about tech’s dirty little secret. This secret, by the way, is how much of the tech industry actually survives! He’s talking about “shelfware” and…

May 21, 2024

Tom Hatch Exits Broadcom, But Will Stay With Salt Forever!

One thing that’s constant in life is change… It’s been a bittersweet few days to say the least. In this episode of The Hacks, Tom Hatch, the creator of Salt, talks with Chunga about the changes taking place in his life and announces his exit…

May 14, 2024

IBM Buys HashiCorp! Seismic Industry Shift, or... Meh.

It looks like the rumors were true! Recently, IBM announced that they are buying HashiCorp (and Terraform) for a cool 6.4 billion dollars, in cash. Tom and Chunga both find themselves asking the question, “Why did IBM choose to do this?” They already…