Tag: the hacks

Jan 21, 2021

The Zen of Collaboration

Thomas Hatch has worn many hats throughout his young life. He’s a former member of the U.S. Intelligence community, he’s been a school teacher, started his own successful software company and invented Salt, one of the most popular open source…

Jan 12, 2021

Open Source Is a Double Edge Sword

We’re living in crazy and tumultuous times. 2021 has not gotten off to a great start. Because of this, Chunga wants to talk about something that he thinks is loved by everyone–open source. It’s like comfort food! Chunga calls open source the “roast…

Jan 5, 2021

Building a Culture of Cyber Awareness

Tom and Chunga are back from their long holiday break and they’re kicking off another exciting year of The Hacks! As you’re getting 2021 underway and settling back into your daily routine, now would be the perfect time to talk about building a culture…

Dec 15, 2020

Zero Touch Automation for DevOps

It’s the final show of 2020 and WOW, what a crazy year it’s been! What are Tom and Chunga talking about for their final episode of the year? Are they doing a big “2020 year in review”? No… Who wants to review 2020?!? In this final…

Dec 8, 2020

Tom & Chunga Play Spy Games

The holidays are upon us and The Hacks are having a hard time concentrating. Because of this, Tom and Chunga want to change things up a bit. They’re putting on their tinfoil hats and talking about Spy Games. Nation-states spy on each other. Let’s be…

Dec 1, 2020

Tech Companies Don't Understand Open Source

Tom and Chunga are fresh back from the Thanksgiving holiday and they’re talking about something that most tech industry executives claim to understand, but really don’t. Today’s episode is all about open source. It seems counter-intuitive to create a…

Nov 17, 2020

AI... Why can't we get this right?!

Recently, Tom and Chunga watched a viral video of a soccer (football) match being played in the U.K. This particular game was unique because they decided to replace the highly skilled, human, TV camera operators with robotic cameras. These cameras…

Nov 11, 2020

Ethical Hackers. Why the Hate?

In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga are talking about a group of people that aren’t very popular within the tech industry. At a minimum, most of these people are looked at with skepticism and raised eyebrows. In some cases, they’re actually…

Oct 27, 2020

It's Time for SaltConf20!

Once again, Tom and Chunga are proud to welcome Janae Andrus as their special guest for this episode of The Hacks. You may have heard that SaltConf20 is happening this Thursday, October 29th! Registration is completely FREE and you can get yourself…