Tag: the hacks

Oct 3, 2023

Distributed Computing, No Universal Remedy

Somehow, while watching Tom eat a sandwich, Chunga managed to equate Toms lunch to Kubernetes and containerization. Once again proving–Chunga is a genius. Tom says Kubernetes has its place and purpose, but it has fallen far short of the intense hype…

Sep 26, 2023

Social Engineering and Casino Hacks!

Have you been following this story in the news? A few days ago, MGM Resorts and Ceasars Palace suffered massive cyber-attacks, just days apart! Although they were close in timing and proximity, each company handled their respective attack differently….

Sep 19, 2023

The Key To Innovation Longevity

Last week, Tom lost someone who was central figure in his life. Dr. Micheal Grady was a professor of at Southern Utah University and was a personal mentor of Tom’s. In truth, he wasn’t just a mentor. Dr. Grady was the first person to recognize Toms…

Sep 12, 2023

Toms Love of Quantum Computing!

WOW! The Hacks has been extra technical lately! With all the drama surrounding changes to open source licensing at HashiCorp, and source code restricitions at Red Hat, recent Hacks episodes have been…well, complex and heavy. Tom…

Sep 5, 2023

Our Dangerous Appetite For Computer Chips

As you all know, the U.S. Government has announced a crackdown on Chinese computer chip manufacturers. There is currently an effort underway to restrict and in some cases completely eliminate the sale of Chinese made computer chips to U.S. owned…

Aug 29, 2023

Long Term Maintainership and Consortium Forking

Open Source madness continues! With all of the changes taking place within a few of the worlds largest open source offerings, many are starting to ask lots of questions. A bunch of those questions are about long term maintainership and how their…

Aug 24, 2023

The Open Source Licensing Mess. How Did We Get Here?!?

There’s been a ton of craziness in the open source space lately. In the last episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga were talking about the fallout from Red Hat and HashiCorp making changes to their source code access, and licensing. During that episode,…

Aug 22, 2023

Red Hat, HashiCorp Fallout and The Future of Open Source.

In this episode of The Hacks, Chunga wants to talk with Tom about what he calls “the open source elephant in the room”. Recently, there’s been a dramatic shift in the way open source software is licensed, funded and consumed. A few weeks ago,…

Aug 8, 2023

What is LK-99 and Why Are People Freaking Out!?

There’s a lot going on in the world right now. Tom and Chunga almost have too much to talk about, and they don’t know where to start! Tom says they should start with what he thinks is the biggest, most important, potentially life changing thing that’s…