Our $445M Series D -- and a wild milestone
https://oxide.computer/blog/our-445m-series-d

Today on Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I will be joined by Noah Harlan to talk about his work on wicked problems.

Wicked problems are those that defy easy solutions -- or even concrete characterization. These problems often represent our greatest societal ills, and can be despairing to work on. But wicked though they may be, progress CAN be made on these problems -- and technologists can serve a critical role.
Join us, 5p Pacific today!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1556704969623732425

Fool's Expertise
https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/27/fools-expertise/

The contagion of fear
https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/13/the-contagion-of-fear/

Slides from my keynote this morning at @rustconf on the history of Rust at @oxidecomputer; video to come!

https://speakerdeck.com/bcantrill/rust-in-sickness-and-in-health

I learned about https://www.pangram.com/ from @ahl and @bcantrill on the Oxide and Friends podcast while doing some yardwork today. Max Spero, Pangram CEO, joined the two of them to talk about detecting AI-generated text and images.

The story he told on the pod was good enough that I signed up for Pangram to try it out. Remarkably good -- confirms my strong beliefs on a bunch of online text.

I much prefer to follow and read real humans with real thoughts. Useful new tool in the kit.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@bcantrill/117220486316266236

Bryan makes important points, then veers into a convincing Pangram testimonial. Oxide is now requiring public statements to be Pangram-negative.

#clankerslop

The revolt of the reader
https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/05/the-revolt-of-the-reader/

As LLM use has spread, AI detection has become increasingly important: many human readers wish to know that the content that they are laboring to read was, in fact, human-authored!

On the next episode of Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I will be joined by Max Spero, the co-founder and CEO of Pangram Labs. Join us for what promises to be a lively discussion about the current and pressing problem of AI detection.

Join us, Monday, 5p Pacific:

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1543816194182750339

Today @ahl and I are going to be joined by Steve Karam from @oxidecomputer's product assurance team, who put in front of himself a tremendous challenge: could we somehow emulate an entire Oxide rack? And... how faux can we go?! Join us for the astonishing answert, today 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1541523899886469150

Several years ago, we did something that (to the best of our knowledge) no computer company has ever done: we described -- in detail -- our experience getting EMC compliance.

https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/oxide-and-the-chamber-of-mysteries

Our updated hardware (and especially, our Turin-based compute sleds) have necessitated a return to the Chamber of Mysteries -- and on today's episode, the hardware team joins us again to regale us with the tales from their new adventures. Join us, 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1536914724183343174

It has been a WILD couple of weeks in AI -- it's clear the open weight revolution is truly upon us -- and I am thrilled to announce that Simon Willison will be joining @ahl and me to help us make sense of it all! Join us today, 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1531357478363726007

We're back! Today on Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I are going to talk to DigitalFilm Tree's Ramy Katrib about the past, present, and future of digital storytelling -- and what that future means for the infrastructure that underpins it.

Join us live at 5p Pacific:

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1520174255017431100

Recorded and syndicated as always!

Recently, @oxidecomputer rolled out an eye-popping 3D rack explorer at https://explorer.oxide.computer/. Today, @ahl and I will be joined by designer extraordinaire, Ben Leonard, to describe the process behind realizing this dream of turning CAD drawings into something you can twirl on a website.

Join us at a special time: 2p Pacific/5p Eastenr/10p London

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1518629059427569794

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@rain/116681245175413548

ICYMI, @rain had a terrific blog entry last week -- and today, she joins @ahl and me on Oxide and Friends to discuss the blog entry, the work behind it, and the reaction to it. Join us, 5p Pacific today!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1513573369495421038

Last week, I wrote about using LLMs to restore an old computer game I wrote in college:

https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/05/25/a-portentous-reunion/

Over the weekend, I made it open source:

https://github.com/bcantrill/BattleTris

Today on the podcast, @ahl and I are going to talk about the restoration of BattleTris, how LLMs were invaluable in getting it working again quickly -- and what it might mean for the way we think of the longevity of software.

Join us, 5p Pacific today!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1511056219710820613

A portentous reunion

https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/05/25/a-portentous-reunion/

Today on Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I will be joined by our colleagues to tell the tale of Reverso, an interesting (and deceptively simple!) piece of hardware that has proved essential to scaling manufacturing. Join us today, 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1503458376745484318

LLMs are changing every aspect of higher education, but perhaps none more so than computer science, where LLMs inflame the age-old tension between the thrill of building and the importance of first-principles understanding. Today, @ahl and I will be joined by Brown University CS professors Shriram Krishnamurthi and Kathi Fisler to talk about their experience teaching an agentic AI course -- and what it might bode for the future of CS education.

Join us, 5p Pacific today! https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1500866494588780544

On Monday's episode, @ahl and I will be joined by @oxidecomputer's mechanical engineering team to talk about their work on the manufacturability, reliability, serviceability, and (yes!) safety of the Oxide rack.

Join us, at a special time of 3p Pacific Monday:

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1497346726179373319