Ben Leonard

Okay. Yeah. I know another very European thing. When I was going through airport security in Germany, they pulled out this microphone and wanted to have a chat about microphones. Are they, are they listeners to the pod? Are they like, now they are. I, I, I'm just one person at a time. We'd be like, even to baseball one. Yeah.

Okay. Yeah. I know another very European thing. When I was going through airport security in Germany, they pulled out this microphone and wanted to have a chat about microphones. Are they, are they listeners to the pod? Are they like, now they are. I, I, I'm just one person at a time. We'd be like, even to baseball one. Yeah.

I am really excited for this. Me too. This feels like another long time coming kind of episode.

I am really excited for this. Me too. This feels like another long time coming kind of episode.

Mr. I read the comments in social media. we are talking about oxide requests for discussion, which is, you know, we were talking about what to name this episode and you stumbled onto, I think the backbone of oxide. And that is just so spot on.

Mr. I read the comments in social media. we are talking about oxide requests for discussion, which is, you know, we were talking about what to name this episode and you stumbled onto, I think the backbone of oxide. And that is just so spot on.

It is the mechanism by which we make all kinds of decisions, decisions about the product, about the company, the way we articulate ideas, articulate research is really the durable entity that has been with Oxide from very, very early on.

It is the mechanism by which we make all kinds of decisions, decisions about the product, about the company, the way we articulate ideas, articulate research is really the durable entity that has been with Oxide from very, very early on.

In fact, the longer they live, I think is what you're getting at. Some of these ones that we wrote ages and ages ago have become really essential to understand where we were, which is not to diminish the value of the ones that we're still writing, but it's really proving its value as we look back and as these things age.

In fact, the longer they live, I think is what you're getting at. Some of these ones that we wrote ages and ages ago have become really essential to understand where we were, which is not to diminish the value of the ones that we're still writing, but it's really proving its value as we look back and as these things age.

So, um, but if we may, well, if I may, if, well, uh, so I want to get in the history, but I, I, a quick quiz question for you. Cause I was looking back at RFD one, RFD one describes the RFD process. Yes. Uh, do you, do you, do you know when that was written? Because obviously it was very early in the company's history. Would you want to guess on when that was?

So, um, but if we may, well, if I may, if, well, uh, so I want to get in the history, but I, I, a quick quiz question for you. Cause I was looking back at RFD one, RFD one describes the RFD process. Yes. Uh, do you, do you, do you know when that was written? Because obviously it was very early in the company's history. Would you want to guess on when that was?

The company started on September 9th, 2019. So the commit message was October 18th, 2019. So maybe you're waiting for a corporation.

The company started on September 9th, 2019. So the commit message was October 18th, 2019. So maybe you're waiting for a corporation.

There you go. Certainly before money was in the bank or lots of other stuff. But it was like, you've got to be one of the first things you did.

There you go. Certainly before money was in the bank or lots of other stuff. But it was like, you've got to be one of the first things you did.

Yeah. And so, yeah, but instead you got the oxide office, which is barely heated, but that's a, that's a subject of a, of a different podcast.

Yeah. And so, yeah, but instead you got the oxide office, which is barely heated, but that's a, that's a subject of a, of a different podcast.

It's so interesting to hear you say that because I felt like at the time, Uh, I'm not sure I remember it the same way. Like I remember there was certainly parts of it that were valuable and parts of it, which felt like a trip to like the DMV or like global entry.

It's so interesting to hear you say that because I felt like at the time, Uh, I'm not sure I remember it the same way. Like I remember there was certainly parts of it that were valuable and parts of it, which felt like a trip to like the DMV or like global entry.