Bryan Cantrill

you want to talk a little bit about like the just as a very concrete example i'm not sure if you want to take the this recent t6 problem and or this recent lr dim problem and or both as i kind of i just say another actually no but before we do that actually yes or good no thank you actually let me back up because i actually have a different question i want to ask you then we'll get to those

you want to talk a little bit about like the just as a very concrete example i'm not sure if you want to take the this recent t6 problem and or this recent lr dim problem and or both as i kind of i just say another actually no but before we do that actually yes or good no thank you actually let me back up because i actually have a different question i want to ask you then we'll get to those

Because one of the things that I definitely appreciate about, again, the way you think about the system is, and I know other people have appreciated it as well, is your ability to seemingly see around corners. And the number of times I will hit an issue

Because one of the things that I definitely appreciate about, again, the way you think about the system is, and I know other people have appreciated it as well, is your ability to seemingly see around corners. And the number of times I will hit an issue

And then I go into an old RFD of yours where it's like, I look under my chair and like, oh my God, Robert has already written a dissertation on this exact issue that I've grappled with and that I even read at the time, but didn't really appreciate.

And then I go into an old RFD of yours where it's like, I look under my chair and like, oh my God, Robert has already written a dissertation on this exact issue that I've grappled with and that I even read at the time, but didn't really appreciate.

How do you – I mean, because I feel it's like a real – I mean, it's a tremendous gift, for lack of a better word, to be able to kind of project a system into the future and anticipate some of the issues that we're going to hit on a system that's not yet built. Do you have any tricks for doing that? I mean, is that – how do you do it?

How do you – I mean, because I feel it's like a real – I mean, it's a tremendous gift, for lack of a better word, to be able to kind of project a system into the future and anticipate some of the issues that we're going to hit on a system that's not yet built. Do you have any tricks for doing that? I mean, is that – how do you do it?

Um, it would make a lot of sense though, if you did like, you know, maybe that now might be the time.

Um, it would make a lot of sense though, if you did like, you know, maybe that now might be the time.

When I also think that this is where the amount of time you spent in the details just really helps inform your engineering wisdom. I mean, just to give you a really concrete example of your wisdom and how we benefited from it recently, we had a Murata Power Shelf issue. that Eric Austin and our team had done a terrific job debugging. And Eric is like, I think this is a control loop issue.

When I also think that this is where the amount of time you spent in the details just really helps inform your engineering wisdom. I mean, just to give you a really concrete example of your wisdom and how we benefited from it recently, we had a Murata Power Shelf issue. that Eric Austin and our team had done a terrific job debugging. And Eric is like, I think this is a control loop issue.

And I think we're going to need, we're going to get a firmware drop from Murata that fixes this. And I remember thinking like, wow, that is, I mean, in some ways that'd be great. But this is a problem that we definitely needed to resolve. Murata did a great job, resolved it. And fortunately, we had a mechanism that, We had not built anything on top of. We had not built any of the software.

And I think we're going to need, we're going to get a firmware drop from Murata that fixes this. And I remember thinking like, wow, that is, I mean, in some ways that'd be great. But this is a problem that we definitely needed to resolve. Murata did a great job, resolved it. And fortunately, we had a mechanism that, We had not built anything on top of. We had not built any of the software.

But the actual PowerShell itself had a mechanism to update its software. And that's something that you really believed in strongly when we were looking at PowerShell selection. I just think it's an example of what I mean of where...

But the actual PowerShell itself had a mechanism to update its software. And that's something that you really believed in strongly when we were looking at PowerShell selection. I just think it's an example of what I mean of where...

not just evaluating the artifact you have in front of you, but what could potentially go wrong with this where we would need to be able to update the firmware on a PSU that is not necessarily the first thing that a lot of people would think about. And You kind of have to have a certain kind of quantity of scar tissue to really be able to think about it. And for many years, we didn't need it.

not just evaluating the artifact you have in front of you, but what could potentially go wrong with this where we would need to be able to update the firmware on a PSU that is not necessarily the first thing that a lot of people would think about. And You kind of have to have a certain kind of quantity of scar tissue to really be able to think about it. And for many years, we didn't need it.

For many years, it would have felt like, well, I don't know, maybe this firmware always does work. But now, of course, we do need it. But we were able to build on top of it, and it's all worked, and we were able to upgrade the firmware. It was terrific. But it was a great example of you really saw around a very important corner.

For many years, it would have felt like, well, I don't know, maybe this firmware always does work. But now, of course, we do need it. But we were able to build on top of it, and it's all worked, and we were able to upgrade the firmware. It was terrific. But it was a great example of you really saw around a very important corner.