Bryan Cantrill

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.

Just asking yourself that question for all these. Because, I mean, as a result, like we did, I mean, the fact that we did our own PowerShell controller, which is not necessarily the first thing that I think other people would think about. And, I mean, Murata, I would say Murata, some other PowerShell players,

Just asking yourself that question for all these. Because, I mean, as a result, like we did, I mean, the fact that we did our own PowerShell controller, which is not necessarily the first thing that I think other people would think about. And, I mean, Murata, I would say Murata, some other PowerShell players,

uh manufacturers had different opinions about us doing that um and uh it was a real tribute part of the the reason that we have a great relationship with marauders because they were willing to accommodate the fact that we're like no we're we're chucking out your power shelf control we want to do our own um

uh manufacturers had different opinions about us doing that um and uh it was a real tribute part of the the reason that we have a great relationship with marauders because they were willing to accommodate the fact that we're like no we're we're chucking out your power shelf control we want to do our own um

And that was a very, very, very good decision because it gave us control over – and not just the ability to update the firmware, although also that too now, but just the level of observability into a part of the system that doesn't generally get that kind of observability.

And that was a very, very, very good decision because it gave us control over – and not just the ability to update the firmware, although also that too now, but just the level of observability into a part of the system that doesn't generally get that kind of observability.