Zac Smith

It would make multi-generation systems instead of buy a new kit and build a new kit. What Brian's doing at Oxide is super cool. You like that? Yeah, I mean, I love the rack scale concept there. Super timely and applicable. And he and his team have done just such a great job at building open, right?

It would make multi-generation systems instead of buy a new kit and build a new kit. What Brian's doing at Oxide is super cool. You like that? Yeah, I mean, I love the rack scale concept there. Super timely and applicable. And he and his team have done just such a great job at building open, right?

You know, like literally building a whole new computer versus just skipping a whole bunch of the hard stuff around firmware and bootloaders and related, which is awesome. Awesome. And I presume makes them super confident and running awesome computers for people. And I know that they've been able to offer a really high quality experience with these oxide racks because of that.

You know, like literally building a whole new computer versus just skipping a whole bunch of the hard stuff around firmware and bootloaders and related, which is awesome. Awesome. And I presume makes them super confident and running awesome computers for people. And I know that they've been able to offer a really high quality experience with these oxide racks because of that.

But I think there's also this opportunity for them to maybe think, and I don't know because I've not bought an oxide rack, but I'd love to. I'd love to have a reason to, which is to change the economic model too and allow people to subscribe to them, which I think would be super cool and really give them that competitive edge.

But I think there's also this opportunity for them to maybe think, and I don't know because I've not bought an oxide rack, but I'd love to. I'd love to have a reason to, which is to change the economic model too and allow people to subscribe to them, which I think would be super cool and really give them that competitive edge.

I'm sure they're thinking about it because Brian's super smart and thinks ahead about 15 steps. Yeah.

I'm sure they're thinking about it because Brian's super smart and thinks ahead about 15 steps. Yeah.

I mean, I know this well because I think the entire value proposition of Packet was built around this problem, which was how to normalize this super fragmented, disjointed system integration world and make it just work. Like how to turn on a bare metal computer a million times and get a success ratio of multiple nines, right? And the answer was...

I mean, I know this well because I think the entire value proposition of Packet was built around this problem, which was how to normalize this super fragmented, disjointed system integration world and make it just work. Like how to turn on a bare metal computer a million times and get a success ratio of multiple nines, right? And the answer was...

mainly not in physical hardware issues the answer was mainly in that bios doesn't work with that uefi with that nick with the firmware on the nick that you don't even know how to flash right with that hard drive on the nvme something or rather on something you know it's like it was a A little matrix of compatibility issues that you had to do. And so we solved it. I don't know, solved it.

mainly not in physical hardware issues the answer was mainly in that bios doesn't work with that uefi with that nick with the firmware on the nick that you don't even know how to flash right with that hard drive on the nvme something or rather on something you know it's like it was a A little matrix of compatibility issues that you had to do. And so we solved it. I don't know, solved it.

We worked on it and improved it through almost chaos style, like run thousands and thousands of boots and reinstalls and processes a day to find out these bugs. Right. But yeah, it's super frustrating. And you would get into like, oh, well, it's the Mellanox card. It's like, okay, well, it's Mellanox Connect X5. They're like, no, no, no. It's a Dell branded Mellanox. That's totally different.

We worked on it and improved it through almost chaos style, like run thousands and thousands of boots and reinstalls and processes a day to find out these bugs. Right. But yeah, it's super frustrating. And you would get into like, oh, well, it's the Mellanox card. It's like, okay, well, it's Mellanox Connect X5. They're like, no, no, no. It's a Dell branded Mellanox. That's totally different.

Like, wait, it's still Connect X5. They're like, no, no, no, no. It's a different one. Like, oh. So. Yeah. It's just a computer. Well, I tell my wife, I was like, she's like, what do you do every day? I was like, just making computers turn on and off. That's all we do.

Like, wait, it's still Connect X5. They're like, no, no, no, no. It's a different one. Like, oh. So. Yeah. It's just a computer. Well, I tell my wife, I was like, she's like, what do you do every day? I was like, just making computers turn on and off. That's all we do.

That's all we do.

That's all we do.

Not handy.

Not handy.