RFDs--Requests for Discussion--are how we at Oxide discuss... just about everything! Technical design, hardware component selection, changes in process, culture, interview systems, (even) chat--we have RFDs for all of these, over 500 in a bit under 5 years. Bryan and Adam were joined by Oxide colleagues instrumental to RFDs, from their most prolific author to those making them more consumable.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide colleagues, Robert Mustacchi, David Crespo, Ben Leonard, and Augustus Mayo.Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:We're sorry, GermanyOxide RFD siteRFD 1: Requests for DiscussionA Tool for Discussion (Oxide blog post from Ben)Sun PSARC casesThe Queen's DuckThe Hairy ArmJoyent RFDsRFC-3AsciiDocJoyent RFD 77OxF: Hiring Processes with Gergely OroszOxide RFD API... with it's CLI generated by progenitor... which we talked about some on OxF here and here"Own your strategic weirdness"RFD 113: Engineering Determination, or how we close out RFDsIf we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!
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How does it feel to be doing this from the morning?
Ben, great question. I got to say, the sun is pouring into this room at Oxide. I don't think I quite realized how much absolutely nuclear bomb direct sun exposure this thing gets in the morning. So I'm kind of like hiding a little bit in the shade, but it is glorious. I got to tell you, I got my morning cup of coffee. I'm really excited for this.
How does it feel for us to be doing this at a time that includes you? I'm so sorry. This is good. Can you hear me? Adam from Italy. Yes. Yes. I mean, don't take this the wrong way, Adam, but I think you, I think you sound better than you do in Alameda. I mean, I think so too. I have a upgraded microphone for, for this.
I just want to make clear that I'm not accusing you of using an AI-generated photo of Italy. I'm just saying the photo that you posted is a little on the nose for what a generative AI might imagine that Italy would look like. It's just a little too on brand.
If you spent any time in a European Airbnb, regardless of the country, you know that they always have a large canvas of a black and white scene of London with a colorized red bus. So I think that's the first clue that this is not actually Italy.
You just got some things that are not adding up. I do, I gotta say, I love the European window dimensions. I love the tall, narrow windows. That's nice. It's a very European thing. You know, I think it's like, that's how the AI knew to generate in Europe.
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'm loving this. I have managed to offend all of our German listeners. We apologize, Germany. Exactly. A message to our German community from Oxide and Friends. You know, apology videos have kind of gotten... I'm trying to bring apology videos back. I just feel like, guys, I can't believe we have to have this episode. I never thought I'd be saying this, but...
Germany, I'm so sorry for what Brian did. I think I'm making it worse.
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