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Oxide Computer Company https://oxide.computer/ https://oxide.computer/ “True rack-scale design, bringing cloud hyperscale innovations around density, efficien

by prrls 6y ago

Oxide Computer Company https://oxide.computer/ https://oxide.computer/ “True rack-scale design, bringing cloud hyperscale innovations around density, efficiency, cost, reliability, manageability, and security to everyone running on-premises compute infrastructure.” Corey Quinn interviewed the founders on his podcast "Screaming in the Cloud", where they explain the need for innovation in that space. https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/hyperscaler-infrastructure-for-the-masses-with-jessie-frazelle-steve-tuck-and-bryan-cantrill-of-oxide-computing/ https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud... Basically, on-premises hardware is years behind what companies like Facebook and Google have in-house, it may be time to close that gap. They also have a podcast, "On The Metal", which is such a joy to listen to. Their last episode with Jonathan Blow was really a treat. https://oxide.computer/podcast/ https://oxide.computer/podcast/ It's mostly anecdotes about programming for the hardware-software interface, if that's your thing ;).

prrls 6y ago
And for people wondering why caring about on-premises hosting when you have the cloud, a few weeks ago there was a thread about why would you do the former in favor of the latter. It puts on display that actually a lot of people are still on-premises, and for good reasons, which makes a good case for a company like Oxide to exist. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23089999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23089999
- input_sh 6y ago
  Also see this meta comment which summed up other top-level comments by their arguments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23098654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23098654 8/10 is cost related.
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kimburgess 6y ago
I’d second that podcast recommendation. The episode with Jon Masters is an incredible conversation.
carterklein13 6y ago
Wow, I had never heard of Oxide before this. I work at a huge company that is nearly finished their cloud transformation, which was frankly largely a way to differentiate themselves form their competition more than anything, and a huge cost sink. This probably would've accomplished the same goal, with a lot less overhead.

by prrls 6y ago

prrls 6y ago

And for people wondering why caring about on-premises hosting when you have the cloud, a few weeks ago there was a thread about why would you do the former in favor of the latter. It puts on display that actually a lot of people are still on-premises, and for good reasons, which makes a good case for a company like Oxide to exist. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23089999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23089999

input_sh 6y ago
Also see this meta comment which summed up other top-level comments by their arguments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23098654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23098654 8/10 is cost related.
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kimburgess 6y ago

I’d second that podcast recommendation. The episode with Jon Masters is an incredible conversation.

carterklein13 6y ago

Wow, I had never heard of Oxide before this. I work at a huge company that is nearly finished their cloud transformation, which was frankly largely a way to differentiate themselves form their competition more than anything, and a huge cost sink. This probably would've accomplished the same goal, with a lot less overhead.