{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Build the scary stuff | Bryan Cantrill (Oxide)","description":"From being a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems to co-founding Oxide Computer Company to build a new kind of server, Bryan joins the show to chat about being told that he\u2019s on a suicide mission when starting Oxide, the moment he felt \u201cI\u2019m actually living HBO Silicon Valley\u201d, and lessons from Sun. And much more.  Chapters: (00:02:24) The Origin of Bryan's Nom-de-Guerre: &quot;Colonel of Data Corruption&quot; (00:04:02) What Debugging Performance Issues at Twitter in the Early Days Revealed About Silicon Valley (00:13:37) Value of Formal Education and the Experience That Everyone Should Have (00:16:02) Balancing Following One's Passion vs. Having Stability (00:21:14) What Shaped Bryan's Sense of Integrity (00:25:39) The Moments When Values Are Instilled (00:30:25) The Dark Side of Tech (00:35:12) &quot;Economic Opportunities Attract Economic Opportunists&quot; (00:40:35) The Origins of Oxide Computers (00:50:20) Building the A-Team (00:52:18) &quot;Compaq Was the Most Successful Startup&quot; (00:55:51) The Venture Capitalist's Dilemma (01:03:04) Being Told &quot;You're on a Suicide Mission&quot; (01:07:12) The Lifestyle of the &quot;Lifestyle Business&quot; (01:09:30) The Harsh Reality of Raising Venture Capital (01:13:12) The Challenges of Building Hardware (01:16:36) Why You Should Think About Not Only Gross Margin but Net Margin (01:19:14) Hardware and Software Co-Design (01:22:06) The Frustrations of Infrastructure Deployment (01:26:46) Finding the Right VCs (01:28:16) &quot;Oh My God, I'm Actually Living HBO Silicon Valley&quot; (01:33:12) Oxide's Principles and Lessons from Sun Microsystems (01:39:51) Sun's Unspoken Values (01:45:03) Sun's Legacy of Empowering Employees (01:48:53) Sun's Missed Opportunities (01:53:04) The Reason Why Sun Survived the Dot-Com Crash (01:56:21) &quot;God Bless the Early Adopters&quot; (01:57:39) A Tweet from Shopify's CEO (02:01:24) The Hard Thing About Hard Things (02:12:55) The Hardest Moment in Oxide's History &amp;nbsp; Show Notes: - Oxide\u2019s principles: https:\/\/oxide.computer\/principles - Requests for Discussion (RFDs): https:\/\/rfd.shared.oxide.computer\/ - Toby\u2019s tweet: https:\/\/x.com\/tobi\/status\/1793798092212367669 - Bryan on twitter: https:\/\/x.com\/bcantrill Stay in touch: \ud83d\udc4b Make Ronak\u2019s day by leaving us a review and let us know who we should talk to next! hello@softwaremisadventures.com Music: Vlad Gluschenko \u2014 Forest License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported: https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/deed.en ","author_name":"Software Misadventures","author_url":"https:\/\/softwaremisadventures.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/31638857\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/054760\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/173021162"}