You'll rent chips and be happy (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Zac Smith left his role leading Equinix Metal in June of 2023. Since then, he’s been thinking deeply about the present and potential future of data centers, OEMs, chip makers & more.

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Featuring:

• Zac Smith – Twitter, LinkedIn, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• Building on global bare metal (Founders Talk #84)
• Whiplash (2014) - IMDb
• You’ll own nothing and be happy - Wikipedia
• From Sun to Oxide (Changelog Interviews #592)
• We have a right to repair! (Changelog Interviews #582)
• SSI Alliance
• Three Mile Island nuclear power plant will reopen for Microsoft
• Ethical Hacker Warns: Check Your Charger ASAP & What Happens After Clicking Adult Sites

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1. Let's talk! (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Fly.io (00:00:37)

https://fly.io/

3. Bass & Friends (00:04:09)

4. The Sandwich Method (00:11:20)

5. The acquisition (00:14:27)

6. The secrets (00:26:09)

7. Sponsor: Socket (00:35:37)

https://socket.dev/?utm_source=changelog&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=changelog-interviews

8. Learn from the iPhone (00:39:05)

9. Circularity (00:53:12)

10. OEM frustrations (00:58:03)

11. Sponsor: AssemblyAI (01:01:01)

https://www.assemblyai.com/?utm_source=changelog&utm_medium=podcast

12. Sponsor: Wix (01:03:18)

https://www.wix.com/studio

13. Doing the 10-year thing (01:04:13)

14. Breaking up is hard to GOOG (01:11:34)

15. Energy anti-trust (01:16:05)

16. Doing the 2-year thing (01:19:44)

17. Hydrogen non-bombs (01:24:06)

18. Inspired altruism (01:32:01)

19. Bye, friends (01:34:51)

20. Coming up next (join ++!) (01:36:28)

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