The Hacks

The Halloween season is upon us! Chunga thinks the timing is perfect to do an episode about things that are scary.

When it comes to the tech industry, there's plenty of things that Tom is deeply afraid of!  Obviously, Chunga is well aware of Toms tech anxieties, so he's going to throw different topics at Tom in order to find out what--within that topic--scares the daylights out of him! 

What scares Tom the most about open source? What scares him the most about cloud technology? What about cyber security? Tom has much to say when it comes to his tech fears! Listen NOW to hear what he's afraid of and why!

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Chunga and Tom have talked about operating systems before and how each OS has a Kernel.

That Kernel is basically what controls access to the hardware of the computer. It also gives you a platform to build applications. Every now and then, something will get added to a Kernel that can create a deep change in how applications are built. One such application is called Epoll.

Simply put, Epoll makes everything run faster and makes you wait less. Tom created the core of Salt based on this technology! Tom (as you can imagine) is fascinated with this type of technology, which leads us to something called "memfd_secret". Chunga thinks memfd_secret is basically Kubernetes on steroids... Does Tom agree with him?  More importantly, do YOU agree with him?  Listen now to find out!

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Tom Hatch is an innovator. That's what he does best and where he is the happiest. He lives to create, refine, and repeat.

For the past couple of years, Tom has been working new and very, very big--He calls it IDEM. Chunga says that in the world of tech, IDEM is very sexy and going to be a game-changer. In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga offer a solid, introductory explanation of what IDEM is, how it functions and what makes it different than Salt!  Here's a hint, IDEM isn't part of Salt at all, it's a sibling!  Listen NOW!

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It's been a long time since Tom and Chunga have told a good heist story on The Hacks. Needless to say, they're both very excited!

Have you heard about the guys who used an Apple Watch to track their victim and steal 500 thousand dollars? Yep, a group of seven guys used an Apple Watch to steal a half-million bucks!

Were they brilliant, criminal masterminds for pulling this off?  No--not even close. In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga play cops and robbers! Tom is the bad guy and Chunga plays the cop that has to catch him. 

Tom walks everyone through his evil master plan to show you how these guys should've committed this crime from beginning to end. SPOILER ALERT: He screws up and Chunga catches him!  Listen NOW!

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In this episode of The Hacks, Tom & Chunga are talking about freemium software. When you think of freemium software, what comes to your mind? Is it Google? Maybe Facebook or a different social media platform? 

In the world of open source, there seems to be a constant, never-ending issue that Tom spends an enormous amount of time talking to business owners and software developers about. The problem is that owners of open source software products killing themselves trying to get open-source users to spend money on their free product!

Tom is saying STOP!  Stop right now, you're doing it wrong. He has some different options and strategies that you may want to consider.  Listen NOW!

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Chunga is really surprised that he and Tom have never talked about Tiamat on The Hacks before. Especially considering how valuable it is within the world of Salt!

Tiamat solves a fundamental problem with Python. As many of you know, Python is an interpreted language. This means that if you want to run a Python program, you have to have Python installed on your computer, which can be a serious hindrance when it comes to building and distributing Python-based software. Tiamat solves this problem! Tom Hatch will give you the rundown. Listen now!

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In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga talk about why SaltConf is so important to both Salt open source software and the Salt Project community. Tom says one of the main reasons is that open source is where most true tech innovation happens. If one is to truly get a grasp of innovation on that scale, they need to attend events like SaltConf to learn and network with other like-minded innovators!

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Tom Hatch has been around the block. When it comes to the world of Tech, he's seen it all. Especially when it comes to the business side of the industry. 

Because he has so much experience, Tom has broken down corporate managers into three separate categories. Two of these categories are pretty bad, and one is great!

In this episode of The Hacks, Tom goes through each of these groups with Chunga and explains why it's essential for you to be able to understand them. This podcast may end up saving you an awful lot of heartburn! Listen now!

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You've seen it happening across all industries--companies are having substantial staffing problems and labor shortages. The tech industry is certainly not immune to this problem. Sadly within our space, it's even worse.  Currently, there are thousands of high-paying tech jobs that are available and desperately need to be filled! 

Why is this problem happening? Is it because of the pandemic or is it because of a larger problem? Tom talks with Chunga about how dire this situation actually is and why he thinks the problem is going to get much worse!  Listen now!

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Tom wants to talk with Chunga about something called "Resource Gravity". Have you ever heard of it?

Simply put, resource gravity is a problem. It starts when a large piece of software is conceptualized and the construction of that software is too heavily influenced by the source of the funding of that software. This creates a gravitational pull with regard to priorities. Because of this, companies and product get painted into a corner and are unable to evolve and scale. In many cases, it ultimately leads to the failure of the company, the product, or both!

Is it possible for open source software to suffer from resource gravity even if revenue isn't the main influencer? Tom says absolutely and he'll explain how in this episode of The Hacks!

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