Bryan Cantrill

@bcantrill
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Co-founder and CTO of Oxide Computer Company. Nom de guerre: General Protection Fault.
We hear of "nine nines" of uptime as a goal for a system, but today @ahl and I are going to be joined by the @oxidecomputer team to talk about a subsystem that had that uptime -- and how it wasn't nearly enough. Join us at 5p Pacific for a wild, multi-year debugging tale!
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People say that @oxidecomputer is a podcasting company that built a computer for content generation, but we also use funding milestones for content generation: join @ahl, @sdtuck and me today at 5p Pacific as we talk about our $200M Series C!

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Our $200M Series C / Oxide

Raising our Series C round of financing

Okay, listen up Oxide fam: on Monday, @ahl and I will be joined by Evan Ratliff and Maty Bohacek from the extraordinary Shell Game podcast -- which gives you the rest of the weekend to binge listen to it:

https://www.shellgame.co/

(Both seasons are terrific, but if you only have one to listen to between now, and then, check out Season 2.)

Join us for what promises to be a fun discussion: Monday, 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1469771648860426344

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On this week's Oxide and Friends, @gradybooch joined @bcantrill and me to talk about the past, present, and future of software engineering. From hand-made computers and the software crisis of the late '60s to LLMs (of course) we covered a lot... with--as always--many dated references! https://youtu.be/McAL6jkRUO4
Oxide and Friends 2/2/2026 -- Software Engineering Past, Present, and Future with Grady Booch

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No Oxide and Friends today, BUT...

Next week @ahl and I will be joined by software engineering pioneer Grady Booch to talk about the past, present, and (especially!) future of software engineering. Join us, 5p Pacific next Monday, for what promises to be a lively and wide-ranging discussion!

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I am currently at a Dagstuhl seminar (my first!), "Trustworthy System Architectures for the Age of Custom Silicon." Slides for my talk yesterday (not recorded, unfortunately):

https://speakerdeck.com/bcantrill/software-co-design-motivations-and-reflections-with-respect-to-security

Hardware/Software Co-design: Motivations and reflections with respect to security

My talk at a Dagstuhl seminar in January 2026 ("Trustworthy System Architectures for the Age of Custom Silicon"). Talk was not recorded.

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LLMs are -- to put it euphemistically -- seeing increased use among software engineers. This has sparked much consternation about what this means for our engineering rigor, but we have found that prudent use of LLMs can, in fact, allow us to be much more rigorous in our engineering. Today, @ahl and I will be joined by Oxide engineers who have been at the forefront of using LLMs as tools to increase the rigor in their own work. Join us, 5p Pacific today!

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Time for the annual predictions episode! @bcantrill and I were joined by frequent future-ologists Simon Willison, Steve Klabnik, and @iangrunert to review past predictions and peer into the future. If any of these predictions come to fruition, it's going to be an interest 1, 3, or 6 years!

https://youtu.be/lVDhQMiAbR8

Oxide and Friends 1/5/2026 -- Predictions 2026!!

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The first Monday of the new year means... predictions! Thrilled to announce that @simon will again be joining @ahl and me for 1- 3- and 6-year predictions. Bring your own predictions and join us today at a special time: 4p Pacific!
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