We love Rust for how much the compiler helps enforce safety. But sometimes it's up to us to uphold the complex--and often unclear--expectations of what constitutes safety on our own. @sunshowers.io, joined me and @bcantrill.bsky.social to talk about the hardest type of unsafe Rust.
New baseball episode just dropped share.transistor.fm/s/6098caad
ICYMI, @sunshowers.io had a terrific blog entry last week -- and today, she joins @ahl.bsky.social and me on Oxide and Friends to discuss the blog entry, the work behind it, and the reaction to it. Join us, 5p Pacific today!
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We must be careful with our plans for BattleTris: the good people of Delaware hang in the balance
With my apologies to Delaware, BattleTris is now open source
github.com/bcantrill/Ba...
Today @ahl.bsky.social and I are going to talk about the restoration of BattleTris -- and specifically, our use of LLMs in getting it working. Join us, 5p Pacific today!
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Two years ago we introduced listeners to the Oakland Ballers, the startup returning baseball to the city of Oakland. Bryan and Adam were joined again by Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel to discuss the B...
Reminded that invitations on LinkedIn could really use a "Get Restraining Order" button
Does it play Battletris?
Can't I just build my own cloud computer? FAQ Friday #47
Last week @bcantrill.bsky.social and I talked about the process of restoring a software project--BattleTris--untouched and unbuilt in over 20 years! How did LLMs help restore code Bryan started in the mid-1990s and what does that teach us about developing and maintaining software in the future?
We must be careful with our plans for BattleTris: the good people of Delaware hang in the balance
iddqd, or the hardest kind of unsafe Rust.
My first post for the @oxide.computer blog! Goes deep into the pitfalls of unsafe Rust and how to reason about it. A lot of labor went into the post -- please have a read!
oxide.computer/blog/iddqd-u...
With my apologies to Delaware, BattleTris is now open source
github.com/bcantrill/Ba...
A portentous reunion bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/05/25/a...
A portentous reunion bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/05/25/a...
We must be careful with our plans for BattleTris: the good people of Delaware hang in the balance
No podcast from @ahl.bsky.social and me this week, as we are both coming back from our college reunions (his 25th, my 30th) -- which we celebrated by resurrecting (and playing!) a local classic of that era. (And it's still fun as hell.)
No podcast from @ahl.bsky.social and me this week, as we are both coming back from our college reunions (his 25th, my 30th) -- which we celebrated by resurrecting (and playing!) a local classic of that era. (And it's still fun as hell.)
A portentous reunion bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/05/25/a...
The Sun Dreamstation was Sun Microsystems' brief and deeply confusing attempt to answer the question: What if a Sparcstation was also really good at Crazy Taxi?
No podcast from @ahl.bsky.social and me this week, as we are both coming back from our college reunions (his 25th, my 30th) -- which we celebrated by resurrecting (and playing!) a local classic of that era. (And it's still fun as hell.)
