cloud2030 the2030.cloud Podcast

In the wake of the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse, we discuss how we can improve resilience in the systems that we manage.

DHCP PXE is our subject today. We cover UEFI BIOS and all of the things necessary to do network installs of servers. This incidentally includes thin clients, PCs and other network switches. Specifically, we talked about the process of having secure and robust network provisioning. We go through all the pieces that you need to know how the processes work, both in legacy and in modern current systems

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/F1u-2ipyfIZ93yp5qdzcpArLtOg?utm_source=copy_url

This episode really highlights the danger of contributor burnout and overload. But it also shows that we're not very good as an industry at sustaining work.

Today we dissect what the XZ SSH intrusion attack is, how it happened, what the social engineering was, and the pressure that involved to make that happen.

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/kRqADDwa6DmoZcnQEmqQD1UaxZ8?utm_source=copy_url

References
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39865810
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/what-we-know-about-the-xz-utils-backdoor-that-almost-infected-the-world/

We explore the synergy of humanoid robots and LLM AI. This episode delves into how robots can learn and interpret their environment in human-like ways, based on a key video listed below. Whether or not you view the video, the discussion offers deep insights into AI's evolving role in human interaction.

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/VqiTSDMDLAKcaF1XuAH8ExhJnLE?utm_source=copy_url

References:
https://youtu.be/Sq1QZB5baNw?si=dAxLQIws3xkra_mf
https://spectrum-ieee-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/spectrum.ieee.org/amp/prompt-engineering-is-dead-2667410624
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17764v1
https://www.emergentmind.com/papers/2402.17764

We delve into spatial computing today and discuss Apple's Vision Pro face computer. Everyone in the club2030 group is very interested in augmented reality and virtual reality, and the release of thApple Vision Pro, seems to meet many thresholds that make us surprisingly optimistic about its potential.

We discuss aspects we like as well as what we thought was going to be a challenge. Whether you are already watching this space or are new to this concept of a spatial computer from Apple, you'll get a lot out of this conversation.

Resources:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rainbows-end-vernor-vinge
https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/rabbit-r1

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/h61-B-2G9RdWT4gQuguLLDtkkx0?utm_source=copy_url

The compliance death curve is something I’ve been working on as an evolving concept that tries to explain how companies fight compliance governance and standardization efforts, something that is critical to platform team and infrastructure operations.

Today we try to decompose some of the mathematics that I've been using into more universal, more easily understood components. We built a compliance flywheel that I found really fascinating which you can see an example of that work in our podcast description.

It could also be helpful to check out my previously recorded compliance death curve talk that has been released.

Resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RUKsakKZI0

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/k9q5ZZ81Hm-EAAtfkVVtKNNqXwE?utm_source=copy_url