This is a BIG one that enables our customers to expand the types of workloads they land on the Cloud Computer. Read more here: buff.ly/4EGrUq6

cool job alert. help with a varied set of internal tools. very interesting, very high leverage, can help a lot of people from manufacturing to sales to engineering. remote + $250k like every role at Oxide oxide.computer/careers/oper...

People say that @oxide.computer is a podcasting company that built a computer for content generation, but we also use funding milestones for content generation: join @ahl.bsky.social, @sdtuck.bsky.social and me today at 5p Pacific as we talk about our $200M Series C! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

Were we crazy for building our own network switch? FAQ Friday #37

Lots of fun working on a light mode theme for the @oxide.computer design system, backed by an generative OKLCH palette and Figma plugin for token syncing

Had an old gaming laptop lying around and managed to get @oxide.computer's platform booted up on it

On the @oxide.computer and friends podcast last month we (primary credit @ahl.bsky.social) coined the term "Deep Blue" for the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many software developers are feeling thanks to LLMs right now simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/...

The photo of our next-gen @oxide.computer compute sled in our Series C announcement is Sean Gelbaugh’s work. He spent a short window in our office with minimal direction and came back with images we’ve now used everywhere. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Over two decades ago, the only reporter to really dig into what we had done with DTrace was @ashleevance.bsky.social at @theregister.com -- so it is unsurprising that the best reportage on @oxide.computer is from El Reg's @tobiasmann.bsky.social www.theregister.com/2026/02/13/w...

it’s nice to see @oxide.computer written up like this in The Register, a publication that still reminds me of a time when people still loved computers: www.theregister.com/2026/02/13/w...

We raised a $200M Series C, now we're putting it to work. New compute sleds with the latest AMD EPYC CPUs are coming. We're also working with Xsight Labs on next-gen switch silicon with a fully open instruction set architecture (ISA). The Register has the details: buff.ly/6ghM2b6

Why Did Oxide Raise $200M? FAQ Friday #36

On last night's Oxide and Friends, @bcantrill.bsky.social and I were so grateful to be joined by @evrat.bsky.social to discuss his incredible, mesmerizing podcast "Shell Game" in which he starts a company, staffed entirely by agentic AIs. I hope you enjoy the conversation half as much as we did!

this guy gets it

Happy New ASCII Blog Header Day (for those who celebrate) oxide.computer/blog/our-200...

When your existing investors show up a few months after putting in $100m, asking to put in another $200m something must be going very right!

damn that’s crazy

Thrilled to share that we have closed our $200M Series C. Thank you to Thomas Tull's US Innovative Technology Fund for leading this round, along with Eclipse, Riot Ventures, Jane Street, Intel Capital, Counterpart, Friends and Family Capital and all of our additional investors. buff.ly/EIxngne

Okay, listen up Oxide fam: on Monday, @ahl.bsky.social and I will be joined by @evrat.bsky.social and @matybohacek.bsky.social from the extraordinary Shell Game podcast -- which gives you the rest of the weekend to binge listen to it. Join us Monday, 5p Pacific! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

On this week's Oxide and Friends, @booch.com joined @bcantrill.bsky.social 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!

Reminder that this is today: join @booch.com, @ahl.bsky.social and me at 5p Pacific for what promises to be a lively and wide-ranging discussion!

Can I use Oxide to satisfy data residency requirements? FAQ Friday #35

How can I integrate with Oxide Computer? FAQ Friday #34

And yes, we’re hiring! oxide.computer/careers

At @oxide.computer, we pride ourselves on terse performance reviews: we have exceeded expectations!

Does Oxide Support Windows Instances? FAQ Friday #33

On Monday, @sunshowers.io and @davidcrespo.bsky.social joined me and @bcantrill.bsky.social to talk about their use of LLMs for building software--not to make vibe-coded one-offs, but to build much *more* robust systems software.

These guys make a great service and are incredibly attentive. We host Oxide and Friends on @transistor.fm and I have zero complaints.

Today, @ahl.bsky.social and I are going to take on a hot topic: what does engineering rigor look like in the age of LLMs? We will be joined by Oxide engineers who have been at the forefront of using LLMs to increase the rigor in their own work. Join us, 5p Pacific! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

I joined the Oxide and Friends annual predictions podcast episode this week - here are my 1, 3 and 6 year predictions for AI and LLMs (and Kākāpō parrots) simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/8/l...

Oxide and Friends first pod of the year is up! And predictions are open if you have some ones you'd like to get on record: github.com/oxidecompute...

New year, new Oxide and Friends predictions episode! @bcantrill.bsky.social and I were joined by @simonwdc.bsky.social and @steveklabnik.com to predict 1, 3, and 6 years into the future. Winners from previous years? Apple in and out of the VR/AR business? Looking prescient! Agents not a thing? Sure!

Love your customers bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/12/31/l...

In a move eerily reminiscent of my own accurate-but-wrong three-year prediction of the iPhone in 2003, @ahl.bsky.social wanted to predict vibe coding in 2023 (!) -- but then dismissed it because "I don't know who is going to debug that" youtu.be/6nQbe9EYFaw?...

What does it mean to love our customers? FAQ Friday #32

Last OxF of the year! @bcantrill.bsky.social and I reflected on the year of Oxide and Friends. Big theme this year? Bugs and debugging. Or as ChatGPT put it inaccurately, "filled with painful specificity and earned insight". Sure, whatever! youtu.be/kGNoSYQchS8

Why do Oxide Compute Sleds have one processor? FAQ Friday #31

How have servers and the cloud evolved in the last 30 years, and what might be next? @bcantrill.bsky.social has been at the thick of the industry since the Dotcom Boom, and shares fascinating stories. Bryan is one of my all-time favorite people to talk with - don't miss this one. (cont'd)

It's our last episode of the year -- so @ahl.bsky.social and I will be engaging in our @changelog.com-inspired annual tradition of reviewing the year of episodes. Join us at 5p Pacific -- and bring your own favorite moments! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

Another awesome @monktoberfest.com talk by @bcantrill.bsky.social ! It's absolutely worth watching the whole talk, but I think the last bit is great way to wrap up, where Bryan talks about broken institutional and organisational trust using RTO example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7J...

Self-service updates have arrived! Oxide system v17 adds support for installing complete system updates without Oxide involvement, further enabling organizations to own your cloud. Here's a look at what's new in v17:

Can Oxide Run in an Air-Gapped Environment? FAQ Friday #30

I love getting to work on strange debugging problems and get to learn a little more about a system oxide.computer/blog/cosmo-sp

Look, I know you think that @oxide.computer only builds computers to turn interesting bugs into podcasts, but that's obviously not true: we also write blog entries

I have put together a (long overdue!) draft RFD on using LLMs at @oxide.computer, but I know that there is a ton more to be said on the topic; thoughts and experiences welcome! rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576

Is Oxide ideal for CI/CD runners? FAQ Friday #29

Reflecting on my application materials after six years at Oxide, and I feel that I continue to stand by all of this.

New post: a defense of lock poisoning in Rust. Followup to recent discussion: decided to write about lock poisoning, looking at the arguments on each side, and informed by our experience at @oxide.computer dealing with the parallel problem of unexpected async cancellations Please give it a read!

On brand, @ahl.bsky.social and I are picking this one up on the podcast today. Join us at 5p Pacific for a wild tale of death by uptime! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

Happy Thanksgiving! Need a pod while washing dishes? New Oxide and Friends examines a bug introduced over 18 years ago. Performance is great but not—it turns out—without correctness oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/gro...