Listen "Magic Numbers Take Down The Internet"
Episode Synopsis
This cannot keep happening. Another day, another outage. On this week's episode Kris and Matt talk about the recent Cloudflare outage. And boy do they have thoughts, we really hope you enjoy this exchange of monologues.If you prefer to watch this episode, you can view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LsOgDolc9FwThis week's episode of break continues the conversation, with a few more monologues and some thinking about the state of things. Watch it on YouTube or listen with your favorite podcasting app! Learn more by going to https://break.show/17.And we've got bonus content for our supporters, where you'll hear about the Cloudflare outage in a bit more depth and hear the duos take on being a generalist versus a specialist. Not a supporter yet? Fix that today by heading over to https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe where you'll get not only extra content but also higher quality audio. Sign up today!Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!Table of Contents:Prologue (00:00:00)Chapter 1: The Cloudflare Outage (00:02:17)Chapter 2: Too Much Centralization? (00:20:24)Chapter 3: Communication Matters (00:26:22)Chapter 4: Magic Numbers Take Down The Internet [Extended] (00:29:50)Chapter 5: Programming Language Hate and AI versus Tools (00:30:19)Chapter 6: The Generalist and The Specialist [Extended] (00:49:29)Epilogue (00:50:03)Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host
Matthew Sanabria - Host
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(00:00) - Prologue
(02:17) - Chapter 1: The Cloudflare Outage
(02:52) - Chapter 2: Too Much Centralization?
(26:22) - Chapter 3: Communication Matters
(26:43) - Chapter 4: Magic Numbers Take Down The Internet [Extended]
(30:19) - Chapter 5: Programming Language Hate and AI versus Tools
(35:05) - Chapter 6: The Generalist and The Specialist [Extended]
(50:03) - Epilogue
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