Inside Oxide (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Bryan Cantrill and Steve Tuck, the co-founders of Oxide, are on the pod live (to tape) from the stage at OxCon. Jerod and I were invited to Oxide’s annual internal conference to meet the people and to hear the stories of what makes Oxide a truly special place to work right now. The best part was this on-stage discussion with Bryan and Steve. Enjoy!

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Featuring:

• Bryan Cantrill – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Mastodon, X
• Steve Tuck – LinkedIn, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Oxide’s $100M Series B

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Kapitler

1. Friends of Oxide!! (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: CodeRabbit (00:00:28)

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3. Changelog at Oxide (00:01:35)

4. Exceptional team (00:03:08)

5. The rigorous process (00:06:57)

6. Being self-aware (00:11:56)

7. Bias-free process (00:13:21)

8. Great materials, but not for this role (00:15:19)

9. Growth means hiring (00:17:34)

10. No "youngsters"? (00:19:59)

11. Trust. (00:24:27)

12. Strength of culture (00:26:36)

13. Materials for Sales (00:31:42)

14. How can this scale? (00:36:01)

15. Uniform compensation for life? (00:37:26)

16. Inspired by Oxide (00:42:50)

17. We landed on a good process (00:47:17)

18. This is a scale moment (00:54:33)

19. The 4 big risks (01:02:55)

20. Glimpse over the horizon (01:06:41)

21. Closing thoughts and stuff (01:07:59)