Birbla

Join the discussion

Write your take first — we'll ask for email only when you're ready to publish.

Sign in
  • Hacker News
  • with agentic coding lock in @ AWS and Google Cloud is evaporating fast

    a few days ago I migrated a non-trivial firestore app to sqlite

    10x less latency (10x requests / second)

    migration took a few minutes (+ 2 days of prep)

    just a few months ago that would have been infeasible or at least nerve wracking

    by tosh
  • I found myself confused about what they actually do. They sell you a server rack + software stack that you keep on-prem? The comparison between traditional cloud vs. on-prem vs. oxide is vaguely worded and I can't figure out if their hardware is physically stored on-prem or not.

    Maybe I'm just tired!

    by bigmadshoe
  • Oxide is so cool, I just wish the hiring process was a little less crazy. I spent such an incredible amount of time on my application just to not hear anything for months until I got the rejection.
    by activexray
  • I'm surprised they didn't go the debt route, trade finance could cover their customer orders. I know they are risk averse in case companies back out of orders, but bringing on more shareholders is its own form of risk.

    Is something else going on here, are they locking in orders from AMD and other suppliers beyond their current order backlog?

    by arpinum
  • Couldn't happen to a better bunch of people.

    I used to think that Oxide's business model sucks in the face of the hyperscalers. When AWS/GCP/Azure "just works" and is generally reliable and cheap, why would I go through the trouble of buying my own computers? Well the past 5 years have been a constant decline towards more concentration of power, lack of care for their customers, and degradation in quality in general. AI is of course accelerating this decline - selling de-slopped products is now a huge competitive advantage. All the best luck to Oxide.

    by typon
  • Awesome company, awesome products. I wish they pushed AI less in their socials, like we get it computers and servers means ai workloads. It just devalues their whole image in my opinion. Hope you all do continue to do awesome things and don't become evil.
    by thatsabadlook
  • Love the photo caption "FIGURE 1. US BEING AS EXCITED AS YOU CAN BE PAYING TAXES".

    Oxide are so good at comms.

    by simonw
  • Sounds like a great company raising money for the right reasons.

    Oxide continues to be one of the most inspiring companies in the space, I was just encouraging someone to apply there yesterday. :)

    by passive

Explore Birbla archives