Bryan Cantrill Interviewed at ACM Bytecast
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Bryan Cantrill Interviewed at ACM Bytecast
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Re: Bryan Cantrill Interviewed at ACM Bytecast
#2Nice and worthwhile interview of the inventor of dtrace.
Transcript https://learning.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/leaning-cen...
Overview
0:27 Introduces guest Bryan Cantrill
1:00 - Bryan’s background
9:24 - Following your own path
12:21 - The initial idea of DTrace and how it came to life
17:15 - You are your own customer
21:30 - Discussing the idea of observability
25:08 - How advanced softwares reflects the need for observability
27:42 - Crucial questions for new systems
31:28 - Application of machine learning
33:15 - Discussing open source
41:40 - Remote-friendly workplaces
42:58 - Mentorship and influence
46:27 - What is Bryan most excited about in the field of computing in the next 5 years?
Re: Bryan Cantrill Interviewed at ACM Bytecast
#3I've always enjoyed listening to Bryan discuss his computing passions. It struck me listening to this that he seems like a man who has never suffered hardships or trauma and had supportive parents. It made me sad to think about what a difference that would have made in my life.
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#4I've always enjoyed listening to Bryan discuss his computing passions. It struck me listening to this that he seems like a man who has never suffered hardships or trauma and had supportive parents. It made me sad to think about what a difference that would have made in my life.
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#5I've always enjoyed listening to Bryan discuss his computing passions. It struck me listening to this that he seems like a man who has never suffered hardships or trauma and had supportive parents. It made me sad to think about what a difference that would have made in my life.
I haven't seen an ACM interview yet that went into childhood trauma. They are pretty topical. What makes you infer more childhood happiness from Bryan's childhood than anybody else from the technology sector? Because he is outspoken about tech? I am not sure that means he was never traumatized.
I hope you get can persevere with your problems, of course.
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#6I've always enjoyed listening to Bryan discuss his computing passions. It struck me listening to this that he seems like a man who has never suffered hardships or trauma and had supportive parents. It made me sad to think about what a difference that would have made in my life.
I haven't seen an ACM interview yet that went into childhood trauma. They are pretty topical. What makes you infer more childhood happiness from Bryan's childhood than anybody else from the technology sector? Because he is outspoken about tech? I am not sure that means he was never traumatized. I hope you get can persevere with your problems, of course.
He's an Eagle Scout who became a Boy Scout troop leader for his boys. His mother influenced him to go into computer programming. He's relentlessly positive. If he's had hardship and trauma, he's doing a great job of hiding it.
Edit: He could afford to go to Brown University, something I could only dream about. Just to be clear. I don't begrudge Bryan for any of this. Someday if society evolves, we will all have the nurturing Bryan had.
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#7I've always enjoyed listening to Bryan discuss his computing passions. It struck me listening to this that he seems like a man who has never suffered hardships or trauma and had supportive parents. It made me sad to think about what a difference that would have made in my life.
If you're here, using a computer to type on the HN Web site, you already have a lot of advantages over billions of other living people.
Find your opportunities, put yourself out there and at risk for things you want, and see what you can make happen.
And as you do this, and encounter problems you can't solve for your own personal situation, try to improve them for others, now and in the future.
Maybe that means raising kids and trying to give them more than you had, maybe that means helping a few random individual people whose problems you recognize, maybe that means fixing a systemic problem more directly.
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#8I've always enjoyed listening to Bryan discuss his computing passions. It struck me listening to this that he seems like a man who has never suffered hardships or trauma and had supportive parents. It made me sad to think about what a difference that would have made in my life.
If you're here, using a computer to type on the HN Web site, you already have a lot of advantages over billions of other living people. Find your opportunities, put yourself out there and at risk for things you want, and see what you can make happen. And as you do this, and encounter problems you can't solve for your own personal situation, try to improve them for others, now and in the future. Maybe that means raisi…
My sad wistful feeling comes from being over 60, so it's a bit too late. I did give my kids a better life and that's some consolence. I also have empathy for and offer help to people who are struggling. I doubt I would if I hadn't endured suffering.
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#9I've always enjoyed listening to Bryan discuss his computing passions. It struck me listening to this that he seems like a man who has never suffered hardships or trauma and had supportive parents. It made me sad to think about what a difference that would have made in my life.
I understand why you might infer that. I had lunch with Brian once many years ago. Despite one of my objectives at DigitalOcean being stopping Joyent, he was very open, very honest, and very polite, easy going, super friendly. I'd caution against using the abstract as a leading indicator for an upbringing, I know more than one person whom come across similar to Brian in their background and outwardly nature, but have had extreme childhood trauma.
Re: Bryan Cantrill Interviewed at ACM Bytecast
#10I've always enjoyed listening to Bryan discuss his computing passions. It struck me listening to this that he seems like a man who has never suffered hardships or trauma and had supportive parents. It made me sad to think about what a difference that would have made in my life.
Well somehow you turned a technical conversation towards yourself and your own problems so you're probably just an insufferable selfish asshole.