Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour

I want Oxide to do so well. The product is a breath of fresh air in the era of cloud providers. As an engineer, I'd kill to get to work with their hardware.

Not to mention that working at Oxide sounds like a modern Sun Microsystems with the ideology that team has. Highly recommend their podcast "Oxide and Friends", and their original "On The Metal" show.

I've attempted to apply to their company multiple times over the years, only to be stun locked by the application process. Not because it's a bad process, but because I feel I'm not up to par as an engineer. Maybe one day I'll go through with it.

Re: Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour

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Post by LoganDark » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 6:10 PM UTC

burnrate wrote: post #3

I wonder how much a rack like this costs

IIRC I heard that a single rack is upwards of $600k–$1m, but that was before the AI boom/crisis.

Re: Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour

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Post by arjie » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC

Oh wow, they're on the Epyc 9005 series now. Very cool. Dude, what a monster of a machine that rack is haha. Bloody hell.

Re: Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour

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Post by convolvatron » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC

jjice wrote: post #6

I want Oxide to do so well. The product is a breath of fresh air in the era of cloud providers. As an engineer, I'd kill to get to work with their hardware. Not to mention that working at Oxide sounds like a modern Sun Microsystems with the ideology that team has. Highly recommend their podcast "Oxide and Friends", and their original "On The Metal" show. I've attempted to apply to their company multiple times over th…

I've gone through the same process, not so much that I don't think I would be worth considering, but serious code and documentation examples aren't something I can really give out given that they're proprietary. this last winter I started a whole guest-kernel based syscall intermediation and distribution framework in rust just for the application. with all kinds of design documents. I was about 30% finished by the time I landed a job somewhere else :)

but I still applaud the intent. I self-selected out by giving into scope creep

Re: Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour

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Post by TZubiri » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 6:25 PM UTC

convolvatron wrote: post #9

jjice wrote: post #6

I want Oxide to do so well. The product is a breath of fresh air in the era of cloud providers. As an engineer, I'd kill to get to work with their hardware. Not to mention that working at Oxide sounds like a modern Sun Microsystems with the ideology that team has. Highly recommend their podcast "Oxide and Friends", and their original "On The Metal" show. I've attempted to apply to their company multiple times over th…

I've gone through the same process, not so much that I don't think I would be worth considering, but serious code and documentation examples aren't something I can really give out given that they're proprietary. this last winter I started a whole guest-kernel based syscall intermediation and distribution framework in rust just for the application. with all kinds of design documents. I was about 30% finished by the ti…

I'd be interested in the context if you'd be willing to share.

It sounds from the outside like Oxide has an interview process that requires some low level engineering work to be delivered? Maybe I got that wrong.