With a large enough lever, you could move the world. Technology is that lever. Progress is the fulcrum. Where we go is up to us. Chaos Lever is a weekly, tech news podcast dedicated to tracking new and emerging trends in the enterprise IT landscape, and figuring out why they are terrible.
Chris Hayner
Ned Bellavance
Latest Episode
Tracing the Origins Of Tech Terminology
Posted on Thursday, Apr 18, 2024 | Series: Chaos Lever
Ned and Chris explore the curious origins of everyday tech terms, like ‘download’ and ’log in,’ and how they became part of our digital lives.
KubeCon Conversations [CL82]
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 14, 2023 | Series: Chaos Lever
Ned went to KubeCon 2023 and aside from falling into the Chicago River, he also had some interesting conversations.
Tech News of the Week for 11/09/2023 [MTG017]
Posted on Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 | Series: Moar Tech Garbage
SBF is officially guilty, WeWork is almost officially bankrupt, and Nuclear Fusion is coming tomorrow! (Give or take 15 years.)
Hold My Asahi: Linux on the Mac [CL81]
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 7, 2023 | Series: Chaos Lever
Chris thinks Apple’s hardware is peachy-keen, and would be even better if it ran Linux natively. Enter the Asahi project.
Tech News of the Week for 11/02/2023 [MTG016]
Posted on Thursday, Nov 2, 2023 | Series: Moar Tech Garbage
Stopping AI from stealing your IP, Intel is dismissive of ARM desktops, and Cisco scores a 10 CVE (which is a bad thing).
Journey To The Center Of AI [CL80]
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 31, 2023 | Series: Chaos Lever
Ned got curious about what sits behind the ChatGPT prompt and it turns out it’s like a lot. A lot of GPUs that is.
Tech News of the Week for 10/26/2023 [MTG015]
Posted on Thursday, Oct 26, 2023 | Series: Moar Tech Garbage
Nvidia and AMD are teaming up, Elon wants your $1, and Voyager 2 gets patched.
Oxymoronic Business Intelligence [CL79]
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 24, 2023 | Series: Chaos Lever
In the spirit of Red October, Chris takes us on a tour of Business Intelligence vis a vis Sabermetrics.
Tech News of the Week for 10/19/2023 [MTG014]
Posted on Thursday, Oct 19, 2023 | Series: Moar Tech Garbage
AI can be useful? NTLM is finally being shown the door. And SSDs are gonna get expensive $$$!
HashiConf 2023: A Private Preview [CL78]
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 17, 2023 | Series: Chaos Lever
HashiConf happened last week and Ned gives us the tl;dr.