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.
Opposite Day With Advertising Company Google [CL73]
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 12, 2023 | Series: Chaos Lever
Your privacy sandbox is neither private nor a sandbox. Discuss.
Tech News of the Week for 9/7/2023 [MTG008]
Posted on Thursday, Sep 7, 2023 | Series: Moar Tech Garbage
Don’t deploy in us-east-1, no thanks Noonoouri, and Facebook at any price would still suck.
Spinning Rust Ain't Dead Yet [CL72]
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 5, 2023 | Series: Chaos Lever
The humble hard drive isn’t going anywhere, despite rumors of its imminent demise. Tape too.
Tech News of the Week for 8/31/2023 [MTG007]
Posted on Thursday, Aug 31, 2023 | Series: Moar Tech Garbage
Dropbox drops unlimited, Instacart IPO, and Excel loves Python.
Exploring VMware, err, Explore [CL71]
Posted on Tuesday, Aug 29, 2023 | Series: Chaos Lever
Spelunking Into VMware Explore to Discover the Hidden Secrets. It’s AI. Because, of course it is.
Tech News of the Week for 8/24/2023 [MTG006]
Posted on Thursday, Aug 24, 2023 | Series: Moar Tech Garbage
Jetporch is the new Ansible, GCP sets egress free, and Generative AI is your drunk uncle.
Software Licensing is BS...L [CL70]
Posted on Tuesday, Aug 22, 2023 | Series: Chaos Lever
Ethan Banks joins Ned and Chris to discuss HashiCorp’s BSL change.
Tech News of the Week for 8/17/2023 [MTG005]
Posted on Thursday, Aug 17, 2023 | Series: Moar Tech Garbage
HashiCorp goes BSL, Intel SGX is feeling vulnerable, and Microsoft Teams loves Windows For Workgroups.
Soapbox Engineering? [CL69]
Posted on Tuesday, Aug 15, 2023 | Series: Chaos Lever
Chris helps to illuminate what the heck a Platform Engineer even is.