{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Vernon Richard Show","title":"We Have to Talk About Crowdstrike! Hot Takes and Quality Debates ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2968,"description":"The conversation discusses the CrowdStrike outage caused by a kernel bug in a Windows update. The impact of the outage was widespread, affecting airports, medical professionals, banking, and even news channels.\nThe hosts emphasize the need to understand the complexity of software testing and not jump to conclusions or blame testers. They highlight the importance of continuous improvement, learning from mistakes, and taking ownership of problems.\nThe conversation also touches on the debate around releasing software on Fridays and the need for context-specific decision-making. The conversation explores the impact of software bugs and the importance of quality in software development. It discusses the ability to turn off software in critical situations, the challenges of working on low-level or embedded software, and the need for risk mitigation.\nThe conversation also touches on the response of CrowdStrike to the recent software bug and the potential human impact of such incidents. The concept of quality in software is examined, and the conversation concludes with a discussion on the increasing prevalence of software in various industries.\nLinks & Mentions\n01:01 - CrowdstrikeWho are they?This is their wikipedia page\nThis is their About us page\n01:17 - What is a kernel?\n01:56 - What happened?BBC article - Crowdstrike release causes \"Mass IT outage affects airlines, hospitals, media and banks\"\nPreliminary Post Incident Review from Crowdstrike\n05:32 - Dave's garage explanation of what happened 😙🤌🏾 (Ex-Microsoft Dev)\n12:46 - Rich's LinkedIn posted about jumping to conclusions in the wake of the Crowdstrike issue\n15:38 - Mark WinteringhamMark's website and blog\nMark's excellent blog post about \"Quality Engineering, Digital Employees and Job Security\"\nMark's LinkedIn\n28:00 - Article: Crowdstrike CEO called to congress\n37:59 - Crowdstrike updatesTheir blog\nTheir Remediation and Guidance Hub: Falcon Content Update for Windows Hosts\nTheir Preliminary Post Incident Review...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UFGkkh_jsZubLbpE6txGLPU3-7iIlh6gJ0JsseFDEm0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iM2Zk/NGQ3NDk4NmVkNjA5/OGJmMzA0ODQxMWIy/N2ExOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}