# Mechanical Engineering at Oxide [chapter images]

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Podcast: [Oxide and Friends](https://stenobird.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends-5250129)
Published: 2026-05-07T14:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/fd105aef
Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/fd105aef/fbd45534.mp3
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Duration seconds: 5071

## Resource

Bryan and Adam were joined by members of the Oxide mechanical engineering team to talk the mechanical challenges of building a rack-scale computer, and--in particular--of scaling manufacturing from just a few racks to hundreds. NOTE: Keep an eye on the chapter art for the pictures under discussion. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal , we were joined by Oxide Colleagues Elliott Donlon, Brooks Willis, Doug Wibben, and Ben Williams. Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them: Topic [@M:SS](link into recording) Leventhal's Conundrum PRs needed! If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar . We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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