Episode 38: Building and testing network stacks with Rama. In this Protocol Shorts episode of Netstack.fm, Glen talks with Brecht Stamper about Rama, the modular Rust framework for building clients, servers, proxies, and…
episode 37: dial9: from black box to insight in Tokio. In this episode of Netstack.fm, Glen talks with Jess Izen and Russell Cohen from Amazon about Dial9, a new tool for understanding what’s happening inside Rust and…
Episode 36 – Protocol Shorts: WireGuard In this Protocol Shorts episode of netstack.fm, we explore WireGuard, a modern and lightweight VPN protocol. Glen explains what makes it different from traditional VPNs and why its…
Episode 35 – OpenTelemetry, eBPF and Metoro (Ep 3 Remastered). In this remastered episode, Chris Batterbee, co-founder of Metoro, discusses the importance of observability in modern software systems, particularly in…
Episode 34 — Tokio with Carl Lerche (Ep 5 Remastered). In this remastered episode, Glen speaks with Carl Lerche, the creator and maintainer of the Tokio Runtime, about his journey into technology, the evolution of…
Episode 33 – Protocol Shorts: TLS Encrypted Client Hello. This episode explores TLS Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) and how it improves privacy on the internet by hiding sensitive metadata that was previously exposed during…
Episode 32 – Datastar and Hypermedia. In this remastered episode, Glen interviews Delaney, the creator of DataStar, a lightweight framework designed for building real-time collaborative web applications. Delaney shares…
episode 31 — Protocol Shorts: MITM Proxies and Transparent L4 Interception. In this second "Protocol Shorts" episode, we look at man-in-the-middle proxies from the transport layer up. The episode explains how HTTP…
episode 30: uReq with Martin Algesten. In this episode, we take a deep dive into uReq: why it was created, its history and origin, a high level overview, and explore in depth its protocols and implementation details.…
Episode 29 – Hyper with Sean McArthur (Ep 2 Remastered). In this remastered episode, Glen interviews Sean McArthur, the creator and maintainer of the Hyper ecosystem. They discuss Sean's journey in software engineering,…
episode 28: socketioxide with Théodore Prévot. This episode features an in-depth conversation with Théodore Prévot, creator and maintainer of the Rust crate socketioxide. We explore the origins of the project, how a…
episode 27: AI Policies, OSS Maintenance and EU Open Source Academy with Daniel Stenberg. This episode features a deep and pragmatic conversation with Daniel Stenberg, founder of cURL and president of the European Open…
episode 26: Email protocols with Mauro De Gennaro from Stalwart Labs. This episode features an in depth conversation with Mauro De Gennaro of Stalwart Labs that demystifies how email actually works in practice, from SMTP…
episode 25: FOSDEM 2026 special. Recorded live from FOSDEM 2026. Learn more https://fosdem.org/2026/ — FOSDEM 2026 website https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/CKANPK-programmable_networking_with_rama/ — FOSDEM 2026…
episode 24: WebAssembly and Rust in Practice, A Conversation with Alex Crichton. In this episode we sit down with Alex Crichton to talk about WebAssembly and Rust in practice. We discuss how Wasm grew beyond the browser…
episode 23 — Protocol Shorts: HTTP as an Application Bus. This is the debut of our "Protocol Shorts" series: fast-paced, high-density conversations with one or more expert guests centered around a common theme. In the…
episode 22 — Rust URL with Simon Sapin. In this episode of Netstack.fm, Simon Sapin discusses building the rust-url crate based on the WHATWG URL specification. He also highlights that IDNA support was integrated to…
episode 21 — GraphQL and Rust with Tom Houlé. In this episode of Netstack.fm, Glen and Tom Houlé discuss GraphQL's transition from a high-hype mobile data solution at Facebook to a mature enterprise technology. They…
episode 20 — Netstack.FM New Year Special, 2025 Wrap-Up. This New Year special reflects on the first nineteen episodes of netstack.fm, highlighting key lessons about networking, Rust, open source, and the people behind…
episode 19 — Firezone and Zero-Trust Network Security with Thomas Eizinger. In this episode of Netstack.fm, Glen talks with Thomas Eizinger from Firezone about designing a zero trust enterprise VPN built on top of…
episode 18 — Curiosity, Quake, and Networking with Fabien Sanglard. Glen talks with Fabien Sanglard about curiosity driven engineering, from early computers and classic games like Doom and Quake to modern Android…
episode 17 — Early Web History and Interlisp with Larry Masinter. We sit down with internet pioneer and longtime IETF contributor Larry Masinter to revisit the origins of many technologies developers use every day. From…
episode 16 — WebRTC and Sans IO with Martin Algesten. We sit down with Rust developer Martin Algesten for a deep dive into WebRTC and the Sans IO approach to protocol design. Martin traces the surprising origins of…
episode 15 — Pingora with Edward and Noah from Cloudflare. In Episode 15 of netstack.fm, Glen sits down with Edward and Noah from Cloudflare to unpack the design of Pingora, the Rust based proxy framework that now powers…
Episode 14 – Roto And Cascade with Terts and Arya from NLnet Labs. In this episode we have a conversation with Terts and Arya from NLnet Labs. Together we explore their paths into systems programming, the mission of…
Episode 13 – Inside Ping Proxies with Joseph Dye. In this episode of Netstack.fm, Glen from Plabayo talks with Joseph Dye (Joe), founding engineer at Ping Proxies, about building large-scale proxy infrastructure in Rust.…
Episode 12 – Oxide Networking with Ryan Goodfellow. A conversation with Ryan Goodfellow about Rust networking at Oxide. We will explore the Oxide computer stack with a focus on network, including their fully integrated…
Episode 11 – Modern networking in Firefox with Max Inden. A conversation with Max Inden, Staff Software Engineer at Mozilla, about modernizing Firefox’s networking stack in Rust. We cover his work on the QUIC and HTTP/3…
Episode 10 – zerocopy with Joshua Liebow-Feeser. A conversation with Joshua Liebow-Feeser, the developer behind netstack3 and the creator of zerocopy, a crate that makes zero-cost memory manipulation effortless.…
Episode 9 – gRPC with Lucio Franco. A deep dive into the world of asynchronous networking in Rust with Lucio Franco, maintainer of Tonic, Tower, Tokio, and Hyper. We explore the origins and design of gRPC and its Rust…
Episode 8 – Fuchsia's Netstack3 with Bruno Dal Bo Silva. In this episode our guest is Bruno Dal Bo Silva, Staff Software Engineer at Google. We will dive into his path into networking and Rust, and the story behind…
Episode 7 – Rustls with Dirkjan Ochtman. In this episode, we go through Dirkjan's extensive experience in software development, particularly focusing on Rust, TLS, and QUIC protocols. We explore Dirkjan his journey…
Episode 6 – Curl with Daniel Stenberg. In this episode of netstack.fm, Glen speaks with Daniel Stenberg, the creator and maintainer of Curl, one of the most widely used networking tools on the internet. They discuss…
Episode 5 – Tokio with Carl Lerche. In this episode of Netstack.fm, Glen speaks with Carl Lerche, the creator and maintainer of the Tokio Runtime, about his journey into technology, the evolution of programming…
Episode 4 – Datastar and Hypermedia. You can find a remastered version of this episode as episode 32 (https://netstack.fm/#episode-32) for an improved listening experience with better audio quality. Released on the 24th…
Episode 3 – OpenTelemetry, eBPF and Metoro. You can find a remastered version of this episode as episode 35 (https://netstack.fm/#episode-35) for an improved listening experience with better audio quality. Released on…
Episode 2 – Hyper with Sean McArthur. You can find a remastered version of this episode as episode 29 (https://netstack.fm/#episode-29) for an improved listening experience with better audio quality. Released on the 3rd…
In the inaugural episode of NetStack FM, hosts Elizabeth and Glen introduce themselves and the purpose of the podcast, which is to explore the intersection of protocols and people in the tech industry. Glen shares his…