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A couple of old-fashioned IT engineers/consultants turned college professors ranting about IT

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August 20, 2026Episode 289 min

Sun, Sea, Boats… and IT: ThatITShow Summer Edition - (Episode 177)

Sun, sea, boats… and IT. In this special summer edition of ThatITShow, we prove that technology doesn’t stop just because someone is on vacation. Jasmin joins us straight from the seaside—with blue water, boats, and a considerably better background than the rest of us—while we catch up for a short, relaxed episode. No studio, no corporate backdrop, and definitely no attempt to pretend that summer isn’t happening. Just a quick dose of ThatITShow, almost no IT talk, a short conversation, and one co-host who clearly understood the assignment when it came to choosing his remote-work location. Grab a coffee, a cold drink, or whatever suits your summer mood, and join us for a few minutes of technology with an Adriatic view.

July 19, 2026Episode 2736 min

Network and datacenter migration: The art of unplugging things without crying - (Episode 176)

Network and datacenter migrations look straightforward on architecture diagrams—until someone has to disconnect the first cable. In this episode, we dive headfirst into the controlled chaos of relocating infrastructure, redesigning power, untangling years of creative cabling, and somehow keeping the business online while everything underneath it changes. From redundant power feeds and network cutovers to unexpected surprises hiding in server racks, we share real-world stories, lessons learned, spectacular near misses, and the occasional questionable decision that somehow worked. Whether you're planning a migration or simply enjoy hearing about large-scale IT projects flirting with disaster, join us for a technical, honest, and humorous look at the art of unplugging things without crying.

July 2, 2026Episode 2646 min

How to Lose a Podcast Audience in 3.5 MHz - (Episode 176)

Jasmin went to a ham radio fair in Germany and returned with stories of antennas, radios, transceivers, cables, connectors, frequencies, and other objects that apparently deserve emotional attachment. In this episode, he bravely explains the mysteries of amateur radio while the rest of us pretend to understand, nod politely, and slowly lose the will to ask follow-up questions. Expect passion, technical details, questionable excitement about hardware, and enough antenna talk to make 3.5 MHz feel like a lifestyle choice. Somehow, it is informative. Unfortunately, it is also Jasmin.

June 21, 2026Episode 2315 min

The one where Jasmin rambles about electronics a bit - (Episode 175)

We'll keep it short this time - in this shorter episode (35 degrees while recording), Jasmin rambles about electronics and his small gadgets... a bit.

June 6, 2026Episode 2231 min

The Most Powerful AI Laptop Meets the Least Focused Podcast - (Episode 174)

NVIDIA calls it the RTX Spark. Some call it a portable AI supercomputer. We call it a perfectly reasonable excuse to spend an hour wandering through completely unrelated topics. In this episode, we take a look at one of the most powerful AI-focused laptops currently available, discuss what it can actually do, and ask the important question: does anyone really need this much computing power on their desk? Along the way, we dive into programming experiments, development workflows, AI tooling, hardware realities, and several detours that absolutely nobody planned for. The result is a classic technology podcast experience: a cutting-edge piece of hardware, a handful of code, a collection of opinions, and a conversation that somehow ends up everywhere except where it started. Fast hardware, questionable focus, and plenty of geeky discussion guaranteed.

May 28, 2026Episode 2136 min

Running AI on a CPU: Because Waiting 14 Minutes Builds Character - (Episode 173)

Today’s episode is dedicated to one of the greatest technological achievements of the modern era: running an AI model on a CPU because GPUs now cost approximately the same as a midsize apartment in Zagreb. We discuss the breathtaking experience of waiting 14 minutes for a response that confidently explains facts that never existed, cites imaginary research papers, and occasionally forgets what year it is. Naturally, this leads us into the philosophical debate of whether an AI that takes half an hour to answer is actually “thinking” or just emotionally processing its own poor life choices. From thermal throttling and swap-file abuse to hallucinations so convincing they deserve political office, this episode is a beautiful monument to patience, bad decisions, and the unstoppable human urge to run enterprise AI on hardware rescued from a student lab.

May 21, 2026Episode 2032 min

The datacenter will be ready right after the roundabout - (Episode 172)

Welcome to The datacenter will be ready right after the roundabout, the only podcast brave enough to ask the important questions: can a hyperscale datacenter survive Croatian paperwork, three ministries, two environmental studies, and a mayor who still thinks “cloud” means rain? In this episode, we dive into the glorious collision of AI ambitions, megawatt fantasies, land permits, power grid realities, and the sacred regional tradition of discussing infrastructure projects for roughly twelve years before pouring a single cubic meter of concrete. We talk cooling, fiber, geopolitics, NIMBYism, diesel generators the size of apartment buildings, and the magical belief that “digital transformation” somehow works without electricity. The future is here — just as soon as somebody finishes the access road.

May 14, 2026Episode 1951 min

When your home lab has a better disaster recovery plan than your career plan - (Episode 171)

Somewhere along the way, “learning virtualization” turned into running a miniature Fortune 500 datacenter next to the washing machine. In this episode, we dive head-first into the glorious madness of over-engineered home labs: redundant power supplies for one user, Kubernetes clusters hosting absolutely nothing important, backup strategies more detailed than our retirement plans, and the eternal justification that “it’s for learning.” We talk about the slippery slope from a single Raspberry Pi to racks full of servers screaming through the night, why every homelabber eventually discovers VLANs at 2 AM, and how disaster recovery suddenly becomes deeply personal when Plex goes offline. If you’ve ever convinced yourself that a 100-gigabit upgrade was “necessary,” this episode may feel uncomfortably familiar.

May 7, 2026Episode 1829 min

The one where we discuss podcast Saturation: Now available in audio/video form - (Episode 170)

At some point, podcasts stopped being special and became background radiation. Every celebrity has one, every startup founder has three, and somehow every conversation now needs microphones, RGB lighting, and a “don’t forget to like and subscribe.” So naturally, we decided to contribute to the problem. In this episode, we spiral through podcast fatigue, algorithm-driven content sludge, endless “thought leaders,” and the strange realization that we’ve started losing interest in the very thing we once loved listening to. This is not an expert discussion. It’s more like a support group for people emotionally exhausted by content.

April 23, 2026Episode 1741 min

The one where Linux and AI were ready but Jasmin was not - (Episode 169)

Welcome to The One Where Linux and AI Were Ready, but Jasmin Was Not — a title that, honestly, wrote itself. The plan was simple: brand-new shiny Linux machine, proper setup, and finally an episode recorded exactly as promised. Linux was ready. AI was ready. The hardware was ready. Confidence was also very ready. And yet, somehow, the actual recording part remained a distant dream. So naturally, we turned that small technical betrayal into comedy and used it as the perfect launch point for a broader conversation about AI, hype, tools, promises, and the timeless truth that even the smartest technology in the world still depends on humans not forgetting the one thing they were supposed to do.