Decisions
4+ recent decisions
Let the dual-loop candidate pick her team - then stop the other loop rather than finish it
Sep 7, 2026 · people · medium76% confidence
Kristin Cox was interviewing for open roles in both Justin Haynes org and Chris Wolford org. Bree wanted her steered toward Wolford req on the grounds that it had been harder to find strong candidates for. Peter overrode that without debating it. His instruction: have Bree ask the candidate directly which role she is most interested in; if she picks Justin, stop the Wolford process immediately and get an offer out as fast as possible; if she picks Wolford, let that loop finish. He told Justin to be selfish about it and said he would write to Bree himself. He also stated plainly that all else equal his thumb is on Justin side of the scale, because he is far more worried about delivery on the Linux side of the house than on the Fuzzball side.
People: Justin Haynes, Chris Wolford
Stay current on NVIDIA drivers - build the automation, and do not ship RLC-AI again without the latest drivers
Sep 7, 2026 · technical · medium85% confidence
Greg flagged in #distinguished-leaders that the NVIDIA contract obliges CIQ to distribute the latest drivers within 30 days of release, and that CIQ has drifted. Peter took it to Nathan Blackham and Justin Haynes in their group DM the next morning, told both that he had not had the 30-day obligation in his head either, and asked them to put some sort of process in place to stay current. Nathan opened ENGD-839 for the automation; Peter told him to slot it right around where the next RLC-AI drop lands. Separately he told Product the gate plainly: it makes no sense to put out RLC-AI again without updating to the latest drivers at the very least.
People: Nathan Blackham, Justin Haynes, Greg Kurtzer, Brady Dibble
Put the NVIDIA Spark bootable-Rocky USB on Justins org - and size it to carry meeting materials
Sep 3, 2026 · operational · low61% confidence
On 9/2 Arthur Tyde asked whether CIQ could produce a Rocky-on-NVIDIA-Spark artifact for events. Peter confirmed the current Spark version of Rocky already is a bootable USB stick and called it super doable, then named the constraints and the owner. Constraint one: the image he holds is old, the current one sits with someone who is out, and he expects to have it in a couple of weeks. Constraint two: it only runs on an NVIDIA Spark - a Mac or other target would need different packaging and drivers, which is a separate ask. He then allocated the work outright: Justins org can build something. He also specified the form factor rather than leaving it open - small ones are fine, like a 128 gig would allow us to include additional meeting materials - turning a bare boot stick into a carrier for collateral.
People: Arthur Tyde, Justin Haynes