A podcast about networking, Rust, and everything in between.
A podcast about networking, Rust, and everything in between. Join us as we explore the stack: from protocols and packet flows to the people and projects building the modern internet — all through the lens of Rust. Featuring deep dives, crate spotlights, and expert interviews.
If you're into systems programming, networking theory, or the Rust ecosystem, you are in the right place.
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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…