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Google takes down the internet!

#018 · August 1, 2025

Google takes down the internet!
🔗 Sponsored by Sentry https://sentry.io | Code breaks, fix it faster #sponsored ssh terminal.shop https://lowlevel.academy/ 📌 Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:04 - Low level explains what we know 00:05:32 - How does this compare to the CrowdStrike outage? 00:07:13 - What is a memory fuzzer? 00:10:17 - What was the impact of the outage? 00:12:22 - Movie talk sidebar 00:14:58 - AUTH, choices and risk managment 00:19:33 - Cloudflare also went down 00:21:14 - Knowledge management 00:23:07 - Chaos at Netflix 00:32:00 - DHH's response 00:33:21- Personally effected 00:34:15 - Internet Of Things Devices 00:39:38 - Personal Network Security vs Faith in Humanity 00:42:27 - More on IOT devices 00:48:10 - Car talk and internet connected failures 00:51:17 - Fail open 00:55:30 - Could Rust have prevented this? 00:57:45 - Wrap up and outro Could Your Company Survive a Google Outage? Last week, Google Cloud went down—and with it, a massive chunk of the internet. In this episode of Standup, we’re joined by security expert Low Level Learning to break down what actually happened, how a single null pointer crashed Google’s management plane, and why Cloudflare and other services followed. We also go deep on software fuzzing, dependency risk, fail-open systems, and the absurd reality of internet-connected lamps. Featuring: Prime: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen Casey Muratori: https://x.com/cmuratori Trash Dev: https://x.com/trashh_dev Low Level Learning: https://x.com/LowLevelTweets Bonus topics include: automated cat feeders, Teslas on fire, and Baby Shark as a disaster protocol.