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Tech Lounge
Every two weeks, the tech lounge invites tech luminaries, entrepreneurs, and creatives from small scrappy startups and open source enthusiasts to those working in large global companies. If you're interested in deep and creative technology and conversations with some of its most interesting practitioners, this is the show for you. Come in and get yourself comfortable. Ten years and still going strong. Hosted by Chris Chinchilla. Show notes can be found at - chrischinchilla.com/podcast Formerly…
Episodes
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The graph renaissance with neo4j
I speak with Michael Hunger of neo4j about the history of graph databases and how they are finding new use cases with the current wave of generative AI tools…
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Government bailouts in tech and tech influence in government
In this topic deep dive, Cate and I discuss government bailouts for tech companies, EU investment in tech companies, and the possible manipulation of US…
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Creating an Open Source AI definition
I speak with Stephen Hood of Mozilla about their joint efforts with the Open Source Initiative to create a definition of open source AI. Read all about the…
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Workbrew, turning Homebrew into a business with Mike McQuaid
I speak with Mike McQuaid, long-term maintainer of Homebrew, the macOS package manager, about Workbrew, a new commercial version of Homebrew that brings extra…
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Tech events
In this episode, Cate and Chris dive into tech events. The different types, how they work, how they feel, and how they've changed the past few years. For show…
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AI-powered code reuse with Crowdbotics
Corey from Crowdbotics joins me in the Tech Lounge to talk about their six year journey in creating an AI-powered code reuse platform, long before others…
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WASM at KubeCon EU 2024
This episode is all about WASM at KubeCon EU 2024 way back in March. I speak with WASMEdge and Cosmonic to find out what they bring and their thoughts on WASM…
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Alternative meats and what actually is AI?
It's a discussion episode! And this time, Cate Lawrence from Tech.eu joins me to talk about alternative meats and proteins, and I ask in a sea of jargon and…
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Sustainable infrastructure and AI powered IDEs
In the tech lounge this episode, I have Leonard Pahlke talking about bringing sustainability to infrastructure and the work of the CNCF sustainability TAG and…
Tech LoungeProgramming update
No real episode, but rather a small update on some changes coming to the show. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/…
Tech Lounge1st August: Classic crunch crawl
00:00 Introduction and Welcome 01:33 AI Crawlers and Content Scraping 04:17 TechCrunch and the State of Tech Journalism 06:12 Retro Tech: Classic Mac OS and…
Tech LoungeKubecon: Docker Build Cloud and Aiven
I am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It’s helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do. If you also need…
Tech Lounge18th July: A verbiage-filled delve
I am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It’s helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do. If you also need…
Tech LoungeKubecon 2: CIVO and the Open infrastructure foundation
In this episode, more interviews from KubeCon Paris. I speak with Dinesh from CIVO, a European cloud-native hosting company, and Thierry of the Open…
Tech Lounge5th July: Sim Life, AI vs Music, and after cloud comes?
I am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It's helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do. If you also need…
Tech LoungeVoices from UK tech: Lorna Mitchel and Amanda Brock
Two of my interviews from the State of Open Con in London back in February. Featuring Lorna Mitchell, VP of developer experience at Redocly and Amanda Brock…
Tech Lounge20th June: WWDC, Streaming vs Music, and Chinese keyboards
Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloud security.apple.com Depending on who you speak with and how much attention they actually paid…
Tech LoungeMake Synthetic Data a reality with Datacebo
I spoke with Kalyan of Datacebo, a company that creates open-source and enterprise tools for generating synthetic data for testing, load testing, and more. For…
Tech LoungeEnterprise-level knowledge bases with Saravana Kumar of Document 360
I speak with Saravana Kumar of Document 360 about their enterprise-level solution for documentation and knowledge management and what AI could mean for the…
Tech Lounge25th May: Batten down the hatches, AI is here
Mac Power Users #745: “Inventing the Future” with John Buck — Relay FM relay.fm Another MPU recommendation from me and a trip down Apple memory lane. John Buck…
Tech LoungeKubeCon EU 2024: Humanitec, Dagger, Scalr
In the first round-up of interviews from KubeCon EU 2024 in Paris, I focus on developer platform-related tools and productivity. The episode features…
Tech Lounge10th May: Music is hard for humans and AI
In this episode of Chinchilla Squeaks, I delve into two main topics. First, a series of articles on how AI, specifically GPT-4 and other models, struggle to…
Tech LoungeGenerative Infrastructure as code with AppCD
I speak with Asif Awan of AppCD about their generative AI tool that creates the infrastructure as code configuration you need based on application code. - For…
Tech LoungeNews 25th April: A vice-like grip
In this episode I feature the following: https://writingcooperative.com/the-ai-revolution-and-the-economy-have-killed-my-highly-skilled-job-4795551399be…
Tech LoungeReal-time analytics at cloud scale with Rockset
I have Venkat from Rockset back to discuss their search and analytics database built for the cloud, with real-time indexing and full-featured SQL on JSON, time…
Tech LoungeNews 12th April: Coding in the 80s, flaws in the open, and the floppy Jonathan
In this news episode: https://danluu.com/slow-device/ https://512pixels.net/2024/03/apple-jonathan-modular-concept/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo47qPvs3HQ…
Tech LoungeSoftware supply chain security with Socket.dev
I speak with Feross Aboukhadijeh of Socket.dev about their smarter and more considered solution for securing software supply chains. - For show notes and an…
Tech LoungeNews 28th March: What is open AI and long live the Twiggy drive!
A light news show where I cover the growing need to label what "open" AI really is, local LLMS reprised, and long live the Twiggy drive! - For show notes and…
Tech LoungeGenerative AI for 3D asset creation and market research with Atlas and Gathers
In this episode, I speak with Atlas about their AI tool for generating 3D assets for games and architectural use and with Gathers about their AI tool for…
Tech LoungeNews for 14th March: What lurks in LLMs, Ableton 12, and Star Trek musical instruments
It’s been a while! I have decided to split my podcast and newsletter into two streams: Every two weeks a news and resources round up. You’re reading it! I am…
Tech LoungeGenerative AI meets Observability with Flip AI
In this episode I speak with Corey Harrison of Flip.ai, one of a handful of new companies bringing generative AI to the DevOps space. In Flip.ai's case, this…
Tech LoungeInternet and cultural preservation with Fastly and BevArt
In this episode I speak with Simon Wistow of Fastly about their work to keep the internet running and Christian Nielsen of BevArt who aim to keep cultural…
Tech LoungeVoice cloning with Respeecher
I have a fascinating conversation with Alex from Respeecher, a Ukranian startup whose work you have probably heard in high-profile games, movies, and…
Tech LoungeData processing made easy, e-governance in Ukraine, and marketing Pharma
Two interviews from Web Summit 2023 in this episode. First, with Irina and Dmitri of Datuum, an interesting data processing platform powered by AI. Second…
Tech LoungeLearning git with Anna Skoulikari
In this episode, I speak with Anna Skoulikari about her new book, "Learn Git" from O'Reilly. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/learning-git/9781098133900/…
Tech LoungeOpen source at Wikimedia and Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equity in Open Source
In this episode, I finish up my interviews from last year's Open Source Summit with two amazing interviews. First is Leszek Manicki, engineering manager at the…
Tech LoungeTesting websites and accessible websites
In this episode, I finish up my interviews from We Are Developers earlier in the year and speak with Filip Hrick about testing websites with Cypress and Dennie…
Tech LoungeA more sustainable internet with Chris Adams of the Green Web Foundation
I speak with Chris Adams, the director of the Green Web Foundation. We discuss their mission, tools, programs, and plans for making the online world as…
Tech LoungeStories from Ukraine, IT Arena 2023: The future of airports, hiring, and education.
In this episode, I share interviews from the IT Arena event in Lviv, Ukraine. As I dive into conversations with tech innovators from around the world, we…
Tech LoungeWhat is Developer relations with Richard Roger
I speak with Ricarhd Roger of VoxGig to discuss what exactly developer relations is, its history, future, and potential impact. Show notes…
Tech LoungeLoris Degioanni of Sysdig
I'm back with a great interview covering Sysdig and its journey in helping secure cloud computing. Accompanied by a healthy dose of news. We speak about the…
Tech LoungeOSS Summit Linux Foundation Europe and Open Source metrics
This episode is another round of interviews from OSS Summit in Bilbao and features interviews with Gab Columbro, the general manager of LF Europe and Dawn…
Tech LoungeOSS Summit Energy and Sustainability
For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the…
Tech LoungeDragos Nedelcu of the Senior Dev
For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/ To support the…
Tech LoungeMolham Aref of RelationalAI, the AI coprocessor
In this episode I speak with Molham Aref from Relational AI. we discuss the concept of an AI co-processor for data and its relevance to those working with…
Tech LoungeIFA and Startup night Berlin 2023, slow but steady
It's a busy weekend of tech in Berlin, but have things cooled or are we all taking a well-earned break? No ads for this episode, but instead, a personal…
Tech LoungeSefi Carmel of Spheretrax and what is music?
Something of a music theme in this issue. My interview is with Sefi Carmel of Spheretrax, a new take on selecting, synchronising, and licensing music for TV…
Tech LoungeElise Bently on TincyMCE and CKEditor, AI in the developing world
A packed issue full of AI content, what powers the internet, the real cost of food, offline-first, and an interview all about CK editor and TinyMCE. Full show…
Tech LoungeA greener web with Ines Akrap
This episode I speak with Ines Akrap at the recent We Are Developers event about how we can make the web greener. Trust me on this one, nothing captured the…
Tech LoungeLab grown forks
This episode is a links show and I cover Red Hat’s latest open source upsets, lab grown meat, AI ‘aint that bad, happy birthday ethernet, and more! This…
Tech LoungeReplacing people with machines that play Mad Libs with John Davenport
I am joined by hacker turned software entrepreneur, John Davenport to show me his new idea for using AI to summarise conversations and drill into topics…
Tech Lounge50 years of text adventures and 50 weeks of AI adventures
Hello all! It’s been a little while and I’ve been holding on to a really great interview the whole time. In summary, after a long few years of running the…
Tech LoungeOpen Source insights with Scarf and questioning AI
Hello everyone! A big dive into questioning artificial intelligence and an interview with Avi from Scarf, who aims to help open source developers gain insights…
Tech LoungeThe life and death of AI
Let’s start with some fun This newsletter gets dark quickly, so first something to enjoy. Farrago 2 soundboard for Mac arrives with 50 new features including…
Tech LoungeKubeCon EU 2023, back in business
KubeCon, back to business Ahead of the event I arranged some interviews with companies that piqued my interest and don’t all fit under the headings in my write…
Tech LoungeThe strangest of places
Podcast version Find the podcast version of this newsletter, including my interview with Bertrand of Canonical on the Substack podcast page or wherever you…
Tech LoungeMS-Wot?
It's time for open-source users to open their wallets → It was around the year 1999 and I was attending my first Linux convention at the Research Triangle…
Tech LoungeSilicon Valley Tank(s)
Hello everyone welcome to my regular ramble through geeky subjects from tech, to history, games, writing, language, and more. This issue is a little light on…
Tech LoungeWe'll fight them on the breaches
Welcome Hello everyone welcome to my regular ramble through geeky subjects from tech, to history, games, writing, language, and more. This issue is a little…
Tech LoungeDeveloper experience with Jetpack and Mac for Linux and Windows
Podcast version Find the podcast version of this newsletter, including my interview with Daniel on the Substack podcast page or wherever you find your…