

Tech Lounge
Chris Chinchilla
A weekly podcast that welcomes you to explore technology with an insightful interview every two weeks and topic-deep dives every other two weeks.
If you're interested in deep and creative technology and conversations with some of its most interesting practioners, this is the show for you. Come in and get yourself comfortable.
Show notes can be found at - chrischinchilla.com/podcast
Formerly known as "Chinchilla Squeaks"
If you're interested in deep and creative technology and conversations with some of its most interesting practioners, this is the show for you. Come in and get yourself comfortable.
Show notes can be found at - chrischinchilla.com/podcast
Formerly known as "Chinchilla Squeaks"
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Oct 27, 2022 • 52min
Kin Lane of Postman, announcearama, and tech loses its shine
Hey all 👋Kin Lane is back on the show. Also a week of announcements from companies that begin with "A", the speed behind Tech's sails starts to slow (and is that good or bad?) and life… Life not as we know it Jim.xxx Chinch--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com
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Oct 13, 2022 • 36min
IT Arena 2022 - Ukrainian tech braves the war
This was my third invitation to attend in Lviv, Ukraine. But this was the first time, and indeed a first for me overall, that the conference happened during a war and in what was effectively a warzone.Read my blog post for full context - https://hackernoon.com/it-arena-2022-ukrainian-tech-braves-the-warAnd daily diaries starts at about 26:00--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com
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Sep 28, 2022 • 19min
A legendary merge
In this episode I round up the latest geeky news that has caught my attention including the Ethereum merge, looking forward to macOS Ventura, AI images already getting banned in image stores, a history of ARM, and much more!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com
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Sep 15, 2022 • 43min
Dotan Horovits of Logz.io, watch your heroes and the life of Clippy
In this episode I speak with Dotan Horowits from Logz.io about Observability and OpenTelemetry. Also features how much GPT-3 truly knows about you, the life of clippy and why you should always have an air of scepticism in what you read.Magic mind discount codes The next 10 days, you can get 40% off your subscription at: https://www.magicmind.co/chinchilla A 20% discount code of any single purchase: CHINCHILLA20--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com
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Sep 5, 2022 • 39min
Tiny CSS and Moore's magic Mac
In this episode I speak with the authors of Tiny CSS projects, Michael Gearon and Martine Dowden. I also look at Apple's new repair program, the saviour of Moore's law, and more!Magic mind discount codes The next 10 days, you can get 40% off your subscription at: https://www.magicmind.co/chinchilla A 20% discount code of any single purchase: CHINCHILLA20--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com
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Aug 18, 2022 • 55min
Matt Butcher of Fermyon, GTA, Tauri, and is Veganism really that popular?
On this episode I have Matt Butcher of Fermyon to talk about their cloud-hosted webassembly platform. I also cover Tauri, tech settings you should change, Umbrella Academy, ask if Veganism is really hype, and much more!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com
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Aug 3, 2022 • 28min
Apache Pulsar with Patrick McFadin
I have Patrick McFadin back on the show to discuss using Apache Pulsar for distributed cloud-native streaming and how it fits into Data Stax's plans and business goals.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com
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Jul 27, 2022 • 32min
All-in-one friendly observability with groundcover
On this episode I speak with Shahar Azulay of ground cover who claim an all-in one observability solution with minimal change to your existing application code. Too good to be true? I find out. But they do have a very cheerful interface at least ;)--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com
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Jul 21, 2022 • 34min
SBOMs and software security with Scribe
In this episode I speak with Barak Brudo of Scribe Security about software bills of material and their impact on software supply chains.https://scribesecurity.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com
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Jul 19, 2022 • 41min
Live play - Battle of the Bards by Dustin Winter
Cross-post from my Solo Adventurer channel and podcast.Will my musical past help me win a battle of the bands… Against myself? I compose a song, and maybe even sing it… Live!This game by Dustin Winter was featured in the latest Level 1 anthology part of Free RPG day.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinchillasqueaks.substack.com
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