Tech Lounge
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"
Latest episodes
Nov 28, 2024 • 29min
Accessible quantum computing with Horizon
I speak with Joe Fitzsimmons of Horizon Quantum, who are attempting make the move from traditional computer programming easier.
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Nov 21, 2024 • 56min
Circularity startups and alternatives to X
In this deep dive episode Cate and Chris dig into circular economy startups and how all the alternatives to Twitter/X/Twix compare.
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Nov 14, 2024 • 39min
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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Nov 5, 2024 • 58min
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 politics by tech companies and cybercrime.
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Oct 31, 2024 • 34min
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 announcementLearn more about the definition
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Oct 17, 2024 • 41min
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 security and governance features to Homebrew.This interview formed the basis of my article on The Next Web in July.
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Oct 10, 2024 • 55min
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.
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Oct 3, 2024 • 31min
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 jumped on the bandwagon.
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Sep 20, 2024 • 30min
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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Sep 12, 2024 • 50min
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 hype, what really is artificial intelligence?
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