

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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Jan 17, 2025 • 46min
2025 tech trends
A few weeks late but what they hey. In this episode Cate and Chris share their tech trends and predictions for 2025.Want to Build Your Mental Wealth in 2025?Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with with my link:https://www.magicmind.com/techJAN
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Jan 9, 2025 • 32min
The Developer Relations Foundation
I speak with Stacey and Phil of the newly launched Developer Relations Foundation, recognising the work of tech workers with community, marketing, and relations roles.https://lists.dev-rel.org/g/community/wiki
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Dec 19, 2024 • 34min
Testcontainers
In this episode, I speak with Oleg of Testcontainers, an open source library for providing throwaway, lightweight instances of databases, message brokers, web browsers, or just about anything that can run in a Docker container.
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Dec 13, 2024 • 47min
Tech layoffs and what even is tech anyway?
In this episode Cate and Chris discuss recent tech layoffs and how to handle them better, plus what even is tech anyway?
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Dec 5, 2024 • 33min
Astro version 5 with Elian Van Cutsem
In this episode, I speak with Elian Van Cutsem about one of my favourite web frameworks and what I use for my own website, Astro. We talk generally about the project, its history, and version 5, which was released this week!
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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.
For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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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