Tech Lounge

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 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 https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode I feature the following:https://writingcooperative.com/the-ai-revolution-and-the-economy-have-killed-my-highly-skilled-job-4795551399behttps://www.vox.com/culture/24127542/alcohol-alternatives-kava-shrooms-weed-sleepygirl-mocktailhttps://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/can-we-get-kids-off-smartphoneshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KoIzOu_8io&t=64shttps://www.relay.fm/mpu/740https://barti-maeus.itch.io/every-wednesday-we-roll-volume-2 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.

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 series, geospatial and vector data. - 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 https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this news episode:https://danluu.com/slow-device/https://512pixels.net/2024/03/apple-jonathan-modular-concept/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo47qPvs3HQhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/26/1090129/how-adobes-bet-on-non-exploitative-ai-is-paying-off/https://spectrum.ieee.org/3m-floppyhttps://www.infoworld.com/article/3714980/opentofu-may-be-showing-us-the-wrong-way-to-fork.htmlhttps://www.wired.com/story/jia-tan-xz-backdoor/ 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.

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 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 https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 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 https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 market research and competitive analysis. Generative AI tools all the way down! https://www.atlasai.co/ https://gathers.ai/ - 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 https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 not 100% sure where else I will archive those yet.With that out the way, time to dig in. AI (of course), music, and SciFi this issue.Rise of Local LLMs ? →In the not-so-distant past, dabbling in generative AI technology meant leaning heavily on proprietary models. The routine was straightforward: snag an OpenAI key, and you're off to the races, albeit tethered to a pay-as-you-go scheme.Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why. →Two years ago, Yuri Burda and Harri Edwards, researchers at the San Francisco–based firm OpenAI, were trying to find out what it would take to get a language model to do basic arithmetic.AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead →Since ChatGPT dropped in the fall of 2022, everyone and their donkey has tried their hand at prompt engineering—finding a clever way to phrase your query to a large language model (LLM) or AI art or video generator to get the best results or sidestep protections.Build a Website with ChatGPT, byPaul McFedriesA new book published by Manning covers how to use OpenAI’s chatbot to build all you need for a website. How deep will it go?“A generous update stuffed with ideas and real potential”: Ableton Live 12 Suite review →MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians and producers spends hours testing products to help you choose the best music-making gear for you. Find out more about how we test.“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement →You've heard the call to action at the end of nearly every podcast you've ever listened to: "Listen to us on your favorite podcast app", or in the phrasing of podcaster extraordinare Roman Mars, "...wherever you find podcasts".Lessons in instrument design from Star Trek →Editor’s Note: Longtime fans of this site may be familiar with its “tag line,” “Stop watching sci-fi. Start using it. 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.

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 is leveraging to bring intelligence and flexibility to observability data. - 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 https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 artefacts in museums and galleries lasting for as long as possible. - 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 https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.