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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"

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00:33:20

AI and Tech Writing with Selvaraaju Murugesan

Tech Lounge ·

2025/10/30

Selvaraaju Murugesan of Kovai and I speak about the future of AI in tech writing.The AI writing tool with unparalleled story smartsSudowrite is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps you brainstorm, outline, and write your stories.go.chrischinchilla.com/sudowriteFor 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

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00:38:37

Fourty-Four Esoteric languages with Daniel Temkin

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2025/10/16

I speak with Daniel Temkin about his book, Fourty-Four EsoLangs and about the world of esoteric programming languages.Formed the basis of this article: https://spectrum.ieee.org/esoteric-programming-languages-daniel-temkinLearn something new todayStart learning something new or up-skilling with a book or course. 30% off anything at Manning.https://go.chrischinchilla.com/manningFor show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit

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00:40:11

The width and breadth of European tech: Events roundup

Tech Lounge ·

2025/10/09

Cate and Chris recap a month of events, including IFA, the Bologna Gathering, LF Energy, IT Arena, and How to Web.Write your wayScrivener is the go-to app for writers of all kinds, used every day by best-selling novelists, screenwriters, non-fiction writers, students, academics, lawyers, journalists, translators and more.https://go.chrischinchilla.com/scrivenerThe AI writing tool with unparalleled story smartsSudowrite is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps you brainstorm, outline, and write

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00:30:40

Craft exceptional API experiences with Speakeasy.

Tech Lounge ·

2025/09/18

I speak with Sagar Batchu about Speakeasy, the platform for crafting API experiences from simple definition files, including exposing them as MCP servers.The AI writing tool with unparalleled story smartsSudowrite is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps you brainstorm, outline, and write your stories.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

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00:38:56

Empowering open source multimedia innovation with GPAC

Tech Lounge ·

2025/09/11

In this episode, I speak with Romain Bouqueau of Motion Spell about GPAC, an open source framework that has revolutionized the way we handle audio-video streaming, transcoding and packaging.Capture your screen effortlesslySimple and clear, but packed with features, Simple Screenshot is a drop in replacement for macOS.https://go.chrischinchilla.com/simple-screenshotFor show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit

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00:38:03

Telemetry and observability for Security with Cribl

Tech Lounge ·

2025/08/28

I am joined by Ed of Cribl, an observability and telemetry platform for security tracking and teams.Capture your screen effortlesslySimple and clear, but packed with features, Simple Screenshot is a drop in replacement.https://go.chrischinchilla.com/simple-screenshotFor 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

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00:35:53

30 years of MySQL with Peter Zaitsev of Percona

Tech Lounge ·

2025/08/14

In this episode, I speak with Peter Zaitsev of Percona about the history of MySQL, his history with the venerable database, and his history with Percona.Try the best git GUI for macOS and WindowsGrapple git without the grief and try Tower, the best graphical interface for git on macOS and Windows.https://go.chrischinchilla.com/towerFor 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

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00:36:54

Emotional Digital Design with Vadym Grin

Tech Lounge ·

2025/08/07

I speak with Vadym Grin about his forthcoming book on good, bad, and ugly design for digital products and services.Find the book here: https://www.manning.com/books/emotional-digital-designUse the voucher "CSgrin" to get 40% off the bookText based video and audio editingAre you looking to make editing audio and video easier and more powerful with a suite of AI-powered features? Try Descript, I use it for editing all my podcasts and you can to!https://go.chrischinchilla.com/descriptFor show notes

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00:58:05

The state of European tech media

Tech Lounge ·

2025/07/24

In this episode, Cate and Chris discuss some of the recent downsizing of European tech media and ask how we got here, what's next, and what does it all mean for the European tech industry.Try RaycastWant to improve your productivity on macOS with a Shortcut to everything? Try Raycast, and get 10% off with the link, go.chrischinchilla.com/raycast.Learn something new with a book or course from ManningStart today with learning something new or up-skilling, get 30% of ANYTHING at manning.com by visiting

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01:02:58

Container management and security with Platform9 and...

Tech Lounge ·

2025/07/17

A packed container of an episode where I speak with Madhura Maskasky of Platform9 about their long-running container management platform and efforts to help people migrate from VMware and John Amaral of root.100s of amazing Mac apps with SetappLooking to supercharge your Mac with 100s of apps to choose from and one low monthly price? Take a look at Setapp from MacPaw.http://go.chrischinchilla.com/setappTry RaycastWant to improve your productivity on macOS with a Shortcut to everything? Try Raycast,

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01:38:32

Voices from FOSDEM 2025

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2025/07/03

Fast rewind back to February and I had some fascinating conversations with various projects at FOSDEM in Brussels, including the Rust Foundation, Sysdig about StratoShark, Nextcloud, and Mastodon. Want the power of Mermaid for enterprises?Mermaid chart brings WYSIWYG editing, generative AI, collaboration, and more to the flexible syntax of Mermaid.https://go.chrischinchilla.com/mermaid Try the best git GUI for macOS and WindowsGrapple git without the grief and try Tower, the best graphical interface

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00:29:57

Precious metal recovery with Regenx

Tech Lounge ·

2025/06/19

I spoke with Dom Weatherbee of Regenx to discuss their precious metal recovery technology and how it can benefit the circular economy for new gadgets and devices.Want the power of Mermaid for enterprises? Try Mermaid Chart Mermaid chart brings WYSIWYG editing, generative AI, collaboration, and more to the flexible syntax of Mermaid.Sign up at go.chrischinchilla.com/mermaidFor show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit

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00:52:46

From Berlin to Bono

Tech Lounge ·

2025/06/13

In this episode, Cate and Chris discuss a flurry of events over the past months, including Deep Tech Momentum, Gitex, London Tech Week, Super Invest, and more!Learn something new with a book or course from ManningStart today with learning something new or up-skilling, get 30% of ANYTHING at manning.com by visiting go.chrischinchilla.com/manningText based video and audio editing with DescriptAre you looking to make editing audio and video easier and more prowerful with a suite of AI-powerd features

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00:30:27

Robust, Turnkey Caching at Massive Scale with Momento

Tech Lounge ·

2025/05/30

I speak with Daniela Miao of Momento to discuss her journey from DynamoDB at AWS to creating an alternative caching platform for large scale real time applications.Try the best git GUI for macOS and WindowsGrapple git without the grief and try Tower, the best graphical interface for git on macOS and Windows.go.chrischinchilla.com/towerFor 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

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00:30:47

Using AI to assist breast cancer examination with...

Tech Lounge ·

2025/05/22

In this episode, Chris and Cate speak with Jessica Baladad, of feelforyourlife.com, an advocacy platform that utilizes digital and print resources for better breast health.Write your way with ScrivenerScrivener is the go-to app for writers of all kinds, used every day by best-selling novelists, screenwriters, non-fiction writers, students, academics, lawyers, journalists, translators and more.https://go.chrischinchilla.com/scrivenerFor show notes and an interactive transcript, visit

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00:56:43

Defending the internet with the EFF and delivering...

Tech Lounge ·

2025/05/08

Two interviews from Web Summit 2024… Corynne McSherry from the EFF and Nick Durkin from Harness. Quite the variety of topics, but both fascinating!100s of amazing Mac apps with SetappLooking to supercharge your Mac with 100s of apps to choose from and one low monthly price? Take a look at Setapp from MacPaw.http://go.chrischinchilla.com/setappTry the best git GUI for macOS and WindowsGrapple git without the grief and try Tower, the best graphical interface for git on macOS and

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00:36:25

Italian Tech and Opera

Tech Lounge ·

2025/05/02

In this episode, Cate discusses the state of Italian tech, and Chris and Cate discuss the recent Opera Days announcements.100s of amazing Mac apps with SetappLooking to supercharge your Mac with 100s of apps to choose from and one low monthly price? Take a look at Setapp from

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00:26:07

Build faster and waste less time with Depot.dev

Tech Lounge ·

2025/04/24

I speak with Kyle from Depot.dev, which promise to speed up your your Docker image builds and GitHub Actions workflows. Depot easily integrates with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time.Learn something new with a book or course from ManningStart today with learning something new or up-skilling, get 30% of ANYTHING at manning.com by visiting go.chrischinchilla.com/manningFor show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out

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00:25:57

Automate any workload with Northflank

Tech Lounge ·

2025/04/17

I speak with Will of Northflank, a self-service developer platform for apps, databases, and jobs. Start with one workload, scale to hundreds on compute or GPUs.Try the best git GUI for macOS and WindowsGrapple git without the grief and try Tower, the best graphical interface for git on macOS and Windows.go.chrischinchilla.com/towerFor 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

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00:41:54

Functional licenses and the open source pledge with...

Tech Lounge ·

2025/04/10

In this episode, I speak with Chad Whitacre of Sentry about their functional software license and the open-source pledge.Want the power of Mermaid for enterprises? Try Mermaid Chart Mermaid chart brings WYSIWYG editing, generative AI, collaboration, and more to the flexible syntax of Mermaid.Sign up at go.chrischinchilla.com/mermaidFor 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

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