Tech Lounge

Joining me in person (and thus the horrible audio quality) is Daniel Gräfe, independent developer of the amazing apps Timing and CoTypist. Based in Germany, we discuss how he builds his apps, why there are so many independent macOS developers in Germany, and what the future holds for independent developers. 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 Mark Collier, executive director of the PyTorch Foundation, from PyTorch Con in Paris.   Try the best git GUI for macOS and Windows Grapple git without the grief and try Tower, the best graphical interface for git on macOS and Windows. https://go.chrischinchilla.com/tower 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 Ewelina Kurtys about Final Spark, a company building a bioprocessor, which they believe will enhance AI growth with no energy restrictions. 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 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 Simon Ritter of Azul about what's new in the JDK26 release and how you maintain community interest with a language that has the vintage of Java. Try the best git GUI for macOS and Windows Grapple git without the grief and try Tower, the best graphical interface for git on macOS and Windows. https://go.chrischinchilla.com/tower 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 the fascinating Victor of Supreme Robot about their AI-powered projects to help storytellers, screenwriters, game designers, and other story-driven creators. The AI writing tool with unparalleled story smarts Sudowrite is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps you brainstorm, outline, and write your stories. https://go.chrischinchilla.com/sudowrite 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 Fabian Q Veit, CEO of make.com, a long established automation platform, that like many others has moved into AI orchestration.   AI-powered learning with NoteGPT Summarize YouTube videos, PDFs, articles, lectures, audios, PPTs, and images. Instantly create notes, mind maps, and presentations. Boost your learning efficiency by 10x. https://go.chrischinchilla.com/notegpt 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.

Another great interview for Web Summit 2025, where I speak with Avery Pennarun of Tailscale, a product I use all the time to connect to my remote machines. 100s of amazing Mac apps Looking to supercharge your Mac with 100s of apps to choose from and one low monthly price? Take a look at Setapp from MacPaw. https://go.chrischinchilla.com/setapp 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 Dana Lawson, CTO of Netlify, about the journey of the company so far, where they're heading and how it fits into the company's predictions on the future of the web.Text 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/descript 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 Nancy Wang, at the time SVP of engineering at 1Password, now Chief Technology Officer, and we talk about the growth of the company and how they plan to keep serving consumer and business needs.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/tower 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 Ellen from Keyfactor about digital trust in the age of agentic AI and how the company uses their knowledge and history to help organisations, no matter the new challenges they face.Your journey to stunning videos starts hereFlexClip is a simple yet powerful video maker and editor for everyone that helps users easily create compelling video content for personal or business purposes without any learning curve.https://go.chrischinchilla.com/flexclip 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 John Buck about the book "Inventing the Future" about Apple's advanced technology group and the myriad technologies they created.https://books.by/john-buck 100s of amazing Mac appsLooking to supercharge your Mac with 100s of apps to choose from and one low monthly price? Take a look at Setapp from MacPaw.https://go.chrischinchilla.com/setapp 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 with Jonas van den Bogaard of Alliander about the Linux Foundation's energy community that fosters open source energy generation and distributionWant 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 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 Lydia Pintscher and Daniel Stenberg from the European Open Source Academy and their efforts to highlight excellence in European open source communities.100s of amazing Mac appsLooking to supercharge your Mac with 100s of apps to choose from and one low monthly price? Take a look at Setapp from MacPaw.go.chrischinchilla.com/setapp 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.

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/sudowrite 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 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/manning 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.

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 your stories.https://go.chrischinchilla.com/sudowrite 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 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 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 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-screenshot 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 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-screenshot 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 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/tower 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 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/descript 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, 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 go.chrischinchilla.com/manning 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.

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, and get 10% off with the link, go.chrischinchilla.com/raycast. 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.

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 for git on macOS and Windows.https://go.chrischinchilla.com/tower 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 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/mermaid 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, 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? Try Descript, I use it for editing all my podcasts and you can to!http://go.chrischinchilla.com/descript 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 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/tower 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, 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/scrivener 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.

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 Windows.go.chrischinchilla.com/tower 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, 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 MacPaw.http://go.chrischinchilla.com/setappLinkshttps://tech.eu/2025/04/11/italy-defies-global-slowdown-with-315m-in-q1-tech-funding-with-jeff-bezos-to-headline-italian-tech-week/https://tech.eu/2025/04/09/italian-medtech-medicud-raises-1-3m-for-wound-pressurising-device/https://tech.eu/2025/03/18/italy-s-startup-renaissance-closing-in-on-spain-s-lead/https://tech.eu/2024/12/19/ekore-secures-1-3m-seed-leading-italy-s-largest-digital-twin-investment-of-2024/ 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 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/manning 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 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/tower 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 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/mermaid 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 Vinoth Chandar about Onehouse, a Universal Data Lakehouse and the only data platform instantly accessible from any engine, from BI to AI.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. 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 Cate talks about the state of European medical tech and Chris talks about the recent FOSSBackstage event that covered topics around open source software that aren't development.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/setapp https://tech.eu/2025/03/04/how-the-world-s-first-mental-health-focused-vc-fund-masawa-is-changing-venture-investing/https://tech.eu/2025/03/05/digital-mental-health-startup-hellobetter-secures-6m-and-eyes-french-market-entry/https://tech.eu/2024/01/26/czech-startup-hedepy-closes-eur385m-investment-for-its-online-psychotherapy-platform/https://tech.eu/2025/02/25/monument-therapeutics-secures-ps850k-to-advance-schizophrenia-treatment-with-mt1988/https://25.foss-backstage.de/ 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 the infamous Dave Thomas about his programming journey, his book, the pragmatic programmer and his publishing history, and much more!Text 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? Try Descript, I use it for editing all my podcasts and you can to!http://go.chrischinchilla.com/descript 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 Cate and Chris talk about the future of European tech in the wake of the many challenges the block faces from the US, Russia, China, and more.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/mermaid 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 Nikola Pavesic about Infobip's global startup program, Tribe.Try RaycastWant to improve your productivity on macOS with a Shortcut to everything? Try Raycast, and get 10% off with the link, https://raycast.com/?via=chris-chinchilla 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 Rachel Lapidow about tips and tricks for copy editing role play and board game rules.Want to get dozens of helpful Mac apps for only $9.99 a month? Setapp is what you need! 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, Cate and Chris discuss the state of education tech in Europe, and as the open source community gears up for FOSDEM and side events week, how does open source look in Europe?drewdevault.com/2025/01/23/2025-01-23-Transparency-and-governance-FOSDEM.htmltech.eu/2025/01/27/meet-codecrafters-the-upskilling-platform-trusted-by-devs-from-google-github-and-microsofttech.eu/2024/09/27/how-brighterly-is-addressing-the-us-math-education-crisistech.eu/2024/09/20/berlin-startup-sirius-raises-4m-for-online-music-schoolWant to Build Your Mental Wealth in 2025?Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with with my link:https://www.magicmind.com/techJAN 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 the CPTO of Apica, Ranjan Parthasarathy, about how they bring AI to the big and busy world of telemetry and observability data.Want to Build Your Mental Wealth in 2025?Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with with my link:https://www.magicmind.com/techJAN 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.

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 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 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 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 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. 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 Cate and Chris discuss recent tech layoffs and how to handle them better, plus what even is tech anyway? 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 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! 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 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.

In this deep dive episode Cate and Chris dig into circular economy startups and how all the alternatives to Twitter/X/Twix compare. 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 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. 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 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. 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.