Tech Lounge
Technology
About
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"
Episodes
- Daniel Gräfe of Timing and CoTypist
Daniel Gräfe, independent developer of Timing and CoTypist, joins the show to discuss app development, the independent macOS developer community in Germany, and the future of independent developers.
- The PyTorch Foundation with Mark Collier
Mark Collier, executive director of the PyTorch Foundation, is interviewed in this episode recorded at PyTorch Con in Paris. Additional resources and contact information are available on chrischinchilla.com.
- Are bio processors the next step for computing?
Tech Lounge features Ewelina Kurtys discussing Final Spark's bioprocessor, which aims to enhance AI growth without energy limitations. The episode touches on Mermaid chart features for enterprise use.
- What's new with Java and JDK26 with Simon Ritter
This episode features Simon Ritter discussing the latest in JDK26 and strategies for keeping the Java language relevant. The conversation touches upon community engagement for a long-standing language.
- Storytelling and AI with Victor of Supreme Robot
Victor from Supreme Robot joins the show to discuss AI-powered tools designed to assist creators like storytellers, screenwriters, and game designers. The episode highlights Sudowrite, an AI writing assistant.
- Automating complexity for all with Fabia Q Veit of make.com
This episode features Fabian Q Veit, CEO of make.com, discussing the evolution of automation platforms into AI orchestration. The discussion also touches upon NoteGPT, an AI tool for summarizing various content types to enhance learning ef…
- Connecting all the things with Avery Pennarun of Tailscale
Avery Pennarun of Tailscale is interviewed about connecting remote machines. The discussion took place at Web Summit 2025.
- The evolution of the web with Dana Lawson of Netlify
This episode features Dana Lawson, CTO of Netlify, discussing the company's history, future plans, and their insights into the web's evolution.
- Security and password management for all with Nancy Wang of 1Password
This episode features a conversation with Nancy Wang of 1Password, discussing the company's growth and strategies for meeting consumer and business needs in the realm of security and password management. Nancy Wang's roles at 1Password, in…
- Digital trust in the age of AI with Keyfactor
This episode features an interview with Ellen from Keyfactor, discussing digital trust in the age of agentic AI and how Keyfactor assists organizations with evolving challenges.
- The story of Apple's advanced technology group with John Buck
John Buck joins the show to discuss his book "Inventing the Future," which covers Apple's Advanced Technology Group and the technologies developed by the team. More details are available at chrischinchilla.com/podcast/.
- Open source in Energy with Jonas van den Bogaard of Alliander
Jonas van den Bogaard from Alliander discusses the Linux Foundation's energy community, which promotes open-source solutions for energy generation and distribution.
- The European Open Source Academy with Lydia Pintscher and Daniel Stenberg
Lydia Pintscher and Daniel Stenberg discuss the European Open Source Academy and efforts to highlight excellence in European open source communities.
- AI and Tech Writing with Selvaraaju Murugesan
Selvaraaju Murugesan joins the show to discuss the role of AI in tech writing. They explore Sudowrite, an AI-powered assistant designed to aid writers in brainstorming, outlining, and story creation.
- Fourty-Four Esoteric languages with Daniel Temkin
Tech Lounge features Daniel Temkin discussing his book "Fourty-Four EsoLangs" and the topic of esoteric programming languages. The conversation explores this niche area of computer science.
- The width and breadth of European tech: Events roundup
Tech Lounge hosts Cate and Chris discuss a month of European tech events, covering IFA, the Bologna Gathering, LF Energy, IT Arena, and How to Web.
- Craft exceptional API experiences with Speakeasy.
This episode features a discussion with Sagar Batchu about Speakeasy, a platform designed for building API experiences using simple definition files, including their exposure as MCP servers. Show notes and transcripts are available at chri…
- Empowering open source multimedia innovation with GPAC
In this episode of Tech Lounge, Romain Bouqueau from Motion Spell discusses the open source framework GPAC and its role in multimedia streaming, transcoding, and packaging.
- Telemetry and observability for Security with Cribl
Ed from Cribl joins the podcast to discuss their observability and telemetry platform, focusing on its applications for security tracking and teams.
- 30 years of MySQL with Peter Zaitsev of Percona
Peter Zaitsev from Percona joins the podcast to discuss the 30-year history of MySQL, sharing insights into the database's evolution and his personal journey with it and Percona.
- Emotional Digital Design with Vadym Grin
In this episode of Tech Lounge, Vadym Grin discusses his book on the design of digital products and services, exploring examples of good, bad, and ugly design.
- The state of European tech media
This episode of Tech Lounge covers the recent downsizing trends in European tech media. Hosts Cate and Chris analyze the reasons behind these changes, discuss future outlooks, and consider the overall impact on the European tech industry.
- Container management and security with Platform9 and Root
This episode features Madhura Maskasky from Platform9 discussing their container management platform and VMware migration efforts, alongside John Amaral from root.
- Voices from FOSDEM 2025
This episode features conversations from FOSDEM 2025 with projects like the Rust Foundation, Sysdig, Nextcloud, and Mastodon. It also highlights the Mermaid chart tool for enterprises and the Tower git GUI.
- Precious metal recovery with Regenx
This episode features a discussion with Dom Weatherbee of Regenx about their technology for recovering precious metals. The conversation explores how this technology can contribute to the circular economy for electronics.
- From Berlin to Bono
In this episode of Tech Lounge, Cate and Chris discuss recent tech events like Deep Tech Momentum, Gitex, and London Tech Week. They also mention learning opportunities from Manning and video/audio editing with Descript.
- Robust, Turnkey Caching at Massive Scale with Momento
Tech Lounge features Daniela Miao discussing her journey from AWS DynamoDB to creating Momento, a caching platform designed for massive scale real-time applications.
- Using AI to assist breast cancer examination with Jessica Baladad
Jessica Baladad discusses feelforyourlife.com, an advocacy platform focused on breast health, and its use of digital and print resources.
- Defending the internet with the EFF and delivering the Internet with Harness
This episode features two interviews from Web Summit 2024: Corynne McSherry from the EFF discusses defending the internet, and Nick Durkin from Harness talks about delivering the internet.
- Italian Tech and Opera
This episode of Tech Lounge covers the current state of Italian technology, highlighting recent funding and innovations. Additionally, hosts discuss announcements from Opera Days.
- Build faster and waste less time with Depot.dev
This episode features Kyle from Depot.dev, discussing their tool that speeds up Docker image builds and GitHub Actions. Depot.dev integrates with existing CI providers to save build time.
- Automate any workload with Northflank
This episode features Will from Northflank, a self-service developer platform designed for apps, databases, and jobs. The discussion covers scaling workloads from a single instance to hundreds, utilizing compute or GPUs.
- Functional licenses and the open source pledge with Chad Whitacre of Sentry
Chad Whitacre from Sentry joins the podcast to discuss the company's functional software license and the open-source pledge.
- Onehouse: Your Universal Data Lakehouse
This episode features a discussion with Vinoth Chandar about Onehouse, described as a Universal Data Lakehouse. It is presented as the sole data platform offering instant accessibility from any engine, including BI and AI.
- MedTech and FOSSBackstage
In this Tech Lounge episode, Cate provides an overview of the European medical technology landscape. Chris discusses the FOSSBackstage event, highlighting its focus on open source software topics beyond development.
- 30 years of pragmatic programming with Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas joins Tech Lounge to share insights from his 30-year programming journey. The discussion covers his experiences, the influential book "The Pragmatic Programmer," and his history in publishing.
- What is the future of European tech?
In this episode of Tech Lounge, hosts Cate and Chris discuss the future of European technology and the significant challenges it faces from global powers like the US, Russia, and China.
- Infobip's global startup program with Nikola Pavesic
Nikola Pavesic joins the podcast to talk about Infobip's global startup program called Tribe. The episode description also includes promotional links for productivity software and ways to support the show.
- Copy editing game rules with Rachel Lapidow
This episode of Tech Lounge features a conversation with Rachel Lapidow about best practices for copy editing game rules for role playing and board games. Additional details about the show, contact information, and support options are prov…
- EdTech and Open Source in Europe
In this episode of Tech Lounge, hosts Cate and Chris delve into the landscape of educational technology across Europe. They also examine the role and status of open source within Europe, with mentions of FOSDEM and related events.
- Intelligent Telemetry Data Management & Observability with Apica
Chris Chinchilla speaks with Ranjan Parthasarathy, CPTO of Apica, about applying AI to telemetry and observability data management. The episode covers how Apica handles large volumes of data in this field.
- 2025 tech trends
In this episode, hosts Cate and Chris share their technology trends and predictions for 2025.
- The Developer Relations Foundation
Chris Chinchilla speaks with Stacey and Phil of the Developer Relations Foundation about the organization's mission to recognize tech workers in community, marketing, and relations roles. More information can be found at lists.dev-rel.org/…
- Testcontainers
This episode features Oleg discussing Testcontainers, an open-source library that provides lightweight Docker container instances for various services like databases and message brokers. More information is available at chrischinchilla.com…
- Tech layoffs and what even is tech anyway?
Cate and Chris discuss recent tech layoffs and the definition of tech. More information and support options are available at chrischinchilla.com.
- Astro version 5 with Elian Van Cutsem
Elian Van Cutsem joins Tech Lounge to discuss the Astro web framework, covering its history and the new version 5 release. Show notes and transcripts are available at chrischinchilla.com/podcast/.
- Accessible quantum computing with Horizon
Joe Fitzsimmons from Horizon Quantum explains their efforts to simplify the transition from traditional computer programming to quantum computing.
- Circularity startups and alternatives to X
This episode of Tech Lounge features Cate and Chris discussing circular economy startups and comparing alternatives to X (formerly Twitter). Additional resources and contact information are available on chrischinchilla.com.
- The graph renaissance with neo4j
Michael Hunger from Neo4j discusses the history of graph databases and their emerging applications with generative AI tools. More information is available at chrischinchilla.com.
- Government bailouts in tech and tech influence in government
This episode of Tech Lounge features a deep dive into government bailouts for tech companies, EU investments, and the potential for tech companies and cybercrime to influence US politics. It also touches on related show support and contact…