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Tech Lounge podcast

Every two weeks, the tech lounge invites tech luminaries, entrepreneurs, and creatives from small scrappy startups and open source enthusiasts to those working in large global companies. If you're interested in deep and creative technology and conversations with some of its most interesting practitioners, this is the show for you. Come in and get yourself comfortable.

AI powered protection from digital fraud with Guardian

AI powered protection from digital fraud with Guardian

08/10/2026

In this episode, I speak with Rita Barbosa of Guardian Labs, who is working on an Europe-based AI-powered scam protection app that pulls in up-to-date scam data to help prevent vulnerable phone users from being scammed.

Autonomous security in the agent age with Enclave

Autonomous security in the agent age with Enclave

17/09/2026

I speak with Enclave, which is building an autonomous security team for the enterprise with always-on agents that map your attack surface, find attack paths, repair weaknesses, and verify the path is closed.

The world's largest conference for mobile developers with Greg Fawson

The world's largest conference for mobile developers with Greg Fawson

03/09/2026

I speak with Greg Fawson of next.app dev con, the largest mobile app developer conference in the world, right here in my home of Berlin. We speak about how they got there, their plans for the future, and organising event…

The hidden influences behind the algorithms that run our lives with Luca Belli

The hidden influences behind the algorithms that run our lives with Luca Belli

20/08/2026

In this episode, I speak with Luca Belli about his forthcoming Manning book, “Hidden Influences,” which explains how algorithmic recommendation systems work from socio-technical and ethical perspectives rather than teach…

Fast by default: Performance engineering with Den Odell

Fast by default: Performance engineering with Den Odell

06/08/2026

In this episode I speak with Den Odell, author of a new comprehensive book on performance engineering about the practice technically as well as justifying to business and product stakeholders.

Enjoy a better, fairer experience browsing the web with Rewarded Interest

Enjoy a better, fairer experience browsing the web with Rewarded Interest

23/07/2026

I speak with Thede Loader of Rewarded Interest, another project and product attempting to make privacy and consent on the web better, while offering you an opportunity to make a slice of revenue. Too good to be true?

Video Generation As A Service With Ricardo Noriega and Doug Smith

Video Generation As A Service With Ricardo Noriega and Doug Smith

09/07/2026

I speak with Ricardo Noriega and Doug Smith from Red Hat about their experiments using VLLM Omni for video generation.

Join the OSS Resistance with Mike McQuaid

Join the OSS Resistance with Mike McQuaid

26/06/2026

This episode, I am joined again by Mike McQuaid, Homebrew project leader, amongst many other things, including OSS Resistance, a new quiet call to encourage people to contribute to open source when they feel they should.

Converting messy documents into structured data with Peter Staar of Docling

Converting messy documents into structured data with Peter Staar of Docling

10/06/2026

In this episode, I speak with Peter Staar of Docling about the wonderful open-source project that converts messy documents into structured data, perfect for ingestion into AI tools and more. Recorded live at PyTorch con…

Removing barriers in audio with Sharath Narayana of Sanas

Removing barriers in audio with Sharath Narayana of Sanas

28/05/2026

This episode, I am joined by Sharath Narayana of Sanas, and AI company working to remove the barriers in audio since 2020.

Daniel Gräfe of Timing and CoTypist

Daniel Gräfe of Timing and CoTypist

07/05/2026

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 indepe…

The PyTorch Foundation with Mark Collier

The PyTorch Foundation with Mark Collier

23/04/2026

In this episode, I speak with Mark Collier, executive director of the PyTorch Foundation, from PyTorch Con in Paris.

Are bio processors the next step for computing?

Are bio processors the next step for computing?

09/04/2026

I speak with Ewelina Kurtys about Final Spark, a company building a bioprocessor, which they believe will enhance AI growth with no energy restrictions

What's new with Java and JDK26 with Simon Ritter

What's new with Java and JDK26 with Simon Ritter

26/03/2026

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.

Storytelling and AI with Victor of Supreme Robot

Storytelling and AI with Victor of Supreme Robot

12/03/2026

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.

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