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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.
A bumper bonus buffet
Tech Lounge

A bumper bonus buffet

07/07/2022
Back again after a lot of events, bouncing around the globe. So in this episode I report back on Open Infra Summit, OSCAL, HashiConf, and Monitorama. I also look at links from the past few weeks that caught my eye. --…
Kong, Koyeb, and Kuma
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Kong, Koyeb, and Kuma

15/06/2022
Hey all, more KubeCon kontent for you, this time Vic and Yann from Kon and Koyeb, talking service meshes. Plus a few more details from WWDC and frameworks increase developer adoption. --- Send in a voice message: htt…
Amanda Brock of OpenUK
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Amanda Brock of OpenUK

08/06/2022
This episode I take a look at open source censorship in China, wether forms spelled the end of the WWW and I speak with Amanda Brock of Open UK about their projects and their current state of open survey. The survey -…
Kubernetes powered time travel
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Kubernetes powered time travel

26/05/2022
This issue I am back from (in-person!) KubeCon. I also look at time travel, erasing yourself from the internet, and how you'd better up your game if you want to read or write poetry, because the robots are coming… ---…
Back to the Baltics with TechChill
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Back to the Baltics with TechChill

13/05/2022
This episode I cover my recent trip to Riga and Tech Chill, a wonderful startup and tech event in the Latvian capital of Riga. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a publi…
To open or not to open
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To open or not to open

06/05/2022
Hey Gregarious Mammals 👋 Back after holidays, work travel, sickness, and general "bleh". Life is getting back to pre-2020 normality and it's taking a little getting used to! 😅 Anyway, as it's been a while, there's…
Twedit
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Twedit

15/04/2022
In this issue I cover the far-reaching nuances of privacy, switching from Google, Twitter breaks itself, and D&D goes beyond! 🎲 xx Chinch --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message T…
Hardening JavaScript with Kris Kowal
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Hardening JavaScript with Kris Kowal

06/04/2022
In this episode I speak with Kris Kowal, a software engineer at Agoric. We discuss the origins of securing code, the future of Javascript, and, Chinchillas. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasq…
Exodus
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Exodus

31/03/2022
Some serious subjects for this issue, from forced human migrations, to what engineers can do about sustainability. Sometimes that's what's needed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/mess…
Internet 3 point uh oh
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Internet 3 point uh oh

24/03/2022
In this episode I cover risks to the internet from various sources, technology for cyber defence, and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you w…
Charmed Kubeflow with Rob Gibbon of Canonical
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Charmed Kubeflow with Rob Gibbon of Canonical

03/03/2022
In this Chinchilla Squeaks interview I speak with Rob Gibbon, Product Manager at Canonical about their flavour of Kubeflow and how it can be used for machine learning workloads with Kubernetes. --- Send in a voice me…
Forging the Meta
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Forging the Meta

24/02/2022
This episode I take a look back at old tech concepts made new, Using AI to understand language, the future of Firefox and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a…
Old man shouts at cloud computing
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Old man shouts at cloud computing

04/02/2022
In this episode I discuss ageing entrepreneur, staff exoduses, unsung heroes, futuristic interfaces, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If yo…

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