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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.

Relaunch announcement

Relaunch announcement

21/07/2021

I've been quiet for a while, here's why. I'm relaunching the show soon and here's what I have planned. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would…

Real-Time Analytics with Venkat Venkataramani of Rockset

Real-Time Analytics with Venkat Venkataramani of Rockset

07/07/2021

Rockset promises The real-time indexing database for modern data applications. How does it compare to the competition? I speak with Venkat Venkataramani to find out. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chi…

Full Stack Automation with Consul and Nomad of HashiCorp

Full Stack Automation with Consul and Nomad of HashiCorp

30/06/2021

Many of us in software development know of, and have used HashiCorp projects. How do they stay innovative in a rapidly changing ecosystem? I speak with Ray (Consul) and Chang (Nomad) to find out more. --- Send…

Modern Application Connectivity with Idit Levine of Solo.io

Modern Application Connectivity with Idit Levine of Solo.io

23/06/2021

I have Idit Levine back on the show to discuss how solo.io [http://solo.io] use Istio and Envoy Proxy to provide API Infrastructure from the Edge to Service Mesh. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/…

Monitor everything with Robin Schumacher of Netdata

Monitor everything with Robin Schumacher of Netdata

16/06/2021

Netdata helps you troubleshoot slowdowns and anomalies in your infrastructure with thousands of per-second metrics, meaningful visualizations, and insightful health alarms with zero configuration. Observability is a busy…

Creating Production-ready containers with John Amaral of Slim.ai

Creating Production-ready containers with John Amaral of Slim.ai

09/06/2021

How can slim.ai [http://slim.ai] help you create production-ready containers quickly? I speak with CEO, John Amaral to find out how. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a…

Ransomware in Kubernetes with Veeam

Ransomware in Kubernetes with Veeam

02/06/2021

Infrastructure as code offers many possibilities, but introduces a large amount of potential security vulnerabilities. How can Veeam help? I speak with Michael Cade to find out. --- Send in a voice message: https://a…

Percona and the future of data with Matt Yonkovit

Percona and the future of data with Matt Yonkovit

20/05/2021

I speak with Percona's Chief Experience Officer to discuss their recent Percona live event, the future of data and how we store and collaborate with it, and what open source means to the company. --- Send in a voice…

Building and sharing data with Streamlit

Building and sharing data with Streamlit

13/05/2021

Streamlit turns data scripts into shareable web apps in minutes. All in Python. All for free. No front‑end experience required. I speak with Adrien Treuille and Amanda Kelly to find out more about the company and how it…

Open Source Service Mesh with William Morgan of Linkerd

Open Source Service Mesh with William Morgan of Linkerd

06/05/2021

This episode starts a run of talks from KubeCon EU 2021, and I speak with William Morgan of Linkerd, the first service mesh for Kubernetes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message Th…

Hybrid cloud object storage with AB Periasamy of MinIO

Hybrid cloud object storage with AB Periasamy of MinIO

15/04/2021

This episode I speak Hybrid cloud object storage with AB Periasamy of MinIO. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with…

Security in the Age of Microservices with Tzury Bar Yochay, CTO and co-founder of Reblaze

Security in the Age of Microservices with Tzury Bar Yochay, CTO and co-founder of Reblaze

08/04/2021

Service mesh is one of the keys to securing bleeding-edge microservices , and how can companies continue to capitalize on the containerization trends, without sacrificing security? I speak with Reblaze founder, Tzury B…

The Weekly Squeak - Kubernetes native GitOps with Cornelia Davis of Flux

The Weekly Squeak - Kubernetes native GitOps with Cornelia Davis of Flux

25/03/2021

I speak with Cornelia Davis, CTO of Weaveworks about GitOps, Flux and simplifying the creation of Kubernetes clusters. * https://www.weave.works * https://fluxcd.io/blog/2021/03/flux-is-a-cncf-incubat…

Open Observability with Anthony Woods of Grafana Labs

Open Observability with Anthony Woods of Grafana Labs

15/03/2021

Chris speaks with Anthony Woods of Grafana Labs about Grafana, Prometheus, Cortex, and about the current state of observability. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message This is a pub…

The past, present, and future of Snagit with Daniel Foster

The past, present, and future of Snagit with Daniel Foster

25/02/2021

I speak with Daniel Foster, Snagit strategy manager about the long running screenshot creation and management software. I also cover the recent debacle in Australia, the business of zero-day exploits, why everyone shou…

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