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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.
Apollo GraphQL with Geoff Schmidt
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Apollo GraphQL with Geoff Schmidt

21/01/2021
This issue I speak with Geoff Schmidt of Apollo about their GraphQL offerings. I also cover general AI, decades old technology bets, is it wise to remove WhatsApp, and much more.  xx Chinch --- Send in a voice mess…
Nvidia Jetson with Amit Goel
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Nvidia Jetson with Amit Goel

06/01/2021
This week, I speak with Amit Goel, Director of Product Management for Embedded AI Platforms at NVIDIA about the Jetson platform. I also cover the M1 (again), Discord, the Romans, and the Archers…  xx Chinch --- Send…
Algolia search with Julien Lemoine
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Algolia search with Julien Lemoine

16/12/2020
In this episode I cover the new Algolia integration with Netlify and look at the rapid growth of interest in their search solution.  Also features news on Fuscia OS, taking Google offline, GPT-3, and much more! --- S…
Code Review in your IDE with Codestream
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Code Review in your IDE with Codestream

19/11/2020
In this episode I speak with Peter Pezaris of Codestream about their IDE plugin that allows you to integrate code review, pull and merge requests, and issue trackers directly where you work. I also cover paying for pod…
Kubernetes observability with Pixie
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Kubernetes observability with Pixie

11/11/2020
This week I speak with the cofounders of Pixie labs, that helps you instantly troubleshoot your applications on Kubernetes.  I also cover immutable operating systems, the ISS, real world quantum computing, the Lord of th…
Graph and AI with Gaurav Deshpande
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Graph and AI with Gaurav Deshpande

05/11/2020
I have Gaurav Deshpande of TigerGraph back to talk about their recent conference covering the intersection of Graph and AI. I also cover Berlin airports, sci-fi recommendations, and bizarre operating systems. --- Sen…
Scaling MySQL with Planet Scale
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Scaling MySQL with Planet Scale

23/09/2020
In this episode I speak with Jiten Vaidya and Sugu Sougoumarane of Planet Scale, a solution for scaling MySQL on Kubernetes.  I also cover Mozilla, returning to the office, Canonical, and can open source be bought? ht…

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