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30 years of MySQL with Peter Zaitsev of Percona
14/08/2025In this episode, I speak with Peter Zaitsev of Percona about the history of MySQL, his history with the venerable database, and his history with Percona.
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.
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Emotional Digital Design with Vadym Grin
07/08/2025I speak with Vadym Grin about his forthcoming book on good, bad, and ugly design for digital products and services.
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The state of European tech media
24/07/2025In this episode, Cate and Chris discuss some of the recent downsizing of European tech media and ask how we got here, what's next, and what does it all mean for the European tech industry.
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Container management and security with Platform9 and Root
17/07/2025A packed container of an episode where I speak with Madhura Maskasky of Platform9 about their long-running container management platform and efforts to help people migrate from VMware and John Amaral of root.
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Voices from FOSDEM 2025
03/07/2025Fast rewind back to February and I had some fascinating conversations with various projects at FOSDEM in Brussels, including the Rust Foundation, Sysdig about StratoShark, Nextcloud, and Mastodon.
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Precious metal recovery with Regenx
19/06/2025I spoke with Dom Weatherbee of Regenx to discuss their precious metal recovery technology and how it can benefit the circular economy for new gadgets and devices.
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From Berlin to Bono
13/06/2025In this episode, Cate and Chris discuss a flurry of events over the past months, including Deep Tech Momentum, Gitex, London Tech Week, Super Invest, and more!
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Robust, Turnkey Caching at Massive Scale with Momento
30/05/2025I speak with Daniela Miao of Momento to discuss her journey from DynamoDB at AWS to creating an alternative caching platform for large scale real time applications.
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Using AI to assist breast cancer examination with Jessica Baladad
22/05/2025In this episode, Chris and Cate speak with Jessica Baladad, of feelforyourlife.com, an advocacy platform that utilizes digital and print resources for better breast health.
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Defending the internet with the EFF and delivering the Internet with Harness
08/05/2025Two interviews from Web Summit 2024… Corynne McSherry from the EFF and Nick Durkin from Harness.
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Italian Tech and Opera
02/05/2025In this episode, Cate discusses the state of Italian tech, and Chris and Cate discuss the recent Opera Days announcements.
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Build faster and waste less time with Depot.dev
24/04/2025I speak with Kyle from Depot.dev, which promise to speed up your your Docker image builds and GitHub Actions workflows. Depot easily integrates with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time…
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Automate any workload with Northflank
17/04/2025I speak with Will of Northflank, a self-service developer platform for apps, databases, and jobs. Start with one workload, scale to hundreds on compute or GPUs.
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Functional licenses and the open source pledge with Chad Whitacre of Sentry
10/04/2025In this episode, I speak with Chad Whitacre of Sentry about their functional software license and the open-source pledge.
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Onehouse: Your Universal Data Lakehouse
01/04/2025In this episode, I speak with Vinoth Chandar about Onehouse, a Universal Data Lakehouse and the only data platform instantly accessible from any engine, from BI to AI.