Tech Lounge
30 years of pragmatic programming with Dave Thomas
06/03/2025I speak with the infamous Dave Thomas about his programming journey, his book, the pragmatic programmer and his publishing history, and much more!
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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What is the future of European tech?
20/02/2025In this episode Cate and Chris talk about the future of European tech in the wake of the many challenges the block faces from the US, Russia, China, and more.
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Infobip's global startup program with Nikola Pavesic
13/02/2025I speak with Nikola Pavesic about Infobip's global startup program, Tribe.
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Copy editing game rules with Rachel Lapidow
06/02/2025I speak with Rachel Lapidow about tips and tricks for copy editing role play and board game rules.
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EdTech and Open Source in Europe
30/01/2025In this episode, Cate and Chris discuss the state of education tech in Europe, and as the open source community gears up for FOSDEM and side events week, how does open source look in Europe?
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Intelligent Telemetry Data Management & Observability with Apica
27/01/2025I speak with the CPTO of Apica, Ranjan Parthasarathy, about how they bring AI to the big and busy world of telemetry and observability data.
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2025 tech trends
17/01/2025A few weeks late but what they hey. In this episode Cate and Chris share their tech trends and predictions for 2025.
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The Developer Relations Foundation
09/01/2025I speak with Stacey and Phil of the newly launched Developer Relations Foundation, recognising the work of tech workers with community, marketing, and relations roles.
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Testcontainers
19/12/2024In this episode, I speak with Oleg of Testcontainers, an open source library for providing throwaway, lightweight instances of databases, message brokers, web browsers, or just about anything that can run in a Docker con…
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Tech layoffs and what even is tech anyway?
13/12/2024In this episode Cate and Chris discuss recent tech layoffs and how to handle them better, plus what even is tech anyway?
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Astro version 5 with Elian Van Cutsem
05/12/2024In this episode, I speak with Elian Van Cutsem about one of my favourite web frameworks and what I use for my own website, Astro. We talk generally about the project, its history, and version 5, which was released this w…
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Accessible quantum computing with Horizon
28/11/2024I speak with Joe Fitzsimmons of Horizon Quantum, who are attempting make the move from traditional computer programming easier.
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Circularity startups and alternatives to X
21/11/2024In this deep dive episode Cate and Chris dig into circular economy startups and how all the alternatives to Twitter/X/Twix compare.
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The graph renaissance with neo4j
14/11/2024I speak with Michael Hunger of neo4j about the history of graph databases and how they are finding new use cases with the current wave of generative AI tools.
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Government bailouts in tech and tech influence in government
05/11/2024In this topic deep dive, Cate and I discuss government bailouts for tech companies, EU investment in tech companies, and the possible manipulation of US politics by tech companies and cybercrime.