Synopsis
Gregarious Mammal is a regular ramble that covers topics such as technology, robots, coding, IoT, current affairs, travels, writing and so much more.Show notes can be found at - gregariousmammal.com/podcast
Episodes
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Infobip's global startup program with Nikola Pavesic
13/02/2025 Duration: 30minI speak with Nikola Pavesic about Infobip's global startup program, Tribe.Try RaycastWant to improve your productivity on macOS with a Shortcut to everything? Try Raycast, and get 10% off with the link, https://raycast.com/?via=chris-chinchilla For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Copy editing game rules with Rachel Lapidow
06/02/2025 Duration: 40minI speak with Rachel Lapidow about tips and tricks for copy editing role play and board game rules.Want to get dozens of helpful Mac apps for only $9.99 a month? Setapp is what you need! For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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EdTech and Open Source in Europe
30/01/2025 Duration: 37minIn 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?drewdevault.com/2025/01/23/2025-01-23-Transparency-and-governance-FOSDEM.htmltech.eu/2025/01/27/meet-codecrafters-the-upskilling-platform-trusted-by-devs-from-google-github-and-microsofttech.eu/2024/09/27/how-brighterly-is-addressing-the-us-math-education-crisistech.eu/2024/09/20/berlin-startup-sirius-raises-4m-for-online-music-schoolWant to Build Your Mental Wealth in 2025?Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with with my link:https://www.magicmind.com/techJAN For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Intelligent Telemetry Data Management & Observability with Apica
27/01/2025 Duration: 31minI speak with the CPTO of Apica, Ranjan Parthasarathy, about how they bring AI to the big and busy world of telemetry and observability data.Want to Build Your Mental Wealth in 2025?Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with with my link:https://www.magicmind.com/techJAN For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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2025 tech trends
17/01/2025 Duration: 45minA few weeks late but what they hey. In this episode Cate and Chris share their tech trends and predictions for 2025.Want to Build Your Mental Wealth in 2025?Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with with my link:https://www.magicmind.com/techJAN For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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The Developer Relations Foundation
09/01/2025 Duration: 32minI speak with Stacey and Phil of the newly launched Developer Relations Foundation, recognising the work of tech workers with community, marketing, and relations roles.https://lists.dev-rel.org/g/community/wiki For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Testcontainers
19/12/2024 Duration: 33minIn 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 container. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Tech layoffs and what even is tech anyway?
13/12/2024 Duration: 46minIn this episode Cate and Chris discuss recent tech layoffs and how to handle them better, plus what even is tech anyway? For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Astro version 5 with Elian Van Cutsem
05/12/2024 Duration: 33minIn 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 week! For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Accessible quantum computing with Horizon
28/11/2024 Duration: 28minI speak with Joe Fitzsimmons of Horizon Quantum, who are attempting make the move from traditional computer programming easier. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Circularity startups and alternatives to X
21/11/2024 Duration: 56minIn this deep dive episode Cate and Chris dig into circular economy startups and how all the alternatives to Twitter/X/Twix compare. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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The graph renaissance with neo4j
14/11/2024 Duration: 39minI 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. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Government bailouts in tech and tech influence in government
05/11/2024 Duration: 58minIn 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. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Creating an Open Source AI definition
31/10/2024 Duration: 33minI speak with Stephen Hood of Mozilla about their joint efforts with the Open Source Initiative to create a definition of open source AI.Read all about the announcementLearn more about the definition For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Workbrew, turning Homebrew into a business with Mike McQuaid
17/10/2024 Duration: 40minI speak with Mike McQuaid, long-term maintainer of Homebrew, the macOS package manager, about Workbrew, a new commercial version of Homebrew that brings extra security and governance features to Homebrew.This interview formed the basis of my article on The Next Web in July. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Tech events
10/10/2024 Duration: 55minIn this episode, Cate and Chris dive into tech events. The different types, how they work, how they feel, and how they've changed the past few years. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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AI-powered code reuse with Crowdbotics
03/10/2024 Duration: 31minCorey from Crowdbotics joins me in the Tech Lounge to talk about their six year journey in creating an AI-powered code reuse platform, long before others jumped on the bandwagon. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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WASM at KubeCon EU 2024
20/09/2024 Duration: 30minThis episode is all about WASM at KubeCon EU 2024 way back in March. I speak with WASMEdge and Cosmonic to find out what they bring and their thoughts on WASM. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Alternative meats and what actually is AI?
12/09/2024 Duration: 49minIt's a discussion episode! And this time, Cate Lawrence from Tech.eu joins me to talk about alternative meats and proteins, and I ask in a sea of jargon and hype, what really is artificial intelligence? For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/
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Sustainable infrastructure and AI powered IDEs
05/09/2024 Duration: 51minIn the tech lounge this episode, I have Leonard Pahlke talking about bringing sustainability to infrastructure and the work of the CNCF sustainability TAG and Dedy Kredo from Codium AI talking about their AI-powered IDE and text editor extension. For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/To reach out and say hello, visit chrischinchilla.com/contact/To support the show for ad-free listening and extra content, visit chrischinchilla.com/support/