Gregarious Mammal

In 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/

In 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/

In 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/

I 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/

In 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/

I 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/

In 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/

I 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/

I 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/

In 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/

Corey 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/

This 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/

It'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/

In 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/

No real episode, but rather a small update on some changes coming to the show.

 00:00 Introduction and Welcome01:33 AI Crawlers and Content Scraping04:17 TechCrunch and the State of Tech Journalism06:12 Retro Tech: Classic Mac OS and Image Formats08:25 Web Browsing Privacy Enhancements10:08 Sleep Tracking and Orthosomnia11:05 Sign OffLike what you’re reading?It’s a tough time for content creators right now. If you enjoy what you read, then consider a contribution. Here are the ways you can help me out.Or please share or review the newsletter!Thanks :)AI crawlers need to be more respectfulabout.readthedocs.comThere’s a growing backlash against AI crawlers consuming websites, videos, and other content with little respect for robots.txt, copyright issues, or the spikes of traffic that hosts have to pay for. Now, more people are talking about the impact.Apple Nvidia Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AIwired.comSee above…Tech Crunched: How the go-to site for startup news lost its waykeepgoingpod.comThis honestly feels like a summation of the trials and tribulations o

I am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It’s helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do.If you also need that helping hand, head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code “CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20” for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one-time purchases.More interviews from KubeCon Paris. This time, Matt Wilson, a colleague from Docker Build Cloud, and Sebastian Blanc of Aiven.00:00 Introduction and Podcast Overview01:42 Docker Build Cloud Explained03:22 Challenges in Docker Image Building04:33 BuildCloud Features and Benefits06:22 User Experience and Feedback18:50 Future Plans and Roadmap20:34 Aiven - Exploring Data Management Solutions22:17 Aiven - Open Source Commitment and Contributions25:23 Aiven - Competing in the Cloud Market31:39 Aiven - Developer Experience and Tools36:24 Aiven - Future Directions and Innovations40:57 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

I am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It’s helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do.If you also need that helping hand, head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code “CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20” for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one-time purchases.Like what you’re listening to?It’s a tough time for content creators right now. If you enjoy what you read, then consider a contribution. Here are the ways you can help me out.Or please share or review the show!Thanks :)Peering Into The Black Box Of Large Language Modelshackaday.comHow do LLMs *actually* work? A surprisingly small amount of people know, or bother to find out. But slowly, their creators are starting to ask questions about their creations, like any good creator really should.A revolution in your hand: Happy 45th birthday to the Sony Walkmanmusicradar.comI had a depressing conversation with a 22 year old recently where they had no idea what ripping or burning CDs was. Imagine if I’d told

In this episode, more interviews from KubeCon Paris.I speak with Dinesh from CIVO, a European cloud-native hosting company, and Thierry of the Open Infrastructure Foundation, whose projects typically power data centres.This episode is powered by magic mind, a little green bottle of goodness that helps your focus and energy. Head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code "CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20" for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one-time purchases.Want to come see me do sounds and lights for a play in Berlin?https://www.eventbrite.de/e/the-house-of-bernarda-alba-tickets-920747038177

I am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It's helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do. If you also need that helping hand, head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code "CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20" for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one time purchases.Like what you’re reading?It’s a tough time for content creators right now. If you enjoy what you read, then consider a contribution. Here’s the ways you can help me out.Or please share or review the newsletter!Thanks :)‘The first few nights were punishing’: how sleep restriction cured my lifelong insomniatheguardian.comI am an on/off long-suffering poor sleeper. The middle-of-the-night insomnia is better than it used to be, but I still find it hard to stay in a deep sleep and wake up too early most of the time. I have also been trying to stay up later, hoping it might mean I wake up later, but it’s not working especially in summer. I am not sure I want to push things to this extreme, but maybe it’s wo