Tech Lounge

The strangest of places

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Podcast versionFind the podcast version of this newsletter, including my interview with Bertrand of Canonical on the Substack podcast page or wherever...

MS-Wot?

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for open-source users to open their wallets →It was around the year 1999 and I was attending my first Linux convention at the Research Tri...

Silicon Valley Tank(s)

16 Mar 2023

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Hello everyone welcome to my regular ramble through geeky subjects from tech, to history, games, writing, language, and more.This issue is a little li...

We'll fight them on the breaches

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

WelcomeHello everyone welcome to my regular ramble through geeky subjects from tech, to history, games, writing, language, and more.This issue is a li...

Developer experience with Jetpack and Mac for Linux and Windows

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Podcast versionFind the podcast version of this newsletter, including my interview with Daniel on the Substack podcast page or wherever you find your ...

Babylon.js, artificial everything, and customer care?

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

From me…Migrating a website from…Read more about my journey overhauling my old old website, and my progress so far.Storytelling Collective Flash F...

Artificial terrestrial

03 Feb 2023

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Updates from me…Alternative browsers for macOSI was interested in diving into the many new browsers emerging right now, especially for macOS.* Video...

Open games, open AI, and the state of open con with Amanda Brock

26 Jan 2023

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OGL 1.1/1.2/1.3/😱Wizards of the Coast goes into firefighting mode to stop the exodus of D&D fans.An Update on the Open Game License (OGL) →When w...

What happens when the living and the previously dead fall in love?

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“The Dead Among Us” is a post-post-apocalyptic love story that shows emotion and understanding can conquer history, resentment, and generational d...

Welcome to twenty twenty wee hee

12 Jan 2023

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Hey everyone!So, I am quite late with this newsletter and podcast as I was travelling blah blah. But also Twitter owns the service I was using for new...

AI AI

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hello all! Lots of lovely AI and machine learning links for you this issue as I am working on a new show! Also Twitter, Mozilla, and that internet thi...

Raytracing Llamas in the Metaverse - Interviews from Build Stuff

18 Nov 2022

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I'm back after two weeks of conferences. I interview speakers from Build Stuff in Lithuania, report back from other events, dig into the history of Ja...

Kin Lane of Postman, announcearama, and tech loses its shine

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hey all 👋Kin Lane is back on the show. Also a week of announcements from companies that begin with "A", the speed behind Tech's sails starts to sl...

IT Arena 2022 - Ukrainian tech braves the war

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This was my third invitation to attend in Lviv, Ukraine. But this was the first time, and indeed a first for me overall, that the conference happened ...

A legendary merge

28 Sep 2022

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In this episode I round up the latest geeky news that has caught my attention including the Ethereum merge, looking forward to macOS Ventura, AI image...

Dotan Horovits of Logz.io, watch your heroes and the life of Clippy

15 Sep 2022

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In this episode I speak with Dotan Horowits from Logz.io about Observability and OpenTelemetry. Also features how much GPT-3 truly knows about you, th...

Tiny CSS and Moore's magic Mac

05 Sep 2022

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In this episode I speak with the authors of Tiny CSS projects, Michael Gearon and Martine Dowden. I also look at Apple's new repair program, the savio...

Matt Butcher of Fermyon, GTA, Tauri, and is Veganism really that popular?

18 Aug 2022

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On this episode I have Matt Butcher of Fermyon to talk about their cloud-hosted webassembly platform. I also cover Tauri, tech settings you should cha...

Apache Pulsar with Patrick McFadin

03 Aug 2022

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I have Patrick McFadin back on the show to discuss using Apache Pulsar for distributed cloud-native streaming and how it fits into Data Stax's plans a...

All-in-one friendly observability with groundcover

27 Jul 2022

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On this episode I speak with Shahar Azulay of ground cover who claim an all-in one observability solution with minimal change to your existing applica...

SBOMs and software security with Scribe

21 Jul 2022

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In this episode I speak with Barak Brudo of Scribe Security about software bills of material and their impact on software supply chains.https://scribe...

Live play - Battle of the Bards by Dustin Winter

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cross-post from my Solo Adventurer channel and podcast.Will my musical past help me win a battle of the bands… Against myself? I compose a song, and...

A bumper bonus buffet

07 Jul 2022

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Back again after a lot of events, bouncing around the globe. So in this episode I report back on Open Infra Summit, OSCAL, HashiConf, and Monitorama. ...

Kong, Koyeb, and Kuma

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hey all, more KubeCon kontent for you, this time Vic and Yann from Kon and Koyeb, talking service meshes. Plus a few more details from WWDC and framew...

Amanda Brock of OpenUK

08 Jun 2022

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This episode I take a look at open source censorship in China, wether forms spelled the end of the WWW and I speak with Amanda Brock of Open UK about ...

KubeCon EU with Napptive, simplified Kubernetes environments

01 Jun 2022

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In this first interview recorded at KubeCon EU in Valencia I speak with Napptive, who aim to simplify Kubernetes environments to be usable by anyone.-...

Kubernetes powered time travel

26 May 2022

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This issue I am back from (in-person!) KubeCon. I also look at time travel, erasing yourself from the internet, and how you'd better up your game if y...

Back to the Baltics with TechChill

13 May 2022

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This episode I cover my recent trip to Riga and Tech Chill, a wonderful startup and tech event in the Latvian capital of Riga.--- Send in a voice mess...

To open or not to open

06 May 2022

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Hey Gregarious Mammals 👋Back after holidays, work travel, sickness, and general "bleh". Life is getting back to pre-2020 normality and it's taking ...

Twedit

15 Apr 2022

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In this issue I cover the far-reaching nuances of privacy, switching from Google, Twitter breaks itself, and D&D goes beyond! 🎲xx Chinch--- Send in...

Hardening JavaScript with Kris Kowal

06 Apr 2022

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In this episode I speak with Kris Kowal, a software engineer at Agoric. We discuss the origins of securing code, the future of Javascript, and, Chinch...

Exodus

31 Mar 2022

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Some serious subjects for this issue, from forced human migrations, to what engineers can do about sustainability. Sometimes that's what's needed.--- ...

Internet 3 point uh oh

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I cover risks to the internet from various sources, technology for cyber defence, and more.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor...

Charmed Kubeflow with Rob Gibbon of Canonical

03 Mar 2022

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In this Chinchilla Squeaks interview I speak with Rob Gibbon, Product Manager at Canonical about their flavour of Kubeflow and how it can be used for ...

Forging the Meta

24 Feb 2022

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This episode I take a look back at old tech concepts made new, Using AI to understand language, the future of Firefox and much more!--- Send in a voic...

Kubernetes automation with Damian Marquez of Kubermatic

10 Feb 2022

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In this interview and demo I speak with Damian Marquez of Kubermatic about their Kubernetes management and automation platform.--- Send in a voice mes...

Old man shouts at cloud computing

04 Feb 2022

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In this episode I discuss ageing entrepreneur, staff exoduses, unsung heroes, futuristic interfaces, and more!--- Send in a voice message: https://anc...

A virtual problem

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I am back after a small break… And a spell of COVID 😷.This issue I look far and wide at the "wonders" of Crypto, ponder why I should care if I ta...

Twenty twenty uh huh

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I take a look back on the year that was. What did I accomplish, what did I want to accomplish and what do I have planned for 2022?--- Send in a voice ...

Abstract time machine

17 Dec 2021

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In this episode I look at the abstraction of code, writing rules (and why?), Mac migrations, and historical religions (ooh yeah).--- Send in a voice m...

A world of wires

08 Dec 2021

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In this episode I look at the (un)intended consequences of tech utopias, why wired is back baby, why (oh why) are 15 minute delivery companies spreadi...

Maximising content with Christopher Willis of Acrolinx

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Acrolinx is an AI-powered platform/framework/tool/🤷‍♂️ for content optimisation. I have always wanted to know more about the product, and for...

Reach out and Touch Bar

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode… The browser wars, developer tools you should now about, how could the Touch Bar have succeeded and much more!--- Send in a voice messa...

Dial M1 for Monterey

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I discuss the latest releases from Apple, the tribulations of Clubhouse, 20 years of the iPod, what to do with files you find on old c...

KubeCon NA 2021

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another KubeCon roundup from the recent hybrid event in Los Angeles. Featured are: Nick Durkin of Harness Buddy Brewer and Mark Robinson of New Relic ...

A landline life coach

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How will the landline "die", adding emotion to games, Twitch.tv leaked, life coaches exposed, and much more!--- Send in a voice message: https://ancho...

Only fools and tech courses

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I cover AI coding, GitLab, filling all those tech vacancies, trusting VPNs, undersea cables, and obscure actors with popularity in equ...

Screw you reality!

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I look at attempts at a floating "paradise", AI in education, the race to delivery groceries, Umberto Eco's advice for writers and mor...

You're not as smart as you might think you are

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I cover… The history of smartphones, Docker, and Hyperlinks. Also is AI fast catching up to (bad) developers, and what will become o...

Careful where you put that data

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I look at the many facets of unintended data, Google's messaging journey, happy birthday Linux, and much more.--- Send in a voice mess...

Relaunch announcement

21 Jul 2021

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I've been quiet for a while, here's why. I'm relaunching the show soon and here's what I have planned.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/c...

Real-Time Analytics with Venkat Venkataramani of Rockset

07 Jul 2021

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Rockset promises The real-time indexing database for modern data applications. How does it compare to the competition? I speak with Venkat Venkatarama...

Full Stack Automation with Consul and Nomad of HashiCorp

30 Jun 2021

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Many of us in software development know of, and have used HashiCorp projects. How do they stay innovative in a rapidly changing ecosystem? I speak wit...

Modern Application Connectivity with Idit Levine of Solo.io

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I have Idit Levine back on the show to discuss how solo.io use Istio and Envoy Proxy to provide API Infrastructure from the Edge to Service Mesh.--- S...

Monitor everything with Robin Schumacher of Netdata

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Netdata helps you troubleshoot slowdowns and anomalies in your infrastructure with thousands of per-second metrics, meaningful visualizations, and ins...

Creating Production-ready containers with John Amaral of Slim.ai

09 Jun 2021

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How can slim.ai help you create production-ready containers quickly? I speak with CEO, John Amaral to find out how.--- Send in a voice message: https:...

Ransomware in Kubernetes with Veeam

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Infrastructure as code offers many possibilities, but introduces a large amount of potential security vulnerabilities. How can Veeam help? I speak wit...

Percona and the future of data with Matt Yonkovit

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I speak with Percona’s Chief Experience Officer to discuss their recent Percona live event, the future of data and how we store and collaborate with...

Building and sharing data with Streamlit

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Streamlit turns data scripts into shareable web apps in minutes. All in Python. All for free. No front‑end experience required. I speak with Adrien ...

Open Source Service Mesh with William Morgan of Linkerd

06 May 2021

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This episode starts a run of talks from KubeCon EU 2021, and I speak with William Morgan of Linkerd, the first service mesh for Kubernetes.--- Send in...

Hybrid cloud object storage with AB Periasamy of MinIO

15 Apr 2021

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This episode I speak Hybrid cloud object storage with AB Periasamy of MinIO.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinchillasqueaks/message T...

Security in the Age of Microservices with Tzury Bar Yochay, CTO and co-founder of Reblaze

08 Apr 2021

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Service mesh is one of the keys to securing bleeding-edge microservices , and how can companies continue to capitalize on the containerization trends,...

The Weekly Squeak - Kubernetes native GitOps with Cornelia Davis of Flux

25 Mar 2021

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I speak with Cornelia Davis, CTO of Weaveworks about GitOps, Flux and simplifying the creation of Kubernetes clusters. https://www.weave.works https:/...

Open Observability with Anthony Woods of Grafana Labs

15 Mar 2021

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Chris speaks with Anthony Woods of Grafana Labs about Grafana, Prometheus, Cortex, and about the current state of observability.--- Send in a voice me...

The past, present, and future of Snagit with Daniel Foster

25 Feb 2021

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I speak with Daniel Foster, Snagit strategy manager about the long running screenshot creation and management software.I also cover the recent debacle...

The Jamstack Book with Raymond Camden and Brian Rinaldi

17 Feb 2021

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I speak with Raymond Camden and Brian Rinaldi about the book they are working on for Manning publications covering everything Jamstack. I also cover ...

eBPF Cloud Native computing with Neela Jacques of Isovalent

10 Feb 2021

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I speak with Neela Jacque about eBPF and what does Cilium and Isovalent offer to cloud-native networking and security.I also cover the rise of VSCode,...

Cloud Native automation with Jon Edvald of Garden

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode I speak with Jon Edvald of Garden about their cloud native automation platform.I also cover Linux on the M1, Google Chrome, Web extension...

Apollo GraphQL with Geoff Schmidt

21 Jan 2021

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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 rem...

Updates from the Ukrainian Startup scene with Stepan Veselovskyi

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I speak with Stepan Veselovskyi, the CEO at Lviv IT Cluster about what's been happening in the Ukraine tech and startup scene since my last visit.I al...

Nvidia Jetson with Amit Goel

06 Jan 2021

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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 (...

Algolia search with Julien Lemoine

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 new...

Ubuntu on Lenovo with Mark Pearson and Martin Wimpress

09 Dec 2020

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In this Weekly Squeak I speak with Mark and Martin and cover how the two teams worked together to make Ubuntu shine on Lenovo machines. Also features...

Software error tracking with Brian Rue of Rollbar

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week I speak with Brian Rue of Rollbar, The Continuous Code Improvement Platform. No links… Because apparently, I didn't read anything…--- Se...

The Weekly Squeak - Headless CMS with Aurélien Georget of Strapi

26 Nov 2020

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I speak with with Aurélien Georget of Strapi, the leading open-source headless CMS, 100% Javascript, fully customizable and developer-first. I also ...

Code Review in your IDE with Codestream

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Kubernetes observability with Pixie

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week I speak with the cofounders of Pixie labs, that helps you instantly troubleshoot your applications on Kubernetes. I also cover immutable op...

Graph and AI with Gaurav Deshpande

05 Nov 2020

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I have Gaurav Deshpande of TigerGraph back to talk about their recent conference covering the intersection of Graph and AI. I also cover Berlin airpor...

Automating everything with Linden Tibbets of IFTTT

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I speak with Linden Tibbets of IFTTT about the past, present, and future of their automation platform. I also look at the history of m...

The present and future of Jamstack with Matt Biilmann

21 Oct 2020

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This weekly squeak I talk with Matt Biilmann of Netlify about their recent announcements and the future of Jamstack presented at their recent Jamstack...

IoT trends and the future of conferences with Cate Lawrence

01 Oct 2020

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In this Weekly Squeak I have my old cohost back to discuss recent trends in IoT and her visit to IFA in Berlin, will the hybrid format be the future o...

Scaling MySQL with Planet Scale

23 Sep 2020

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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, re...

Christian Nunciato - Pulumi in Action

16 Sep 2020

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In this episode I speak with Christian Nunciato, author of Pulumi in Action from Manning.Use podchinc19 for a 40% discount code, or andy of the codes ...

Contentful with Paolo Negri

09 Sep 2020

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In this episode I speak with Paolo Negri about their API-first content platform. Also features the story of Bullfrog, history books for roleplayers, j...

D&D and Teams with Karthik Nagarajan

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode I speak with Karthik Nagarajan about the advantages of running roleplaying games for teams, look at computer user groups, fraud, and a Ja...

KubeCon EU 2020

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I speak with Vijoy Pandey (Cisco), Amith Nair (HashiCorp), and Michael Friedrich (GitLab) about their announcements and highlights fro...

Robert Reeves of Liquibase

21 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Reeves joins me after a 2 year gap to discuss bringing DevOps practices to the database world. I also cover Zoom's amazing quarter, the end of ...

Tanmai Gopal of Hasura - Instant GraphQL APIs for your data

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I speak with Tanmai Gopal about Hasura, an open source and hosted platform that brings instant GraphQL APIs to your data.Also features my weekly round...

Confluent Cloud with Dan Rosanova

10 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I speak with Dan Rosanova from Confluent about Kafka, their cloud offering, and project Metamorphosis. I also cover news from the past...

Detecting infections from X-Rays - Alexander Wong of COVID-Net

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is a focussed episode, where I interview Alexander Wong of COVID-Net and DarwinAI about an open-source project last week to improve COVID-19 scre...

Interchain, Tech privilege and inclusion with Tess Rinearson

27 May 2020

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This week I speak with Tess Rinearson about the Interchain foundation and her past thoughts on running inclusive hackathons, privilege, and much more....

In-memory computing with Dale Kim of Hazelcast

20 May 2020

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This week I speak about in-memory computing with Dale Kim of Hazelcast. I also look at the changing world of in-person trade shows, offices, and resta...

Kubernetes as a Service with Spectro Cloud

13 May 2020

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This week I speak with Spectro Cloud about their new Kubernetes as a service offering, and also take a look at operating system market share changes, ...

Scalable Graph databases with TigerGraph

29 Apr 2020

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I speak with Gaurav Deshpande of TigerGraph about their highly scalable graph database. Also features GDPR 2 years later, Flutter, JavaScript, grounde...

Decentralized entertainment with Breaker.io

23 Apr 2020

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In this episode I speak with Troy Murray of breaker.io, a decentralized ecosystem that empowers creators and delivers fans classic and original conten...

Augmented AI with Chris Longstaff of Mindtech

16 Apr 2020

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This week I speak with Chris Longstaff of Mindtech about their curious plan to help machine learning by augmenting datasets with synthetic data.I also...

Universal code search with Sourcegraph - Civilization, Lockdowns, and AmigaOS

09 Apr 2020

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In this episode I speak with Quinn Slack of Sourcegraph about the universal code search tool. Also features news on AmigaOS, awesome repos for develop...

Cybersecurity during a Pandemic - An interview with Critical Start

01 Apr 2020

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No links this week as I focus on an interview with Quentin Rhoads-Herrera of Critical Start where we talk about cyber security during a time of crisis...

Peter Suma of Applied Brain Research, a new Hello World, and how games influence policy

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I speak with Peter Suma of Applied Brain Research about Nengo, a complete brain maker that allows you to develop and run models with d...

Mobile engagement with mGage, why you should use Brave, ditch Discord and what actually is a URL

18 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I speak with Nick Millward of mGage about the past present and future of mobile engagement, especially RCS. I also cover the history o...