Tech Lounge

In this episode, I speak with Evan Mezeske about his music plugin, Anukari, that models 3D physics to create weird and wonderful new instruments.

https://anukari.com/

Great keyboards for work and play

Keychron makes some of the best mechanical keyboards around, wired or wireless, for Mac and Windows.

https://go.chrischinchilla.com/keychron

00:00 Welcome and Episode Setup
00:57 Keychron Sponsor Break
01:56 Meet Evan and Anukari Origins
03:13 From Google to Music Tech
04:46 What Is a Physics Synth
07:23 3D Interface and Blender Inspiration
09:48 Live Demo Begins
10:47 Mics Macros and Modulation
14:23 Contraptions and Advanced Patches
16:56 LFOs Beyond Low
17:05 MIDI Control Options
17:21 Real World Controllers
17:58 Music Versus Sound Design
18:19 Notable User Creations
19:56 System Requirements Explained
21:26 Building Plugins In C++
23:29 Formats And Standard Wars
26:33 Licensing Without Dongles
29:09 Roadmap And Modulo Sphere
31:26 Cinematic Future Instruments
32:50 Wrap Up And Links

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In this episode I speak with Brian Panarello of Dark Wolf about the past, present and future of cybersecurity.

The only writing app you'll need

The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone: Powerful features and a pleasant, focused writing experience combined in one tool, made for people who love to write and write a lot — this is Ulysses.

https://go.chrischinchilla.com/ulysses

00:00 Welcome and Sponsor
01:15 Punk Rock Cybersecurity
02:45 What Dark Wolf Does
03:30 Why Cybersecurity Keeps Changing
06:07 DoD Speed and Process
07:54 Disconnected Edge Security
10:40 Drone and UAS Pen Testing
12:25 Supply Chain and NDAA Checks
14:06 DevSecOps Maturity and SBOMs
17:12 SolarWinds Lessons
19:03 AI Coding and Cyber Hygiene
21:38 Auditing Black Box Models
22:50 Responsible AI Use
24:15 Agent Hype Versus Reality
24:47 Finding Bugs At Scale
26:19 Zero Trust Infrastructure
27:35 Malicious Use Double Edge
28:29 Contextualize Vulnerabilities
30:03 Punk Rock Cyber Ethos
33:06 Guitars And Gear Talk
35:57 Wrap Up And Links

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In this episode, I speak with Rita Barbosa of Guardian Labs, who is working on an Europe-based AI-powered scam protection app that pulls in up-to-date scam data to help prevent vulnerable phone users from being scammed.

The simplest way to host & share your work online

You can use tiiny to share over 100 different types of documents, files or projects online.

https://go.chrischinchilla.com/tiinyhost

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I speak with Enclave, which is building an autonomous security team for the enterprise with always-on agents that map your attack surface, find attack paths, repair weaknesses, and verify the path is closed.

The only writing app you'll need

The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone: Powerful features and a pleasant, focused writing experience combined in one tool, made for people who love to write and write a lot — this is Ulysses.

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I speak with Greg Fawson of next.app dev con, the largest mobile app developer conference in the world, right here in my home of Berlin. We speak about how they got there, their plans for the future, and organising events in Berlin in 2026.

https://www.nextappcon.com

Great keyboards for work and play

Keychron makes some of the best mechanical keyboards around, wired or wireless, for Mac and Windows.

https://go.chrischinchilla.com/keychron

 

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In this episode, I speak with Luca Belli about his forthcoming Manning book, “Hidden Influences,” which explains how algorithmic recommendation systems work from socio-technical and ethical perspectives rather than teaching readers to build them. Belli describes how recommenders and users shape each other, why debates about societal harms (including misinformation) often lack nuance, and why “working properly” is hard to define because value is personal and difficult to measure, leading platforms to optimise for engagement as a proxy with harmful side effects like clickbait. Drawing on his background in math, data science, and his work at Twitter, where he co-founded a machine learning ethics, transparency, and accountability team, he outlines the book’s framework-based, timeless structure and its coverage of moderation, measurement, societal impacts, and individual and policy responses.

https://www.manning.com/books/hidden-influences

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In this episode I speak with Den Odell, author of a new comprehensive book on performance engineering about the practice technically as well as justifying to business and product stakeholders.

Grab a copy of the book here: https://hubs.la/Q04s5nrQ0 and use the code "CSOdell45" for a 45% discount.

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I speak with Thede Loader of Rewarded Interest, another project and product attempting to make privacy and consent on the web better, while offering you an opportunity to make a slice of revenue. Too good to be true?

https://www.rewardedinterest.com

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I speak with Ricardo Noriega and Doug Smith from Red Hat about their experiments using VLLM Omni for video generation.

Your journey to stunning videos starts here

FlexClip is a simple yet powerful video maker and editor for everyone that helps users easily create compelling video content for personal or business purposes without any learning curve.

https://go.chrischinchilla.com/flexclip

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This episode, I am joined again by Mike McQuaid, Homebrew project leader, amongst many other things, including OSS Resistance, a new quiet call to encourage people to contribute to open source when they feel they should.

100s of amazing Mac apps

Looking to supercharge your Mac with 100s of apps to choose from and one low monthly price? Take a look at Setapp from MacPaw.

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