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Tech Lounge episodes

  • The state of European tech media

    In this episode, Cate and Chris discuss some of the recent downsizing of European tech media and ask how we got here, what's next, and what does it all mean for the European tech industry.

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    58 min
  • Container management and security with Platform9 and Root

    A packed container of an episode where I speak with Madhura Maskasky of Platform9 about their long-running container management platform and efforts to help people migrate from VMware and John Amaral of root.

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    1 hr 3 min
  • Voices from FOSDEM 2025

    Fast rewind back to February and I had some fascinating conversations with various projects at FOSDEM in Brussels, including the Rust Foundation, Sysdig about StratoShark, Nextcloud, and Mastodon.

     

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    1 hr 39 min
  • Precious metal recovery with Regenx

    I spoke with Dom Weatherbee of Regenx to discuss their precious metal recovery technology and how it can benefit the circular economy for new gadgets and devices.

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    30 min
  • From Berlin to Bono

    In this episode, Cate and Chris discuss a flurry of events over the past months, including Deep Tech Momentum, Gitex, London Tech Week, Super Invest, and more!

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    53 min
  • Robust, Turnkey Caching at Massive Scale with Momento

    I speak with Daniela Miao of Momento to discuss her journey from DynamoDB at AWS to creating an alternative caching platform for large scale real time applications.

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    Grapple git without the grief and try Tower, the best graphical interface for git on macOS and Windows.

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    31 min
  • Using AI to assist breast cancer examination with Jessica Baladad

    In this episode, Chris and Cate speak with Jessica Baladad, of feelforyourlife.com, an advocacy platform that utilizes digital and print resources for better breast health.

    Write your way with Scrivener

    Scrivener is the go-to app for writers of all kinds, used every day by best-selling novelists, screenwriters, non-fiction writers, students, academics, lawyers, journalists, translators and more.

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    31 min
  • Defending the internet with the EFF and delivering the Internet with Harness

    Two interviews from Web Summit 2024… Corynne McSherry from the EFF and Nick Durkin from Harness. Quite the variety of topics, but both fascinating!

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    Try the best git GUI for macOS and Windows

    Grapple git without the grief and try Tower, the best graphical interface for git on macOS and Windows.

    go.chrischinchilla.com/tower

    • For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/
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    57 min
  • Italian Tech and Opera

    In this episode, Cate discusses the state of Italian tech, and Chris and Cate discuss the recent Opera Days announcements.

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    Links
    • https://tech.eu/2025/04/11/italy-defies-global-slowdown-with-315m-in-q1-tech-funding-with-jeff-bezos-to-headline-italian-tech-week/
    • https://tech.eu/2025/04/09/italian-medtech-medicud-raises-1-3m-for-wound-pressurising-device/
    • https://tech.eu/2025/03/18/italy-s-startup-renaissance-closing-in-on-spain-s-lead/
    • https://tech.eu/2024/12/19/ekore-secures-1-3m-seed-leading-italy-s-largest-digital-twin-investment-of-2024/

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    37 min
  • Build faster and waste less time with Depot.dev

    I speak with Kyle from Depot.dev, which promise to speed up your your Docker image builds and GitHub Actions workflows. Depot easily integrates with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time.

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    • For show notes and an interactive transcript, visit chrischinchilla.com/podcast/
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    27 min

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