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I speak with Will of Northflank, a self-service developer platform for apps, databases, and jobs. Start with one workload, scale to hundreds on compute or GPUs.

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In this episode, I speak with Chad Whitacre of Sentry about their functional software license and the open-source pledge.

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In this episode, I speak with Vinoth Chandar about Onehouse, a Universal Data Lakehouse and the only data platform instantly accessible from any engine, from BI to AI.

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In this episode I speak to Michael Hunger of Neo4j about the vector database's history and how the product copes with changes in the technology industry around them.

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In this episode Cate talks about the state of European medical tech and Chris talks about the recent FOSSBackstage event that covered topics around open source software that aren't development.

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• https://tech.eu/2025/03/04/how-the-world-s-first-mental-health-focused-vc-fund-masawa-is-changing-venture-investing/
• https://tech.eu/2025/03/05/digital-mental-health-startup-hellobetter-secures-6m-and-eyes-french-market-entry/
• https://tech.eu/2024/01/26/czech-startup-hedepy-closes-eur385m-investment-for-its-online-psychotherapy-platform/
• https://tech.eu/2025/02/25/monument-therapeutics-secures-ps850k-to-advance-schizophrenia-treatment-with-mt1988/
• https://25.foss-backstage.de/

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I speak with the infamous Dave Thomas about his programming journey, his book, the pragmatic programmer and his publishing history, and much more!

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In this episode Cate and Chris talk about the future of European tech in the wake of the many challenges the block faces from the US, Russia, China, and more.

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I speak with Nikola Pavesic about Infobip's global startup program, Tribe.

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I speak with Rachel Lapidow about tips and tricks for copy editing role play and board game rules.

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In 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.html
• tech.eu/2025/01/27/meet-codecrafters-the-upskilling-platform-trusted-by-devs-from-google-github-and-microsoft
• tech.eu/2024/09/27/how-brighterly-is-addressing-the-us-math-education-crisis
• tech.eu/2024/09/20/berlin-startup-sirius-raises-4m-for-online-music-school

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