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Every two weeks, the tech lounge invites tech luminaries, entrepreneurs, and creatives from small scrappy startups and open source enthusiasts to those working in large global companies. If you're interested in deep and creative technology and conversations with some of its most interesting practitioners, this is the show for you. Come in and get yourself comfortable. Ten years and still going strong. Hosted by Chris Chinchilla. Show notes can be found at - chrischinchilla.com/podcast Formerly known as "Chinchilla Squeaks"

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September 3, 202642 min

The world's largest conference for mobile developers with Greg Fawson

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 go there, their plans for the future, and organising events in Berlin in 2026. 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 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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

August 20, 202629 min

The hidden influences behind the algorithms that run our lives with Luca Belli

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 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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

August 6, 202637 min

Fast by default: Performance engineering with Den Odell

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. 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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 23, 202638 min

Enjoy a better, fairer experience browsing the web with Rewarded Interest

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 Support my work Like the podcast and my work? It's a tough economy right now. Consider supporting my work. https://chrischinchilla.com/support/ 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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 9, 202630 min

Video Generation As A Service With Ricardo Noriega and Doug Smith

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 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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

June 26, 202638 min

Join the OSS Resistance with Mike McQuaid

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. https://go.chrischinchilla.com/setapp 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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

June 10, 202636 min

Converting messy documents into structured data with Peter Staar of Docling

In this episode, I speak with Peter Staar of Docling about the wonderful open-source project that converts messy documents into structured data, perfect for ingestion into AI tools and more. Recorded live at PyTorch con in 2026. Want the power of Mermaid for enterprises? Mermaid chart brings WYSIWYG editing, generative AI, collaboration, and more to the flexible syntax of Mermaid. https://go.chrischinchilla.com/mermaid 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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

May 28, 202642 min

Removing barriers in audio with Sharath Narayana of Sanas

This episode, I am joined by Sharath Narayana of Sanas, and AI company working to remove the barriers in audio since 2020. 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 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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

May 7, 202638 min

Daniel Gräfe of Timing and CoTypist

Joining me in person (and thus the horrible audio quality) is Daniel Gräfe, independent developer of the amazing apps Timing and CoTypist. Based in Germany, we discuss how he builds his apps, why there are so many independent macOS developers in Germany, and what the future holds for independent developers. 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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

April 23, 202630 min

The PyTorch Foundation with Mark Collier

In this episode, I speak with Mark Collier, executive director of the PyTorch Foundation, from PyTorch Con in Paris. 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. https://go.chrischinchilla.com/tower 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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.