Podcasts
- Whisky, Words, & WitThis episode is all about WASM at KubeCon EU 2024 way back in March. I speak with WASMEdge and Cosmonic to find out what they bring and their thoughts on WASM.
- Whisky, Words, & Wit
Alternative meats and what actually is AI?
It's a discussion episode! And this time, Cate Lawrence from Tech.eu joins me to talk about alternative meats and proteins, and I ask in a sea of jargon and hype, what really is artificial intelligence? - Whisky, Words, & Wit
Sustainable infrastructure and AI powered IDEs
In the tech lounge this episode, I have Leonard Pahlke talking about bringing sustainability to infrastructure and the work of the CNCF sustainability TAG and Dedy Kredo from Codium AI talking about their AI-powered IDE and text editor extension. - Whisky, Words, & Wit
Home is where the home is
In this episode, Mustafa and Chris discuss their recent journeys home and what home means to them. Mustafa tells some clean jokes and tells tales of how he annoyed the neighbours with his guitar tickling.
Whiskies drunk:
- The Quiet Man 12 Years Sherry Cask Finish
- Jura 12
- Buffalo Trace
- Tech Lounge
Programming update
No real episode, but rather a small update on some changes coming to the show. - Tech Lounge
1st August: Classic crunch crawl
My news episode featuring AI crawlers roaming wild, classic MacOS tools, Tech Crunch loses its way, and more! - Tech Lounge
Kubecon: Docker Build Cloud and Aiven
More interviews from KubeCon Paris. This time, Matt Wilson, a colleague from Docker Build Cloud, and Sebastian Blanc of Aiven. - Tech Lounge
18th July: A verbiage-filled delve
Cracking open LLMs, 45 years of the Walkman, How the UK's new Government plans to invest in tech, and more! - Tech Lounge
Kubecon 2: CIVO and the Open infrastructure foundation
In this episode, I speak with Dinesh from CIVO, a European cloud-native hosting company, and Thierry of the Open Infrastructure Foundation, whose projects typically power data centres. This episode is powered by magic mind, a little green bottle of goodness that helps your focus and energy. Head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code "CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20" for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one-time purchases. - Whisky, Words, & Wit
A happy utopia
In this episode Mustafa and Chris discuss what their own personal and global utopias could be. We discuss things that are currently making us happy and our "babies".
Mustafa scrapes the bottom of the joke barrel and we discuss upcoming trips "home".
Whisk(e)ys drunk:
- Tamnavulin tempranillo cask edition
- The Gospel rye
- Aberlour 18 YO Double Sherry Cask Finish
- Tech Lounge
5th July: Sim Life, AI vs Music, and after cloud comes?
There is a good dose of retro computing, tech trends, and edge technologies in this issue, so let's dive in. I am literally powered by Magic Mind right now. It's helping me focus and keep going in some tough weeks of poor sleep and too much to do. If you also need that helping hand, head over to magicmind.com/chinchillasqueaks and use the code "CHINCHILLASQUEAKS20" for 48% of subscriptions or 20% off one time purchases. - Tech Lounge
Voices from UK tech: Lorna Mitchel and Amanda Brock
Two of my interviews from the State of Open Con in London back in February. Featuring Lorna Mitchell, VP of developer experience at Redocly and Amanda Brock, CEO of open UK. - Tech Lounge
20th June: WWDC, Streaming vs Music, and Chinese keyboards
I am back from Melbourne with a good dose of developer news, AI, and computing history - Tech Lounge
Make Synthetic Data a reality with Datacebo
I spoke with Kalyan of Datacebo, a company that creates open-source and enterprise tools for generating synthetic data for testing, load testing, and more. - Whisky, Words, & Wit
Tickling the fretboard
Mustafa and Chris talk about writing and the price of… wine(!). Mustafa gives Chris tips on Turkey, TV shows, books, old man health, learning to play guitar, and more. Along the way, we drink our favourite whisk(e)ys, and Mustafa tells some "jokes."
Whiskey's drunk:
- Talisker 10
- Suntory Nikka
- Spey Fumaré