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In this episode, I finish up my interviews from last year's Open Source Summit with two amazing interviews. First is Leszek Manicki, engineering manager at the Wikimedia Foundation Second is Jessica Tegner an advocate for diversity, inclusivity, and equity in open source

In this episode, I finish up my interviews from We Are Developers earlier in the year and speak with Filip Hrick about testing websites with Cypress and Dennie Declercq about creating vision-accessible websites.Enjoy!Full show notes at: http://chrischinchilla.com/podcast/

I speak with Chris Adams, the director of the Green Web Foundation. We discuss their mission, tools, programs, and plans for making the online world as sustainable as possible.https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.orghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mrchrisadams/

In this episode, I share interviews from the IT Arena event in Lviv, Ukraine. As I dive into conversations with tech innovators from around the world, we discusses a range of topics, from a digital platform for airports to remote hiring of developers and the future of education in tech. I also explores the state of the tech industry in Ukraine, the influence of artificial intelligence, and my own journey in the tech world.

I speak with Ricarhd Roger of VoxGig to discuss what exactly developer relations is, its history, future, and potential impact.Show notes: chrischinchilla.com/podcasts

I'm back with a great interview covering Sysdig and its journey in helping secure cloud computing. Accompanied by a healthy dose of news.We speak about the history of the company, Falco, eBPF, and cloud security and observability from a person who has been involved in the ecosystem for some time.Full notes: https://chrischinchilla.com/podcast/

This episode is another round of interviews from OSS Summit in Bilbao and features interviews with Gab Columbro, the general manager of LF Europe and Dawn Foster of the CHAOSS project. We talk about open source strategy and challenges in Europe and measuring the health of large and small open source projects.It also features more announcements from Canonical, a round-up of less well-known audio editors, and getting ready for Halloween… Mystical texts.https://chrischinchilla.com/podcast/oss-summit-linux-foundation-europe-and-open-source-metrics

In this episode, I speak about the sustainability of cloud-native workloads and infrastructure and how the Linux Foundation spearheads efforts for open-source energy generation, distribution, and monitoring.Also features links to the latest Ubuntu and Canonical releases, the death of Unity, how the US military wants to understand Linux, and much more!Full notes: https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com/p/f91ef238-6636-4ab5-9090-5ca46f7d8d91

Greetings from a hotel room in Lviv where I am attending IT Arena for the fourth time

In this episode I speak with Molham Aref from Relational AI. we discuss the concept of an AI co-processor for data and its relevance to those working with Snowflake. We delve into the importance of data management in machine learning and AI projects. The interview covers topics such as the integration of Relational AI with Snowflake, the company's roadmap for the future, and the possibility of expanding to other platforms.Find out more at: https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com/p/8334dac6-34b6-4a06-90a0-a1708ae0220e

It's a busy weekend of tech in Berlin, but have things cooled or are we all taking a well-earned break?No ads for this episode, but instead, a personal request to anyone I’ve interviewed or featured or if you’re a long-term or short-term follower. Please spread the word by rating, reviewing, or sharing the newsletter or podcast.First, a couple of linksThe best iPad score reader for most people →Even before Apple announced the iPad, seeing the first Amazon Kindle had me excited for the day that I would be able to leave my giant stacks of music scores at home.How the iMac saved Apple →The original iMac entered a computing world that desperately needed a shake-up. After the wild early days of the personal computer revolution, things had become stagnant by the mid-1990s.Elegy for the Native Mac App →The first Macintosh came out in 1984 with a familiar formula: expensive, limited, but elegant and easy to use. From the start it was something of a cult classic. Apple was struggling financially, and spent most of the

Something of a music theme in this issue. My interview is with Sefi Carmel of Spheretrax, a new take on selecting, synchronising, and licensing music for TV, films, and games. I also look at what “noise” really is, ancient music software, the continuing sage of Terraform, the end of Google, and maybe one of the most famous Rock and roll fights of all time.Sponsored by ZencasterThis issue is sponsored by Zencaster, who’s all-in-one podcasting platform helps me deliver my show episode.Use my special link zen.ai/chinchillasqueaks to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan.The end of the Googleverse →Is Google’s business model coming to an end? Or are they just changing?Is Terraform still open-source? Yes, but… →OpenTF promises to fill the gap now (maybe) left behind by Terraform. But what are those gaps?“I made my first album on that actually,” he reveals. I used it long after I should have stopped using it.” →Turns out I wasn’t the only one to use an obscure piece of music software on an Amiga.

A packed issue full of AI content, what powers the internet, the real cost of food, offline-first, and an interview all about CK editor and TinyMCE.Full show notes here: https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com/p/bd2d57e5-b110-4963-947b-5afaa19130c8

This episode I speak with Ines Akrap at the recent We Are Developers event about how we can make the web greener. Trust me on this one, nothing captured the enthusiasm I felt from her in the room, but I try

This episode is a links show and I cover Red Hat’s latest open source upsets, lab grown meat, AI ‘aint that bad, happy birthday ethernet, and more!This episode is sponsored by Zencaster, who’s all-in-one podcasting platform helps me deliver my show episode.Use my special link zen.ai/chinchillasqueaks to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan.Find full show notes here: https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com/p/lab-grown-forks?sd=pf

I am joined by hacker turned software entrepreneur, John Davenport to show me his new idea for using AI to summarise conversations and drill into topics covered.Also features… AI and Music-Making Part 2: Tomorrow Is The Question →This is Part 2 of our deep-dive into AI music-making. In Part 1, we learned what AI is; examined the challenges of applying AI technology to music-making; and explored uses of AI such as MIDI generation, timbral transfer, and analog modeling. Back to the Monolith: Why Did Amazon Dump Microservices? →It’s been a harsh couple of years for buzzy digital products and services. Crypto exchanges have been closing left and right. NFTs haven’t been panning out. Let’s Talk About YouTube Face and Clickbait →Today I’m taking off my publisher hat and putting on my content creator hat to examine “YouTube face” and clickbait titles. A few weeks ago, someone asked for my thoughts on YouTube face on my weekly livecast. Five big takeaways from Europe’s AI Act →This article is from The Technocrat,

Hello all! It’s been a little while and I’ve been holding on to a really great interview the whole time. In summary, after a long few years of running the podcast through varying shapes and sizes… I am joining a podcast network and agency! This is great news for me and will help me move the show to the next level, however I need to do a few technical transfers behind the scenes and that made me pause for a few weeks to avoid downtime. Unfortunately we hit a few issues here and there and that switch over will happen after this issue and episode now.Podcast versionSo, with that news over, the great interview mentioned above is with Aaron A. Reed, author of the amazing “50 years of text adventures”. I backed the book on Kickstarter, but Aaron gave me an advanced press copy and it’s a fantastic read! We spoke about the book, text adventures in general, and had a great conversation around the intersection of technology and writing.Flop or future?WWDC happened, and nestled amongst other announcements that actually

Hello everyone!A big dive into questioning artificial intelligence and an interview with Avi from Scarf, who aims to help open source developers gain insights into their usage.Questioning artificial intelligenceIt’s another AI-heavy issue, but this time I want to highlight some content that questions the technology and attitudes to it in some nuanced ways. I start with how AI creators and users are “hallucinating” its potential, wonder if it’s as smart as it looks, and look at the discussions around how to block AI using your content.AI machines aren’t ‘hallucinating’. But their makers are →Inside the many debates swirling around the rapid rollout of so-called artificial intelligence, there is a relatively obscure skirmish focused on the choice of the word “hallucinate”.ChatGPT Is Powered by Human Contractors Getting Paid $15 Per Hour →ChatGPT, the wildly popular AI chatbot, is powered by machine learning systems, but those systems are guided by human workers, many of whom aren’t paid particularly well. A new

Let’s start with some funThis newsletter gets dark quickly, so first something to enjoy.Farrago 2 soundboard for Mac arrives with 50 new features including Shortcuts and Stream Deck integration →Rogue Amoeba is releasing a major update to Farrago, the great soundboard app for Mac. Farrago 2.0 includes 50 new features ranging from fun emoji art to well-designed Stream Deck interactivity.Thanks for reading Chinchilla Squeaks! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Microsoft is busy rewriting core Windows code in memory-safe Rust →Microsoft is rewriting core Windows libraries in the Rust programming language, and the more memory-safe code is already reaching developers.David Rumsey Map Collection →111,792 RESULTS Media Type Year Collection Creator LanguageTech makes cutbacksFor years we’ve told people with less job prospects to “learn to code”, now tie cutbacks and AI, what do we tell people instead?Learning to code isn’t enough →A decade ago, tech powerhouses the likes of Microsoft, Google,

KubeCon, back to businessAhead of the event I arranged some interviews with companies that piqued my interest and don’t all fit under the headings in my write up that you can read here - https://chinchillasqueaks.substack.com/p/9c266812-78f0-4985-a719-2b745ff7053cSLIM.AII previously covered the slim toolkit from Slim.ai and in the interview I am joined by Nnenna Ndukwe, developer advocate at the company, to discuss their new vulnerability scanning and hardening features.MINIOAnother company I covered previously, I speak with Daniel Valdivia, MinIO’s Kubernetes expert to cover how their S3 compatible API helps users streamline object storage.INCIDENT.IOI speak with Christopher and Stephen about their new(ish) companythat attempts to solve the human side of incident management. The company also had some awesome T-Shirts that channeled their english roots with “Don’t Panic” emblazoned across them.HIVEMQDominik Obermaier joins me to explain why message queues may not be new, but there are still many niche use cas