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The Mad Botter
A weekly talk show taking a pragmatic look at the art and business of Software Development and the world of technology.
608: R With Eric Nantz
House Keeping
Google / YouTube Update
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Rust in the Linux Kernel.
R Stuff
What is R Again?
Great presentation by John Chambers at UseR! 2006 https://www.r-project.org/conferences/useR-2006/Slides/Chambers.pdf
The times have changed, now R is very much suited for production use and not just an academic research language
Highly recommend reading Advanced R for more comprehensive details on the quirks of the language https://adv-r.hadley.nz/index.html
R VS Pytho
607: Warp's Zach Lloyd
Warp
Zach on X
Mike on X
Mike on BlueSky
Coder on X
Coder on BlueSky
Show Discord
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606: Coder's Next Steps
A brief important update from Chris about some upcoming changes to the podcast.Links:Michael Dominick on X
605: The Democrats Behind DeepSeek
DeepSeek has everyone freaking out; we'll look at what's legitimately fascinating, what bits have been an overreaction, and the big mistake that made this all possible.
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604: The Startup Myth
We dig into the Rails 8 Solid Trifecta, our thoughts on why fewer developers are taking jobs at startups, and a new buzzphrase: Framework Fatigue.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarBitcoin Well: Bitcoin sent directly to your wallet is the safest way to buy Bitcoin. Immediate settlement, direct to self-custody. Supports the Lightning Network.Links:💥 Gets Sats with Strike — Strike is a
603: COSMIC Defenders
The CEO who bet on SwiftUI—and lost their job. Then poke some fun at Rust stans, SalesForce claims they're not hiring any developers in 2025, and more!Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarBitcoin Well: Bitcoin sent directly to your wallet is the safest way to buy Bitcoin. Immediate settlement, direct to self-custody. Supports the Lightning Network.Links:💥 Gets Sats with Strike — St
602: Dude, You're Getting a Dell Pro Max Micro Plus!
CES 2025 Secrets Revealed: A developer’s dream or just more hype? Plus, NVIDIA flexes its AI muscles, and we're admittedly impressed. Then, our thoughts on Dell's historic rebrand.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarBitcoin Well: Bitcoin sent directly to your wallet is the safest way to buy Bitcoin. Immediate settlement, direct to self-custody. Supports the Lightning Network.Links:💥
601: The 10X Exec
Some debates never die, and this week, we’re reigniting one of our spiciest from the archives. Plus, our boldest 2025 predictions yet.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarBitcoin Well: Bitcoin sent directly to your wallet is the safest way to buy Bitcoin. Immediate settlement, direct to self-custody. Supports the Lightning Network.Links:💥 Gets Sats with Strike — Strike is a lightning-p
600: Mikestrodamus
We’re taking a victory lap down memory lane. From spooky-accurate predictions to "did we really say that?" moments, this one’s for the history books.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarMission Control: UK-based Mission Control can build Flutter and React Apps for companies big and small, including Fortune 500 companies or startups getting their first project off the ground. Reach o
599: GPU Game Theory
Sam's Checkmate: How Open Source AI and Silicon Valley Kingmakers dethroned the OpenAI emperor! Plus, Tesla's API Apocalypse has arrived.Links:💥 Gets Sats with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one of the world's best ways to buy sats.🇨🇦 Bitcoin Well — Enable your independence with the fastest and safest way to bu
598: No Code is just Other People's Code
GitHub has done the research, brought the receipts, and knows just what to do to get more developers into the flow state. Is it legit or hype? We’ll dig in. Plus, making the case that Rails is better low code than low code, and we help someone go from Pizza to Rust.Sponsored By:Coder QA: 30% off the lifetime of your membership! Promo Code: blackfridayLinks:💥 Gets Sats with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries
597: Make Google Great Again
A survey found that nearly 10% of developers are ghosts doing nothing - our thoughts on that, AI Big Brother as a service comes to the workplace, OpenAI's NYT standoff, and Google's growing problem.Sponsored By:Coder QA: 30% off the lifetime of your membership! Promo Code: blackfridayMission Control: UK-based Mission Control can build Flutter and React Apps for companies big and small, including Fortune 500 companies or startups getting their first project off the ground. Reach
596: Chrome For Sale
We react to Microsoft's new vision for the desktop PC, discuss the realities of working with large dependency chains in your projects, and discuss Google selling off Chrome. Then, we read some spicy tech CEO emails!Sponsored By:Mission Control: UK-based Mission Control can build Flutter and React Apps for companies big and small, including Fortune 500 companies or startups getting their first project off the ground. Reach out and tell them Coder sent you! Promo Code: Tell them Coder
595: Year of the Snake
Python's eating the world - and AI's helping it digest. A cheeky look at why this programming language is suddenly everywhere and the bizarre tale of how AI infiltrated the last place you'd expect.Sponsored By:Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free!Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy wit
594: Smart Contracts for Dumb People
Malicious NPM packages are sneaking into codebases while FFmpeg devs prove old-school assembly skills can still smoke the competition. Plus, a rare bee species takes on Zuck's AI dreams.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarAnnual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free!Links:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning
593: Bake Your Own Linux Cake
Mike reports in from the COSMIC frontier! Plus: Microsoft's juicy Google drama, GPU eye candy that'll make your wallet nervous, and the tea on why OpenAI's AGI Czar went full scorched-earth on his exit.Sponsored By:Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free!Links:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Enable your independence with the fastest and safest way to buy bitcoin in Canada and the USA. Focused on Bitcoin exc
592: C++ Safety Dance
C++'s Borg-like mission continues, and some thoughts on Rails 8.1. Plus, there is a little trouble in Microsoft Paradise. And why Chris finally paid for an LLM.Sponsored By:Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free!Links:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and
591: FOSS does what Nintendont
We get frustrated with Nintendo. Then, dig into the 30-year-old backdoor that was recently exploited and the hard lesson we should learn from it. Then, we'll break down some "hot tips" that promise to make you the next DevRel star.Sponsored By:Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free!Support Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply
590: Google’s Loss is Our Win
Our reaction to Google's major legal blow, forcing them to open the Play Store wide, our thoughts on the world's lovefest with AI-generated podcasts, and the next tool Microsoft is porting over from Linux.Sponsored By:Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free!Links:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates
589: Blame the Tools using the Tools
Our thoughts on big tech firing up old nuclear reactors to satisfy the AI growth plans, Sam's big week, and debate if Meta just had their iPhone moment.Sponsored By:Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free!Links:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you hav
A Coder PSA
A quick update from Chris on where the show is at this week, and what to watch out for next week!Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one of the world's best ways t
588: Hulk Smash “PUNY DEVS”
The insidious undercurrents threatening to crush open-source AI projects, plus our thoughts on Microsoft's "big changes" to Windows post-CrowdStrike.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summerLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Set
587: Surfing the WSL Wave
Our thoughts on the iPhone 16, and then Mike surfs the WSL wave.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summerLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one of the world's best ways to buy sats.🇨🇦 Bitcoin Well &md
586: Mike's Clone Army
How Mike plans to win the Clone Wars with Dokku, we review some shocking developer data and say goodbye to another project DMCA'd by Apple.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summerLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike accou
585: From Ops to Dev and Back Again
We reflect on the rise of DevOps and the frustrating dynamics that led to it. Plus, tech's latest bright idea: Roombas with attitude.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summerSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your
584: Google’s Poisoned Apple
The walled garden wrecking ball is fueling up - where we think it strikes first. Plus, what was really behind the recent GitHub outage.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summerSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your S
583: A Shekel for Every Click
Apple goes into full crackdown mode and begins to squeeze even more out of developers and creators. Plus, why tiny models are suddenly the rage.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summerLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike acco
582: Intel: It Hurts Inside
We take a look at SeaweedFS, roast Apple Intelligence, and reveal the vendor that caught Intel's mess before it shipped.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one
581: Lunacy Lake
Why is Google feeling lucky, and the Intel situation slips into pure lunacy. Plus, thoughts on the C# Type Union proposal.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account,
580: Error Lake
Our thoughts on the CrowdStrike outage and why Intel is in the hot seat with developers.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one of the world's best ways to buy sat
579: The Insufferable Small Business
Are small business owners just the worst? The rant that hits close to home. And how AI is looking more like a unicorn, not a horse, but big tech keeps trying to put a saddle on it.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily
578: Cancel the 100X
Apple finally stands down in its battle with Epic, and Google gets caught with its hand in the full access to everything jar.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account
577: Holy Order of the Admins
Why you shouldn't use AI to write your tests, and the crazy deals new AI companies are getting themselves into to access hardware.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you
576: The New 800-pound Gorilla
Big Tech vs. Big Brother, how Ashley Madison predicted the rise of AI bots and the messy world of "open source" AI.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike accoun
575: The Omakub Directive
A couple of our long-standing forecasts are coming true. We unpack the recent developments. Plus, our thoughts on OpenAI going commercial and more.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Set
574: Craig Stans Unite
Our thoughts and reactions to Apple's WWDC '24, and more importantly what was missed.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost with Fountain.FM — Fountain 1.0 has a new UI, upgrades, and super simple Strike
573: The Ultimate Computer
The story of how Mike got in a fight with a supercomputer and, like Captain Kirk, came out on top.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost with Fountain.FM — Fountain 1.0 has a new UI, upgrades, and super simple Strike integration fo
572: Foxes In The Henhouse
OpenAI has a new security team led by Sam Altman, and the Biden Administration has a new AI security board led by Sam Altman. We also discuss C# 13 and .Net 9, popping bubbles, and more.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻
571: Old Wine New Bottle
Big Tech's latest AI flex? More like a desperate grab for attention. Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft are hyping up underwhelming updates while Sam Altman spills the tea on their shady motives.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost with
570: 4o
OpenAI has pulled a fast one, and everyone is eating it up.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost with Fountain.FM — Fountain 1.0 has a new UI, upgrades, and super simple Strike integration for easy Boosts.Intern
569: Whatever It Takes
Altman's on a spending spree for AGI – why the huge price tag? Mike's back from NYC with juicy API gossip, and we break down the incentives pumping up a giant AI bubble.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost wi
568: The Junior Jump
How one clever developer has launched his own Appstore on iOS, our thoughts on how this was pulled off, and making a transition into development work late in life.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost with Fountain.FM
567: The year of Small Models
Llama 3 and Phi-3-mini are up and running on phones, Raspberry Pis, and we give them a go. Plus Google kills the vibe, and Meta opens up Horizon OS.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost with Fountain.FM — Fountain 1.0 has a new UI
566: FOSS Feed & Care
We delve into the top 3 open-source revenue streams, expose the pitfalls, and discuss what could be done quickly to improve the situation.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost with Fountain.FM — Fountain 1.0 has
565: The Great Llama
Why does Meta give away Llma for free? What's in it for them?
Plus, our thoughts on the data showing the trades are starting to see a boom, and new coding jobs are declining.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjarLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost with Fountain.FM &
564: Re-Re-Rewrite it in Rust
Microsoft wins the foot-in-mouth award this week, and Google gets the Rust religion - but Mike is skeptical.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost with Fountain.FM — Fountain 1.0 has a new UI, upgrades, and sup
563: Mike’s No Good Very Bad Rails Update
Mike makes the case for just going vanilla, a look at Google Carbon, and then we address the expensive elephant in the room.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost with Fountain.FM — Fountain 1.0 has a new UI, upgrades, and super
562: Apple Loses It's Shine
The antitrust gloves are off as Apple’s legal brawl with Uncle Sam kicks into high gear. We dig through the documents and are surprised by a few things that seem off.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost with Founta
561: No CUDA for You!
NVIDIA locks CUDA down further, and we ponder what it might take to break their stranglehold on the market, Zuck's brilliant move that put an egg on his face, and we take a minute to appreciate new developments with Java.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and
560: Artificial Information
Apple is pissed, and we'll dig into why. Plus, there are some big hints at Apple's AI plans; Meta's had a rough morning, and Sergey Brin popped back up at Google and proceeded to blow it immediately.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 coun
559: Double Botched
Why we're awe-struck by Google, and NVIDIA's CEO says no one needs to learn how to code anymore.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarTrusteebook: TrusteeBook - a simple, easy-to-use workbook that helps you take control of your digital legacy. Get started today, and take $10 off. Promo Code: CODERSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a light
558: Big Zuck Energy
We embrace the dad bod lifestyle and find out if Apple's Vision Pro demo sold Mike, and Chris is picking up on what the Zuck is putting down.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarTrusteebook: TrusteeBook - a simple, easy-to-use workbook that helps you take control of your digital legacy. Get started today, and take $10 off. Promo Code: CODERLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike &md
557: Betting it all on Green
Why we think Nvidia has become one of the most valuable companies in the world, Sam's new "mind boggling" idea, and more.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarTrusteebook: TrusteeBook - a simple, easy-to-use workbook that helps you take control of your digital legacy. Get started today, and take $10 off. Promo Code: CODERLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strik
556: Facial Computing
Chris tries out Spatial Computing using a $3,200 trick, and Mike has a Rails treat you won't want to miss.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarTrusteebook: TrusteeBook - a simple, easy-to-use workbook that helps you take control of your digital legacy. Get started today, and take $10 off. Promo Code: CODERSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a
555: It's Good to be the King
If you're going to come at the king, you better not miss; now it's Apple's turn to make everyone feel pain.
And our spicy take on why AI safety is really about stopping a movement.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻 Boost wit
554: The App Store Addiction
We knew they'd be petulant, but even our expectations were higher than this. We dig into how Apple dunked on devs after last week's show, yet another Microsoft hack, and more.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries.📻
553: Fake AI Until You Make AI
They are building AI into toilets now; CES was a clown show. But we put our business hats on and find the bright side.
Plus, Epic's major loss to Apple that just rolled in, and where we think the next fight will be, and how developers can get ahead of it.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-pow
552: iPad Friend Zone
A prominent developer has brought the anti-trust heat against Apple to the public, kicking off a chain reaction that could have gone very wrong for Apple. Plus, why the Apple Vision Pro is destined for the Friend Zone.Sponsored By:Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjarSupport Coder RadioLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply
551: The Workstation Lifestyle
Mike shares his adventures and process of coming from mobile app projects to working with Unreal Engine, and why he realized a laptop just wasn't going to cut it.Sponsored By:Network Membership Holiday Discount: Support the entire network, and get access to every member's special feed for every show on the network. Sign up now and save $3/m FOREVER! Promo Code: 2024Support Coder RadioLinks:⚡ Send Sats with Strike from Around the World — Strike is a lightning-powered app th
550: Buff Uncle Jeff
We reflect on how our work has changed over the last year and get some sage advice from buff Uncle Jeff.Sponsored By:Network Membership Holiday Discount: Support the entire network, and get access to every member's special feed for every show on the network. Sign up now and save $3/m FOREVER! Promo Code: 2024Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate indiv
549: Hacking The Gathering
The clever way one developer hacked an online game, why we're not buying the latest round of cyber war fear, and we finally have our Babylon 5 vs Star Trek debate.Sponsored By:The Coder: The Coder is made from 100% cotton terry velour for soft, cozy wear and is embroidered on the left chest with a classic white-on-black Coder Radio logo. Save $10 with code SWIFT. Promo Code: SWIFTAlderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of p
548: Don't Fight the Music
The fantastic opportunity Google is letting slip through its hands, and why Apple might win the consumer LLM race.Sponsored By:The Coder: The Coder is made from 100% cotton terry velour for soft, cozy wear and is embroidered on the left chest with a classic white-on-black Coder Radio logo. Save $10 with code SWIFT. Promo Code: SWIFTAlderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking
547: The Slow and the Infuriating
After years of resistance, Mike finally surrenders to Xcode. And the secret Apple envy leaked to the public this week.Sponsored By:Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals.Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web —
546: A Very Tidy Excuse
The messy details and tidy excuses we noticed in all this OpenAI upset, and some fundamental problems that have been plaguing desktop Linux for years.Sponsored By:Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals.Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:⚡ Alby: Your Boos
545: Sam's Busy Weekend
OpenAI's weekend coup, plus our thoughts on Microsoft's gambit and their looming risk.Sponsored By:Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals.Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account
544: Microsoft Already Did It
Yet another thing Microsoft was early to, and still somehow missed the boat.
Plus, building a PC is rare; it's a solved problem. If AI tools excel as expected, will coding face a similar fate?Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individ
543: For Your Safety
New AI "regulation" from on high this week, a few signs you might be pissing in your own pond, and the game dev team that's been together for 40 years.Sponsored By:Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals.Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:⚡ Alby: Your Boost co
542: Fresh Cut Fraud
We've all made mistakes and tried to play dumb, but this week history is being made.Sponsored By:Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals.Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get
541: Better Late than Never
Rumors of internal panic at Apple, and concerns about the future of RISC-V. Plus, the software update of the century.Sponsored By:Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals.Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Acco
540: Sherlockin All Over the Place
We're about to see a wave of big tech AI features "inspired" by third-party developers at a scale that makes the Sherlocking on Apple's platform seem like chump change. Plus, how Dropbox turned around their dev retention rates, and more.Sponsored By:Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals.Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way
539: Mike Breaks the Build
Mike checks in from the grind and shares some challenges in recent cross-platform testing; then, we get into the avalanche of negative AI press coverage this week and the one massive story they're not touching.Sponsored By:Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals.Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with th
538: You Never Forget Your First
How does your first major programming language/technology still shape your work and career? Then grab some popcorn and let's watch the next epic tech titan battle unfold.Sponsored By:Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals.Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder Radi
537: Unity Mutiny
Our unique take on the Unity outrage, thoughts on RustRover, and Mike shares a very annoying mistake.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on the Podcast
536: Grindr-in-Chief
The painful side of making video games, Grinder's big problems, and Google's sneakiest trojan horse.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on the
535: Locally Sourced Carbon Neutral Consumer
Did Apple's event live up to our expectations? And our thoughts on what new goodies for developers might be in the new hardware and software.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you h
534: Blame the Automation
Azure suffers a big outage, and Microsoft blames faulty automation; why we think there might be early signs of weak demand for Apple's Vision Pro and more.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the W
533: Critical Failure in Open Source
U.S. officials are warning open-source software could be a cyber security threat. Their solution? Money. But do we want them picking the winners and losers of open source?
Plus, Mike's thoughts after using Cursor AI and a Cornell study take generated code to the shed.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning walle
532: Take It to the Limit
Mike hits the limits of ChatGPT's knowledge, a chat about editors and what we'd do for a living if it had to be outside of tech.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby
531: C# as it Should Have Been
Java developers are getting the Oracle shakedown, openAI is running out of money, and more.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on the Podcast Index.Mut
530: What the AI Skeptics got Right
Did we get this one wrong? It seems consumer AI is eating the lunch of some web's biggest names.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on the Podcast
529: This API is Not for You
Microsoft's dirty old API games, the new, even more restrictive rules Apple developers will now have to follow, and why Google's "Web Integrity API" seems gross.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org &mda
528: I'm a 1.2x Developer
Elon Musk trying to build the "everything app" is ridiculous, and the quiet little promise openAI just made with the White House.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Al
527: The Internet is for Stealing JPGs
Shopify has a mind-blowingly obvious solution to too many meetings, a recent failure Chris is struggling with, and more.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Grab Alby, and then you can boost from the web. Top it off in the app or using something like CashApp. Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Send a boost from the web using the Podcast Index. Start
526: The Closing Moment of Opportunity
openAI's window to build their moat is closing, but they have a powerful friend stepping up to help seal the deal. Plus, our reaction to Oracle's very spicy response to Red Hat.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Help the show reach its 500K sat goal, and send your message to the show. Boost from the web with Alby.Coder Radio on t
525: Mike Gets Unreal
Mike updates us on his development adventures in Unreal 5, signs the Vision Pro might be a flop, and answer questions about abandoning Red Hat's platform.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Try a new Podcast App, cool features inbound! — Chapters, transcriptions, Boosts, and more. Try a new podcast app!Alby: Boost from the Web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for paymen
524: Apple's Blurry Vision
We got our eyes on the Vision Pro SDK and share our new insights. And why the claims of stalled Mastodon adoption might ring a bit true.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Elon Musk Says He'd Be up for 'Cage Match' With Mark Zuckerberg — Elon Musk said he'd be up for fighting his tech world neme
523: Scooby-Doo of Code Hiding
We open the robe and spend a little time chatting about the software development business.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Devicescript — DeviceScript brings a TypeScript developer experience to low-resource microcontroller-based devices. DeviceScript is compiled to a custom VM bytecode, which can run in
522: Reddit Goes Dark
We chew on the ridiculous situation Reddit has created for itself and the weak position of app developers.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:New Xbox Unlikely as Microsoft Gaming Chief Doesn't Feel Need for Upgrade — “That’s not the feedback we’re getting right now,” Stephen Totilo on Twitter — A
521: More Pro, More Problems
We argue over what sucked the most at WWDC this year and then surprise each other with two things that thrill us.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:US SEC charges crypto platform Coinbase, one day after suing Binance — The lawsuit is the SEC's second in two days against a major crypto ex
520: Microsoft Goes All-In
We chew on the best bits from this year's Microsoft Build and the bright red flag coming from the Rust community.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Ford adopts Tesla charging standard — Under the agreement – revealed in a live Twitter Spaces interview with Tesla and Twitter boss Elon Musk, Farley said
519: Not So OpenAI
OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has gone straight for the open-source kill move.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Cancelling HP Instant Ink prevents cartridges from being used — It turns out that their terms state that you're buying the ability to print x pages and the ink is actually always owned by HP, even
518: Driving Mr. Dominick
We laugh at Google's scramble, check in on the Twitter collapse, and how one developer's little mistake screwed millions.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Michael Guimarin on Twitter — About a month from now Apple is going to announce support for using its silicon neural engine to run commercial a
517: Savage Serverless Shutdown
A scathing takedown of Serverless... By Amazon? We react to this strange revelation and more.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Revegnus on Twitter — Update: No M3 Mac or iPad for this year
Due to yield issues with TSMC not being able to supply enough of the M3 to Apple, Apple has delayed the release of th
516: There is No Moat
Why open source might be the real AI winner long-term, and Mike gets the ultimate "I told you so."Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Jupiter Jobs Matrix Chat RoomThere is No Moat Document — An interesting paper from a googler working in research has published an internal paper on how ChatGPT & Ba
515: Codeium Comes for Copilot
We have a laugh at Elon's alt account, why the knives are out for GitHub Co-pilot, and our thoughts on Apple's "major victory" this week.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Olympia Linux Spring Meetup , Sat, Apr 29 — Let's get together at a local hidden gem, the Boston Harbor Marina.
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514: Designing a Villain
Elon launches another AI company, leaks suggest Apple might enable sideloading, and why we should let Chaos-GPT run free.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Olympia Linux Spring Meetup , Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 1:00 P — Let's have a local PNW get-together. Espanso — A Privacy-first, Cross-platform Text Exp
513: Apple's Golden Hour
Forces beyond Apple's control just reined in their rise, and we ponder the coming sunset.
Plus, the tool we found uses ChatGPT to help you debug errors.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Olympia Linux Spring Meetup , Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 1:00 PM — Let's have a local PNW get-together. We haven't picked e
512: The Hysterics Chronicles
Our thoughts on the recent AI hysteria and why it betrays the massive egos involved, our issues with the RESTRICT Act, and we do some Monday morning code review.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup — Two meetups coming up in April.ChatGPT banned in Italy — The country’s dat
511: Robot Chat Shack
Mike's spent 90+ days with GitHub Co-Pilot, and shares the surprising conclusion.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:90+ Days With Github Co-Pilo — Today, I want to talk about a tool that has been making waves in the programming community lately – Github Co-Pilot.Introducing GitHub Copilot X — Wit
510: Edge of Disaster
Microsoft's moonshot is turning into a crapshoot.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Berlin Meet Up, Fri, Mar 24, 2023 — Join Brent for an impromptu, short-notice, Nextcloud-esque meetup in Berlin!Berlin Buddies Matrix Chatroom — A room to organize Jupiter Broadcasting fans in Berlin.LinuxFest Nor
509: The Great Cloud Exodus
We're told companies are abandoning the cloud to save money. But is the trend our friend?Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:LinuxFest Northwest 2023 — October 20-22, 2023 Bellingham Technical CollegeWe stand to save $7m over five years from our cloud exit — The rough math goes like this: We spent
508: Hybrid Hangover
Our spicy take on the Silicon Valley Bank bailout, how it will impact everyday developers, and how badly this screws over small businesses.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:LinuxFest Northwest 2023 — LFNW October 20-22, 2023 Bellingham Technical CollegeUS guarantees all deposits after Silicon Valley Bank
507: Tough Little Liver
Mike's got a new rig, and Ford wants to recall yours automatically! Plus, we get a bit spicy about money.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:The Coder Robe — The Coder Robe is black and is a one-size-fits-most robe made from 100% cotton terry velour for soft, cozy wear. It is embroidered on the left che
506: Hay Tay
It's been one week, and Microsoft's new bot's already gone full Tay.
Plus one of the worst examples of under-funded open source yet.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:LUP 500 Micro Brewery Meetup, Sat, Mar 4, 2023, 4:00 PM — Come celebrate episode 500 with some brews the night before!Jupiter B
505: Panic at the GPTdisco
The pitchforks are out for Google's CEO, and hoopla is leaking! Plus, our thoughts on baking telemetry into Go, the big Web3 crackdown, and more.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Avalonia UI - Home — Avalonia UI creates pixel-perfect, native apps. Grab a Robe from the Jupiter Broadcasting Garage &mda
504: Gateway Timeout Error
We get spicy about the state of hybrid app development and then dig into the App store gatekeeper busting by the White House.Sponsored By:The Coder: The Coder is made from 100% cotton terry velour for soft, cozy wear and is embroidered on the left chest with a classic white-on-black Coder Radio logo. Save $10 with code SWIFT. Promo Code: SWIFTLinode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a pe
503: Ruby in the WebAssembly
The shiny userbase flocking to WebAssembly, our thoughts on the "openAI scam", and why they just keep cramming stuff into Docker containers.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:pop-os core: WIP immutable base — POP working on an immutable base? We're interested. The Blocksize War — This book
502: Too Big to Care
How the world without "big tech" might look like, the EU promises to go after Elon and a much-needed head adjustment.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:JB's Jobs Matrix Chatroom — Looking for work or hiring? It's a spot for people in our community to make a connection. Google, Microsoft, Amaz
501: The AWS of AI
Microsoft gives Google an OpenAI gut punch, why Apple's new hardware fails to impress, and our reaction to the undignified death of Twitter's third-party client API.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Gamer Radio Episode 3: SEGA!Meet the new MacBook Pro and Mac mini - YouTube — Introducing the new M
500: Internal Server Error
After sacrificing our pound of flesh for episode 500, we get into some spicy Big Tech dynamics and the performance mess of WebAssembly runtimes.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Gamer Radio Discord — Join Mike in the Gamer Radio DiscordGamer Radio on the Podcastindex.orgHere’s why Samsung and Dell’s new m
499: The Copy Paste Wars
We share our spicy C++ take, major Apple frustrations, and 2023 spoilers.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:What’s Left in the Apple Silicon Transition — Depending on how long Apple waits to launch its next Mac, the time following the launch of the MacBook Air could be among the longest periods with no new
498: The Birds and the Elephants
Our take on why several tech companies just teamed up to take on Google Maps, and then we react to the global analyst who says we won't have any new iPhones until 2028. We don't talk about Elon; if we did, it would be chaptered. But we definitely did not.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Peter Zeihan &
Gamer Radio 0: Gaming with Perspective - Test Show
Mike and Chris spend a little time chatting about one of their loves in life, great games. It's a test pilot episode for a possible new show, and we'd like your feedback. Consider it a holiday treat for the Coder fans out there.Sponsored By:Network Membership Holiday Discount: Support the entire network, and get access to every member's special feed for every show on the network. Sign up now and save $3/m FOREVER! Promo Code: 2024Links:Super Mario All-Stars - Full Game Walkt
497: Shots Across the Pond
Mike's skeptical of the rumors Apple is preparing to allow third-party app stores, and in a total flip of roles, Chris comes to the defense of Microsoft.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Apple is reportedly preparing to allow third-party app stores on the iPhone — Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports Apple
496: Sweeney's Final Swing
We debate a few more drunk or 4D chess moves, the mad lad taking on Apple, and why Dart 3 has people talking. Plus, what a recent criticism of Scrum got wrong.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Unplugged Tuxies - 2022 - GO VOTE! — Cast your vote for the best in open source for 2022.Launch Keyboard - System
495: .Not Funded
Amazon used the stage of AWS re:Invent to toss shade on .Net and reveal its broader ambitions.
Plus, why Pydantic is giving Mike a headache.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Elon Musk on Twitter — Good conversation. Among other things, we resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being rem
494: Python Paradigms
We reflect on the recent musings of Python's creator, from the functional to the philosophical.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Zoë Schiffer on Twitter — NEW: Elon Musk has sent another email to Twitter engineers warning them about code reviews. “All managers are expected to write a meaningful amount
493: Super Spellcheck
We will discuss the practical implementations of AI embedded in future products, then take a look at FTX's books and have a few highlights to share.
Plus, we lay out the PMC warfare theory, which might explain what bloated tech companies have coming.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:DiffusionBee - Stable
492: The Troll Wizard
Microsoft lets its geek flag fly, our observations on .NET 7, and the recent upset caused by the Troll Wizard, but we can't understand who will pay the toll.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:NSA urges orgs to use memory-safe programming languages — "NSA recommends that organizations use memory safe la
491: Voltron Based Development
Mike just came up for air after a Swift deep dive, and he has a fresh new take. Plus, the wheels of history are spinning faster; we take a snapshot in time and then round it all out with spicy Apple bacon.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Layoffs.fyi — Tracking all tech startup layoffs since COVID-19. Dat
490: Final Boss Battle
We slip into full boss mode after digging into some long-term tech trends impacting developers.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:You’re Gonna Have To Pay To Use Fancy Colors In Photoshop Now — Due to a change in how Adobe licenses Pantone colors, old PSD files could start being filled in black
Apple flexe
489: Luther Curious
One of the most challenging aspects of being an independent developer, and our thoughts on Microsoft's recent bad news.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Michael Dominick on Twitter — Been offline but meet the Dominicks!Man Fined $500 for Crime of Writing 'I Am An Engineer' — An electroni
488: Code Laundering
We debate if GitHub's Copilot enables automated code laundering after a developer makes a startling discovery. Then we dispense some seriously old-school wisdom.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Is a ‘software engineer’ an engineer? Alberta regulator says no. — The Association of Professional Engineer
487: Casual Coders
Elon Musk's leaked messages reveal how tech CEOs think and talk about their employees, and we dig in.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:PayPal Misinformation Fines Musk Criticized Were Published by Mistake — Policy update threatened penalty of $2,500 for each violationalex 🤷🏽♂️😬👍🏾 on Twitter &mda
486: The Fight for the Next Knight Rider
Why we think Google will ultimately lose the next big tech battle.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. System76: The new Oryx Pro has a beautiful Samsung OLED 4k display and an insanely fast RAM upgrade from DDR4 to DDR5.Links:I486 - Wikiwand — The Intel 486, officially named i486 and also known as 80486, is a mic
485: Going All In on Linux
Mike has spent just over a month living in Linux full-time, and Chris wants to check in and see how he’s doing. Plus we both have the new Thelio from System76 in-house, and our takeaways might surprise you.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Southern California Meet up this Friday — Come join us! We’ll be h
484: I Wanted to be a Hipster
Mike's first look at a built from scratch yet to be released IDE. And we cook up a little Adobe-flavored bacon.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Instacart Plans to Focus IPO on Selling Employee Shares — Most shares listed will come from employees, in a move that could help the delivery company retain
483: Objective D
To our surprise, Apple gave developers a treat this week and Chris continues to search for the ultimate productivity hack.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Join our West Coast Crew Chat — Join our West Coast chat room for future events.What’s new for Apple developers - iOS 16 — Learn about the key t
482: Building Your Light Saber
We look back at how tools, processes, and developer trends have changed over nearly ten years of the show.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Michael Dominick on Twitter — Hope my @PlayMTG & @MTG_Arena had a blast! For the first time out "for real" in a while, I think I did JarJar good :) Standard: 5-0 Sea
481: Apple's Metal Tax
Why Metal might be one of the biggest strategy taxes of the Apple platforms. Plus a thought-provoking appeal to Dark Matter Developers.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Michael Dominick on Twitter — Had a blast chilling with Chandra at #TCGcon Tampa! CoderRadioMascot on Twitter — @ChrisLAS, here is
480: Google's 1984 Moment
We're spooked to learn how one man's life has been turned upside down just because he used Google Photos.
Plus Mike's thoughts on .Net 7's trajectory and a little hope for Ionic.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Michael Dominick on Twitter — Check out "TCG-Con Tampa"Why Pixelmator Photo
479: Apple's Mob Move
New leaks reveal how hollow Apple's claims of fighting for user privacy are. We discuss their scheme to monetize the downturn.
Plus, why we've never seen an App blow it as severely as Telegram is right now, and Electron's Flash moment.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:CoderRadioMascot on Twitter &
478: Strange New Workflows
Why we think Malcolm Gladwell is wrong about remote work, and the complicated answer to a simple question.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder RadioLinks:Egon on Twitter — I am on vacation at Mediterranean Sea trying to cope with the high humidity. I will now jump into the sea for a swim, maybe that
477: Sweet Little Lies
We debate the lies our tool makers tell us, if Clojure has a Rails-sized hole, and the secrets of a successful software engineer.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup Page — London Meetup just days away!Join our West Coast Crew Matrix chat. — Calling West Coast Locals! Resear
476: Tapping the Breaks
We're looking at the big picture and, surprisingly, seeing a lot of possibilities.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Michael Dominick on Twitter — The little @system76 is pretty in pink next to its bigger bro! Review to come!Matrix Meetup Space — A collection of rooms to organize our upcoming mee
475: I Do Declare
Mike's ready to make a case for Declarative UI, and Chris pulls back the curtain to reveal a spicy take.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Michael Dominick on Twitter — Living more or less purely in desktop #Linux, I’m finding a lot to love but do wish the community didn’t have to rely so heavily on el
474: Horton Hears a Linux User
Why we feel recent attacks by the Software Freedom Conservancy against Microsoft are costing the SFC serious credibility.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Coder 474 - Double Batch Video Stream - JupiterTube — Catch the live stream playback of this week's recording.Elon Musk notifies Twitter he is terminat
473: Laptop Coasters
Mike's Linux Toolchain for 2022, and his first week with CoPilot. Then we chat about the series of choices that led us to go independent so many years ago.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. System76: Receive the Tinkerer’s Toolkit which includes an iFixit Minnow with your computer purchase until the supply of Tink
472: Drunken Copilot
Mike just signed up for a year of GitHub Copilot and Chris tries to understand why. Then we catch each other up on some recent surprises.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Drunken Copilot | CR 472 Live - JupiterTube — Catch the live video stream of Coder on Jupiter.TubeMichael Dominick on Twitter — R
471: Technical Guardians of the Galaxy
Mike's hitting the road to solve his old man's PC woes; Chris channels his early inner 80s and some Google AI conspiracy bacon.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Picture of Mike's Birthday Podcasting Setup 🐧Nonsense on Stilts — No, LaMDA is not sentient. Not even slightly.
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470: Make it so, Dev One!
You can't judge a book by its cover, and this week we surprised each other when we dug into the HP Dev One. Plus some insights on remote virtual dev desktops and the gotcha's from WWDC we missed.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup — No venue confirmed atm, this event is c
469: The Problem with WWDC
We jump aboard Hair Force One and are a bit let down. We get into why. Plus Mike's first impressions of the HP Dev One laptop.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:WWDC 2022 Live - JupiterTube — Watch the playback of the Jupiter Broadcasting WWDC 2022 Watch-a-Long stream.iOS 16: Features and everything ne
468: Coding to Make It
What's old is new again, but we're not buying it this time. It's developer conference season, and we're hunting vaporware.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:WWDC Live Commentary Stream at Jupiter.Tube Next WeekThe Decentralized Package Network | Pyrsia.io — Open source software that helps p
467: No More Snake Mustaches
Soon there will be no shame in that snake game, the big trend that is not our friend, and Microsoft reinvents the widget.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Danielle DiMartino Booth on Twitter — "Amazon first announced it was going to be laying off 100,000 workers, and we really did get validation of the sl
467: No More Snake Mustaches
Soon there will be no shame in that snake game, the big trend that is not our friend, and Microsoft reinvents the widget.
466: Luxury Emotional Manipulation
Why Mike feels like Heroku is in a failed state, what drove us crazy about Google I/O this year, how Chris botched something super important, and some serious Python love sprinkled throughout.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Michael Dominick on Twitter — The first step pf #opencore / #foss Alice. See
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465: Mike's Magic Mom
After solving a moral dilemma in our particular kind of way, Mike dishes on some ambitious plans that might kick off a new era of development for him.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Episode 5: End of the Petrodollar - Weirdly, not alarmistEpisode 14: Can't spell stagflation without oil and gasLeaf Node Mo
464: Our Cuban Car Moment
Mike shares a tale involving a comedy of errors, and we ponder a new reusable culture around tech.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:PodcastIndex Social — Chris on MastadonOffice Hours w/Chris — A podcast for the community of Jupiter Broadcasting, the Open Source media powerhouse of the Internet. Get
463: You Git What You Pay For
Mike battles the onslaught of yet another bout with the plague. At the same time, we react live to Elon buying Twitter, Gitlab kicking off some free accounts, and we discover Google and Apple are working together again to pull the rug on app developers.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Elon Musk on Twitter &mda
462: Account Suspenders
We get a bit gleeful over some choice tech monopoly hypocrisy and then spicy with our 18-month outlook.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Tesla accelerator stuck going 83 mph — Javier Rodriguez, a resident of Irvine, told KABC in Los Angeles that his Tesla Model 3’s computer froze up while driving on Inte
461: Easy for Schmidt to Say
We revel in the hypocrisy of big tech, share a few stories, and catch up with an old friend.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderTailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links:Michael Dominick on Twitter — And a dead 🚘 wow… rough morning. Lol. Guess it’s my turn in the Murphy’s law barrel 😂Michael Dominick on Twitter — I’d like to say my MacBook
460: Request Out of Time
We crack open the time capsule and see how our spicy takes hold up.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Michael Dominick on Twitter — "I’m about to order #homepod number 3. What’s happening to me.... who am I... @CoderRadioShow CC @ChrisLASSupreme Court rules for Google in Oracle copyright fight over Android
459: Revolution in Review
We just watched Revolution OS before the show, so we reflect on the audacity of their vision and the new revolution we see brewing.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:MacOS Nix Setup (an alternative to Homebrew) — Installing Nix requires two phases: installing Nix itself, and then installing nix-d
458: No Sideloading in this House
Apple enters full panic mode over sideloading, and our plan to push back against industry-wide consolidation kicks off.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:You can't install your own SSD into a Mac Studio despite there being slots — In news that should surprise nobody, you can't install your ow
457: Rich Clownshow Services
Our take on big tech's return to office, AT&T's RCS boondoggle, and the concerning territory tech is racing towards.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:remembertoremember on Twitter — @ChrisLAS
you sounded afraid to use the term lifestyle business. Why let this be a bad word. I mainta
456: Linux CEO
We revisit one of the core theses of the show and expand on it in a new way, leading us to ponder just what a wild ride the next eight years are going to be.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:John Carmack asks why Wine isn't good enough — I truly do feel that emulation of some sort is a prope
455: One Revision Away
Mike and Chris eat some crow as they change their tune on a recent spicy take.
Plus, new details about Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard are just too juicy to ignore.Sponsored By:Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Windows 11 GuideSteam Deck GuideWin32 is the stable Linux userland ABI — Linu
454: No Quest for the Wicked
Mike has some huge news and busted wifi, Chris spent a weekend in the Metaverse, and why Microsoft has us both upset.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:Michael Dominick on Twitter — Mission accomplished! Now to get her running Linux! Amazon Basics 500-Watt Ceramic Small Mini Heater — Compa
453: International Boomer Marooners
After reminiscing about .Net's 20th birthday, Mike and Chris air IBM's hypocritically dirty laundry and marvel at Microsoft's 3D chess moves.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:Seattle Mazda drivers can’t tune their radios away from KUOW — Also gone from the infotainment center were s
452: Shockingly Pragmatic
Mike makes a shocking admission, and Chris wishes he had a time machine.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:Steam Deck Previews are up — The flood gates are beginning to open around the Steam Deck with a few big YouTube channels doing a hands-on preview now live. Plus, dbrand poke fun at Nintendo
451: The Trouble with Tablets
Microsoft's cold war with Apple is revealed in court filings this week, and Google thinks they've got the next hit on their hands, which sounds a lot like the old hit.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:FOSS Patents: 35 U.S. states and Microsoft support Epic Games against Apple in Ninth Circuit
450: MetaWave
The audience hits us in the face with some hard truths, and then we dig into Microsoft's fox-like moves to snatch up Activision Blizzard on "the cheap."Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across
449: Monetized Misery
Emboldened by his success, Mike takes a victory lap. Little does he know it's all virtual.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:JetBrains Fleet — Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI.Hillel is teaching a workshop on Twitter — Okay, we've all seen this meme, so what'
448: Fakers and Takers
Was he justified? Our thoughts on the dev who corrupted libraries in NPM for millions of users with his political statement about free software.
Plus how Google blew a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to control mobile messaging.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker' breaking thousands of apps — The colors library receives over 20 million weekly downloa
447: All Roads Lead to Clippy
Mike has a significant moment of clarity and sets out on a new path for 2022. Meanwhile, Chris is just happy to be out of the woods.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Michael Dominick on Twitter — I am on the DL going to set my kid up his own PC (an old Mac mini) I'd like it to run a Kiddie flavor of #Linux and be good to before he gets. I also want 0 internet access. Is KidBuntu still a thing?
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446: Blizzard Battery Battle
Mike finds a new normal and doubles down on what works. Chris meanwhile is stranded in the woods and is having a bit of a panic.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderShortcut.com: Shortcut, because you shouldn’t have to project manage your project management.Links:GitHub Sponsors — Invest in the open source projects you depend onWe Just Gave $154,999.89 to Open Source Maintainers — Indeed’s generous $10,000 d
445: Say No to Node
We're both impressed by Rails 7 and how an old foe got us down again.Sponsored By:Shortcut.com: Shortcut, because you shouldn’t have to project manage your project management.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Rails 7.0: Fulfilling a vision — This vision wasn’t possible even just a few years ago. We simply didn’t have the core technologies in place.The One Person Framework — The part that really excites me ab
444: Mining the Logs
The broader software problem the Log4Shell vulnerability reveals, and the story of how Chris lit his Coder robe on fire... While wearing it.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderNetwork Membership Holiday Discount: Support the entire network, and get access to every member's special feed for every show on the network. Sign up now and save $3/m FOREVER! Promo Code: 2024Links:Apple Silicon Guide — A guide coverin
443: Reptilian Power Play
We peak in on one of the nastiest corporate moves in a while, and Chris has a big confession.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Miami Wants to Be Crypto Capital of U.S. - YouTube — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who said earlier last month he would take his next paycheck "100% in Bitcoin," Relegendable keycaps for your macropad — One at work and one at home, both run QMK, firmware that allows me to prog
442: Touched by the Bar
Mike visits Pallet Town and comes back with some SQLAlchemy performance wisdom to share. Meanwhile, struggling with a lack of performance, Chris has kicked the tires of his new M1 Max MacBook Pro and is ready to share his counter-narrative take on the new hardware.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.System76: The Power Up Holiday Sale, save up to $320 on select System76 systems.Linode: Receive a $100 60-d
441: Dependency Derby
Are Linux devs getting upset with the Python community? We weigh in on a nuanced issue. Plus the mass-mod resignation over at Rust, and Mike's thoughts on setting up a dev environment on Windows 11.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderShortcut.com: Shortcut, because you shouldn’t have to project manage your proj
440: Just Say No to M1
We get some spicy emails, dig into why Mike just picked up another Linux laptop, and then share our real thoughts on Web3.
Plus, how we met, and why the future is probably not so bright for Apple users long-term.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderShortcut.com: Shortcut, because you shouldn’t have to project manag
439: Github NoPilot
Microsoft has a bunch of new goodies for developers, but Mike is becoming more and more concerned about an insidious new feature.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderShortcut.com: Shortcut, because you shouldn’t have to project manage your project management.A Cloud Guru: In this course, ACG will quickly cover how to connect to various database types. Then, we will jump into using the pandas Python package for data prep
438: The Oppenheimer Problem
After a little async Ruby chat and developer morality struggle, Chris explains how macOS Monterey has lapped Linux with a critical workstation feature.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Google's 'Be Evil' business transformation is complete — Looking through the lawsuit,
437: Microsoft War Stories
Chatting about the week's .NET news leads us into a blue-tinted tale of woe. When Microsoft taketh, they also giveth. But is it enough?
Plus, which MacBooks we did or did not buy.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you in
436: The Diablo is in the Details
Why mastering your development environment can be a tricky feat, and a server outage brought to you by the late 1990s.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: The Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer Certification (PCEP) is a great place to start when getting Python certified. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:Apple announce
435: Ask Alice
Mike just launched the secret project he's been working on for months and shares all the details.
And Chris has a surprise for the end of the show.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: The Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer Certification (PCEP) is a great place to start when getting Python certified. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you ins
434: Coding Gungan Style
It's final push time on a big project for Mike, but Chris is the one who is exhausted. Still we've got some new insights into testing and thoughts on an emerging category of developer.
Plus, why the hermit developer is alive and well, some important feedback, and a Python tip.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.co
433: Falling for FastAPI
Mike's falling in love with FastAPI and gives us a hint at the next project he's building.
Plus, our thoughts on employee machine monitoring and building a transition plan when you are ready to quit your job.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and r
432: That Time We Stepped In It
We’ve really had a week, one of those makes ya feel old kinda weeks.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:Companies may not want to hire in Colorado due to labor law — A 9Wants to Know investiga
431: Success is not Illegal
The more you read into it, the worse it gets.
At least we have new devices to keep us happy.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Support Coder RadioLinks:GitKraken — Legendary Git GUI client for Wi
430: Steamy PostgreSQL Shower
We are coming in hot, literally. It's a day of spicy takes.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.A Cloud Guru: In this course, ACG will quickly cover how to connect to various database types. Then, we will jump into using the pandas Python package for data preparation. Support Coder RadioLinks:Python in Vis
429: Apple Fools Everyone
Recent reports would have you believe Apple has made significant concessions to developers. Don't be fooled! We read between the lines and break down what is and what is not changing.
Plus, some thoughts on environmental PCs and the question we hate the most.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder Ra
428: Epic's Receipts
Things are worse than we ever thought, but that doesn't prevent us from taking a victory lap.
Plus, Chris levels up his Mac skillz and gets his MacBook Pro under control.Sponsored By:Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:The Unicorn Project — The Unicorn Project reveals the Five Ideals: The First Ideal of L
427: Second-Class Desktop
Chris makes a big mistake on the road, and Mike drops some reality-based sage wisdom.
But it's really all just a ruse to get you to email the show.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Support Coder R
426: The Thoughtful Triangle
Is there a secret motive behind Apple's announced plans to scan iMessage and iCloud Photo Library content?
Plus how using a common SDK just cost Zoom $85M.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Support
425: Ruby in the Rough
Big promises are being made in Ruby land, Tech Crunch says Open Source is dead, and we have thoughts to share about both!
We also discuss Google's Time Crystals. They have the power to fundamentally change our lives, but what the heck are they?Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by st
424: Denial of DOS
Mike shares his adventures coding while riding Amtrak, Chris is trying to get DOS running while he still can, and many of you wrote in sharing your concern for GNOME.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Warp terminal — Warp is a blazingly fast, Rust-based terminal that makes you and yo
423: Dead Desktop Disco
Has Microsoft figured out a way to invalidate the GPL? We're skeptical.
Plus, the Gnome project says the traditional desktop is dead, and extensions are niche. Do we agree?Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Qualcomm CEO Outlines Plans to Compete With Apple Silicon — Speaking to
422: Don't Code in Bed
It seems AI isn't replacing developers just yet, and why we think you shouldn’t get too comfortable.
Plus the almost impossible story of how Mike defeated another laptop.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderA Cloud Guru: This course is a deep-dive course on Linux File Sharing. This is a stand-alone course, but it is also part of the learning path intended to prepare you for the LPIC-2 Engineer 202-450 exam. Support
421: Misdirected Request
Has Google already started its decline? Our surprising take.
Plus the trouble with Co-Pilot, and a lot more.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:(Most) Programmers are losing our jobs very soon — Instead of program computers we will show them our needs and they will figure out what to
420: You Can't Sideload Happiness
Mike's got some strong feels about his new system, and Chris spent a week with Windows 11. And that's not even scratching the surface. It's a wild one, with some hard truths, so buckle up.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-s
419: Authentication Timeout
Big Tech's punishment train has been en route for years, but now that it's almost arrived, are we getting onboard?
Plus Mike's recent tech woes and Chris' special surprise waiting for him in the studio.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial an
418: I'm a Teapot
We get a bit skeptical about Stripe Identity, how it works, and precisely why we don't like some of their privacy trade-offs.
Plus, a tool we're calling "game-changing" that probably makes anyone a master developer.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: In this course, you will learn what containers are and why use them; how to manage containers, pods, and images using Podman.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try
417: Why Would Developers Care?
Our takes on the important bits from Apple's WWDC 2021 keynote and State of the Union.
None of the fluff, just the stuff the mattered.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Support Coder RadioLinks:Fac
416: Strange Voltron of Hell
Mike's unique take on the bold promises made at MS Build this year, and the one item he REALLY wants announced at WWDC next week.
Plus a batch of your emails, a little proxy war, and more!Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.System76: Engineered to be comfortable and fully customizable.Linod
415: Keyboard Kurious
We both fall for a new fancy keyboard; then we get philosophical about free software's never-ending quest to conquer mobile.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Launch Keyboard
414: Google I/NO
After Chris gets a reality check from Mike, the guys answer some emails and admit a cold hard truth.
Plus our reaction to the creation of a Linux Subsystem for Mac.Sponsored By:A Cloud GuruLinode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Support Coder RadioLinks:Framework Laptop review (hands on) — the anti-MacBook is here — T
413: Painpoints to Profits
Chris struggles with his nature, while Mike shares some sage developer advice that everyone should hear before using a platform like AWS.
Then we react, strongly, to Docker charging to skip updates.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-sh
412: Context in Comprehension
From adventures in learning, a recipe for great collaborations, to creativity and problem-solving in tech. It's a deep dive chat with Wes Payne.
Other topics include:
one definition of Wes-work
introvertedness and the subtle art of being agreeable
strategies in brainstorming
entropy and evolution of routines in creativity
hammock time and meditation
Buddhism and our mind's understanding of the world
the importance of context in comprehension
Note: Brent's chat with Wes
411: The Misadventures of Mad Mikhail
Mike has a few stories to share, but more importantly a very hard lesson he's going to make damn sure you learn.
And Chris has a breakthrough after spending the weekend with WSL's GUI Linux apps.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new a
410: M1 has a Dirty Little Secret
Our thoughts on the hardware Apple announced this week, and if any of it is suitable for professional workloads.
Plus your feedback, a few random stories, and more.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSup
409: Conflict
We visit an alternate reality where Epic wins in their fight against Apple, COBOL reigns supreme, and the halls of great Jedi Temple are lined with Object-C developers.Sponsored By:Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderA Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.
408: Request Timeout
After a decade long fight, no one feels like a winner.
Plus, the tail of an embarrassing switch gone wrong, and our thoughts on Oracle vs. Google finally coming to an end.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.A Cloud Guru: This intermediate-level course teaches the concepts of using PowerShell Core with Linux
407: Halls of Glowing Apples
Ruby has gone off the rails this week, and Wes is here to explain what’s happened.
Plus emails into the show send Chris into a full Linux panic.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Sacrificing acts
406: Functional Sadism
Some sage developer wisdom is overshadowed by Mike's mad stonk game, while Chris worries Apple's secret M1 tricks charming Linux users.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:
405: Method Not Allowed
Mike goes straight for the attack and hits Chris where it hurts, then it's problem-solving time.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Common Lisp — Common Lisp Editing Ext
404: Not Found
Mike reveals his secret project to Chris, who has several probing questions.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Michael Dominick on Twitter — Mesa announcing something new t
403: Forbidden
After we pine about the way things used to be, Mike shares why he is developing a fondness for C++.Sponsored By:Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderA Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Links:Michael Dominick on Twitter — "Of all my machines, the hu
402: Payment Required
We open the robe and share some vintage career origin stories.
And we save Mike's soul by answering a few emails.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: ACG's spring sale is the perfect time to plant the seeds for your digital transformation. Fast track to cloud with the most effective and comprehensive cloud learning platform. Promo Code: springintocloud21Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100
401: Unauthorized
Mike crosses over to report back from the other side, and Chris is along for the ride.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderThe Coder: The Coder is made from 100% cotton terry velour for soft, cozy wear and
400: Bad Request
After reflecting on more than 8 years of the show, we get into solving problems and taking names.
Plus a couple of special announcements, and some Hoopla we've just got to talk about.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: In this course, you will develop all of the skills you need to write effective and complex shell scripts that can automate mundane tasks and complex implementations. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderThe Coder: The Cod
399: Better Living Through Bots
Microsoft is working on a bot that can deepfake you real good, and we have thoughts.
Plus some insights into testing, and a special friend returns to the show.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Google Stadia Shuts Down Internal Studios — Google will close its two game studios, locat
398: Testing the Test
The guys can't help but laugh when they hear the test tests one well-known online giant is testing. You might say they get a bit testy.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Alac
397: Electron Ennui
Is performance the ultimate requirement? What amount of compromise are we comfortable with?Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Support Coder RadioLinks:Electron package guidelines — Arch Linux provi
396: Everyone Fools Around with Linux in College
Mike and Chris discuss the recent JetBrains FUD and ponder the impact of recent AWS policy enforcement.
Plus a bunch of cool setups sent in by our audience.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: In this course, we cover the skills and concepts necessary to pass the Red Hat RHCSA exam, using a mix of lessons and hands-on labs.Datadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account.
395: 50 Shades of M1
Their lives change forever when they meet a handsome, tormented, laptop.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Support Coder RadioLinks:Plain Text Accounting, a guide to Ledger and friends - plaintextaccount
394: SaaS is a Blast
Services and subscriptions get a bad wrap, so we flip the script and talk about the ones we're grateful to pay for.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Variety-slideshow — A pan-and-zoom image slideshow in Python, using Clutter. Integrates nicely with Variety.JÄRVFJÄLLET Gunnared b
393: The Snake in the Room
Mike details his favorite python tools and his tricks for performance concerns.
Plus a bunch of workspace improvement ideas, feedback, and more.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Mechanical Keyboards Matrix ChatThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II — The ThinkPad TrackPoint II Keyboard tr
392: Seduced by The Snake
Mike recalls how he accidentally converted his development shop into a Python house, and Chris experiments with his Minimum Viable Robe.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Men's Rugby Robe, Flannel-Lined, Hooded — Perfect for lounging around the house, this flannel-lined robe offe
391: Coder In the Woods
Time to talk business, and Chris reveals his biggest mistake since going independent.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Ultimate Hacking Keyboard – The keyboard. For professionals.Unicomp Inc: New Model MKeychron K3 Ultra-slim Wireless Mechanical Keyboard
390: The Gold Rust
After we geek out about keyboards, we answer some feedback and take a dip in the Rust lust.Sponsored By:System76: Upgrade and Save on laptops and desktops through January 4th. The more you upgrade, the more you save!A Cloud Guru: Take advantage of your last chance to get a discount this year.Links:Das Keyboard Q software — The information you need - on your keyboardVortex Race 3 Mechanical Keyboard — Vortex's newest 75% keyboard, the 83-key Race 3! Do you need dedicated arro
389: Smoked Laptops
Mike buys a laptop live on air while Chris worries about the turkey.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Links:Michael Dominick on Twitter — "Live purchases are fun right?"Thoughts of Linus Torvalds
388: MacOS Lincoler
The guys deploy their sage wisdom to answer your age-old questions and solve why the latest macOS is less appealing than ever to developers.
Plus our thoughts on youtube-dl's return to GitHub.Sponsored By:A Cloud GuruLinode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent.Support Coder RadioLinks:Standing up for developers: youtube-dl i
387: ARMed & Dangerous
Our first reactions to Apple's ARM event, how these new systems will impact developers, and if we're buying one.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: This course will provide you with an understanding of Linux on Azure and practical hands-on experience performing key configuration and management tasks.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you insta
386: i386
Chris attempts a Lizard intervention and gets sucked into Mike's Green tinted data center paradise.
Plus our thoughts on the Raspberry Pi 400, and Apple's secret weapon.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderDatadog: Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install
385: Edging the Fox
Microsoft is making aggressive moves to court more and more developers. We put on our analyst hats and lay out the hard cold truth.
Plus our trouble with Gnomes, your feedback, and martinis on the moon.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Michael Dominick on Twitter — "Ugh of course i
384: Leaping Lizard People
It's confession hour on the podcast, and your hosts surprise each other with several twists and turns.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: Learn about some intermediate to advanced Python topics and see how to apply concepts you’ve already learned to solve different problems.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Michael Dominick on Twitter — "Today's @CoderRadioShow is brought to you by the Lizard people who
383: Java Justice
We have a different take on the Oracle v. Google case that may usher in an API copyright doom! Or so they say...
Plus we answer great feedback and chew on the future of Windows 10.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: Learn about some intermediate to advanced Python topics and see how to apply concepts you’ve already learned to solve different problems.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Computer Scientists Break Tr
382: Hacktoberbust
We examine the deeper problems in Open Source development the recent Hacktoberfest drama has exposed.
Plus some great feedback, failures to launch, and more.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Jonathan Meek on Twitter — Does this count as BBQ or no? Some chicken w/ a homemade BBQ sau
381: Flamewar Feedback Frenzy
We provoked quite a response and cover the feedback that puts us in our place. Then we dive into the wild era of text editor of yore and solve an age-old question.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderSupport Coder RadioLinks:Install Sosumi for Linux using the Snap Store — This will boot to the macOS recovery s
380: Developer Unfriendly
We get nerdy about Blueprints, and then wary about the future of software distribution.
Pour a glass of milk and prepare for some hot takes!Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:jblive_radio: A simple stream listener — This is a simple, dumb, stream listener I made in a few minutes as an exploration into
379: Neckbeards Get Shaved
Is it a Post-Open Source world now that the mega-clouds are here? We share our thoughts on this renewed idea.
Plus, our reactions to Nvidia buying Arm, your feedback, and much more.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:C++ Developer FeedbackSteve T on Twitter — I do have a question about the latest episo
378: Rust, Safe for Marketing
A special friend of the show joins us to discuss C++ in 2020 and the growing adoption of Rust.
Plus feedback, a Python surprise and a little small business corner.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coderLinks:Linux Action News is BACK: Linux Action News 153 — The first Thinkpads loaded with Fedora go live, but t
377: An Epic Underdog
GitHub just made a major behind-the-scenes upgrade, and we chew on some of the impressive details.
Plus, our thoughts on Epic vs. Apple, the larger story around device ownership, and a fun anecdote from running a small business.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.Support Coder RadioLinks:Upgrading GitHub to Ruby 2.7 - The GitHub Blog — Falling behind on Ruby upgrades has drastic negative effects o
376: WESA BACK!
We reboot the show to capture Mike's love of coupons and update you on what we have been up to recently since the show's fake demise.Sponsored By:A Cloud Guru: A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips.System76: One giant sale for mankind!
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375: The Grey Havens
We say goodbye to the show by taking a look back at a few of our favorite moments and reflect on how much has changed in the past seven years.Support Coder RadioLinks:Coder Radio Back Catalog Coder Radio - A New Developer Podcast! — A weekly talk show taking a pragmatic look at the art and business of software development and related technologies.WWDC Fallout | Coder Radio 2 — Michael and Chris cover the items from WWDC that they think developers will be impacted by, discuss
374: Python's Long Tail
As Python 2's demise draws near we reflect on Python's popularity, the growing adoption of static typing, and why the Python 3 transition took so long.
Plus Apple's audacious app store tactics, Google's troubles with Typescript, and more!Support Coder RadioLinks:Correction: macOS and Zsh — I believe the new macOS Catalina shell is zsh.Feedback: What about Perl 6? — Last episode (373) that's on about shell scripting, interpreted languages, repl & cli, made m
373: Interactive Investigations
We debate the best way to package scripting language apps then explore interactive development and the importance of a good shell.
Plus npm bans terminal ads, what comes after Rust, and why Mike hates macros.Support Coder RadioLinks:Feedback: Getting started on .NET? — My question is what is the easiest route to get started in .net development? When I looked online there are several different languages that can be used from C# ,F#, ASP.NEt among others. In your personal experienc
372: Crystal Clear
We're back and going crazy about Crystal, a statically typed language that's as fast as C and as slick as ruby.
Plus an update on Rails 6, Intel's growing adoption of Rust, and the challenge of making breaking changes.Support Coder RadioLinks:Feedback: Academia and Industry — Do either of you have any insights as to how the software development community would view someone with a math PhD, but no industry coding experience as a job applicant? Any advice would be appre
371: Absurd Abstractions
It’s a Coder Radio special all about abstraction. What it is, why we need it, and what to do when it leaks.
Plus your feedback, Mike’s next language challenge, and a functional ruby pick.Links:Feedback: Clojure, Racket, and Extempore — Thinking about the problem could take the form of leveraging the REPL to work out code to solve a problem or you could spend some time away from your computer screen (or in “Hammock Time”) working out problems. If I have learned anything from Cloj
370: F'ing #
Things get heated when it’s time for Wes to check-in on Mike’s functional favorite, F#, and share his journey exploring modern .NET on Linux.
Plus your feedback, combining ruby and rust, and the latest scandal with JEDI.Links:Emacs Feedback from DJ — Another point for the show is a soft intro to functional programming. Wes mentioned Emacs because of the packages supporting Clojure development when he started with that. Elisp seems to be fairly intuitive and well documented, as a
369: Old Man Embraces Cloud
Chris finally gets excited about Docker just as Wes tells him it’s time to learn something new.
Plus the state of browser extension development, the value of non-technical advice, and your feedback.Support Coder RadioLinks:Feedback: good mic for voice recording? — I'm looking for a good mic for voice recording since I will be a guest on a podcast soon. Since you sound good in your shows, can you share what mics you are using?
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368: Clojure Clash
Mike and Wes debate the merits and aesthetics of Clojure in this week's rowdy language check-in.
Plus why everyone's talking about the sensitivity conjecture, speedy TLS with rust, and more!Links:Feedback: Which Language To Use And Why? — There are so many languages out there, and I just don’t understand when or why you would want to use a language over another.Mathematician Solves Computer Science Conjecture in Two Pages | Quanta Magazine — This “sensitivity” conje
367: 10x Evilgineers
Mike rekindles his youthful love affair with Emacs and we debate what makes a "10x engineer".
Plus the latest Play store revolt and some of your feedback.Support Coder RadioLinks:Feedback on Coder Radio 366 — As a C++ developer working on a large, primarily OO codebase, I’ve been writing ever more C++ as “just a pipeline of data transformations.” As you guys mentioned, you can get a lot of benefit even in an OO situation from wrapping a functional “core” up in an objec
366: Functional First
It’s a Coder Radio special as Mike and Wes dive into functional programming in the real world and share their tips for applying FP techniques in any language.Links:Porting Redis to WebAssembly with Clang/WASI — In this post, we share our experience of porting an existing open-source software package — the data structure server Redis — to WebAssembly. While this is not the first time that Redis has been ported to Wasm (see this port by Sergey Rublev), it is the first time to our kn
365: Objectively Old
Wes turns back the clock and explores the message passing mania of writing Objective-C without a Mac, and we wax-poetic about programming language history.
Plus Mike gets real about the Windows Subsystem for Linux, and our take on the new MacBook keyboard leak.Support Coder RadioLinks:Apple is reportedly giving up on its controversial MacBook keyboard - The Verge — Apple is planning to ditch the controversial butterfly keyboard used in its MacBooks since 2015, according to a new
364: Gabbing About Go
Mike and Wes burrow into the concurrent world of Go and debate where it makes sense and where it may not.
Plus gradual typing for Ruby, a new solution for Python packaging, and the real story behind Jony Ive's exit.Links:Goroutines - Concurrency in Golang — Goroutines are functions or methods that run concurrently with other functions or methods. Goroutines can be thought of as light weight threads. The cost of creating a Goroutine is tiny when compared to a thread. Why build
363: Find Your Off-Ramp
We take on the issues of burnout, work communication culture, and keeping everything in balance.
Plus Wes asks 'Why Not Kotlin' and breaks down where it fits in his toolbox.Links:Kotlin overview — Kotlin is an open-source, statically-typed programming language that supports both object-oriented and functional programming. Kotlin provides similar syntax and concepts from other languages, including C#, Java, and Scala, among many others. Kotlin does not aim to be unique—ins
362: It Crashes Better
It's a Coder three-way as Chris checks-in with an eGPU update, and Mike shares his adventures with ReasonML.
Plus the state of linux application packaging, and Chris' ultimate mobile workflow.Support Coder RadioLinks:Brydge Keyboard for iPad ProReason Homepage — Reason lets you write simple, fast and quality type safe code while leveraging both the JavaScript & OCaml ecosystems.
What & Why · Reason — Reason can almost be considered as a solidly statically typed,
361: ZEEEE Shell!
Apple is shaking up the foundations of UI development with SwiftUI and raising developer eyebrows with a new default shell on MacOS.
Plus feedback with a FOSS dilemma and an update on our 7 languages challenge.Support Coder RadioLinks:Feedback: Lance’s FOSS Quandary — I was working on an open source project for school that we (4 members) submitted. Myself and another did 98% of the work the others contributed to the documentation (outside of the codebase). Class is over now for
360: Swift Kick In The UI
We react to Apple's big news at WWDC, check in with Mike's explorations of Elixir, and talk some TypeScript.
Plus Mike's battles with fan noise, and why he's doubling down on the eGPU lifestyle.Support Coder RadioLinks:Thelio Fan Noise Hack - Mike's Blog — I’ve had a System 76 Thelio for a little over four months now and a consistent issue that I’ve been experiencing is persistent fan noise even when the machine is idle.Advent of Code 2015Elixir — Elixir
359: 7 Languages
Wes is back and Mike's got a few surprises in store, including a new view on Electron, a hot take on titles, and a programming challenge for the both of them.
Plus when it's okay to lie to the compiler, what GitHub's Sponsors program means for open source, and your feedback.Links:Coder Radio 343: Say My Functional Name — Mike breaks down the drama around nullable reference types in C# 8.0, and we debate what it means for the future of the language.
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358: Batteries are Leaking
A strong argument against Python’s batteries included model exposes some bigger problems the community is struggling with. We chat about all of it.
Plus lessons learned six years after a project, a new tool, and some feedback.Links:Home Page - ABC-Deploy — ABC-Update is an easy to use tool that sets you in control of MS Update operations.On logic in a Rails app, revisited 6 years later — My argument was that Rails is just an UI layer, and business logic should be put in dom
357: 3 OSes 1 GPU
Microsoft catches Mike’s eye with WSL 2, Google gets everyone's attention with their new push for Kotlin, and we get a full eGPU report.Support Coder RadioLinks:QA Feedback from Lewis — I thought I was going to be in a big rush to get out of the basement and up to a developer position, but after listening to the show I really feel like my contribution to this team is going to be important and necessary from the get go.Request: Subreddit recommendations — Anyone know any
356: Fear, Uncertainty, and .NET
.NET 5 has been announced and brings a new unified future to the platform. We dig in to Microsoft's plans and speculate about what they might mean for F#.
Plus the value of manual testing, Visual Studio Code Remote, and Conway's Game of Life in Rust.Support Coder RadioLinks:Feedback: Testing as a CareerFeedback: Keeping up with Documentationruby/rdoc — RDoc produces HTML and command-line documentation for Ruby projects.Javadoc — Javadoc is a documentation generator
355: F# Shill
Mike and Wes dive into Bosque, Microsoft’s new research language, and debate if it represents the future of programming languages, or if we should all just be using F#.
Plus some Qt license clarity, a handy new Rust feature, and your feedback.Support Coder RadioLinks:Feedback: ChromeOS vs WindowsFeedback: Hardware CoverageComplying with the Requirements of the GPL/LGPL v3 License — With the discontinuation of our continued support for Qt 5.6 also ends our support for the last Qt
354: A Life of Learning
We celebrate the life of Erlang author Dr Joe Armstrong by remembering his many contributions to computer science and unique approach to lifelong learning.
Plus some code to read, your feedback, and more!Support Coder RadioLinks:Elastic Beanstalk Retirement — Feedback from SekharProfessional development — Question from AshetynFrancesco Cesarini on Twitter — It is with great sadness that I share news of Joe Armstrong's passing away earlier today. Whilst he may no longe
353: A Week with WSL
Mike's back with thoughts on his recent adventures with the Windows Subsystem for Linux and what it might mean for the future of Linux development.
Plus the hurdles of working with an eGPU, why you should learn languages you might not use, and a neat pick for playing with HTTP.Support Coder RadioLinks:Mike's eGPU GoodnessMoving on from Rails and what’s next — A lot has happened during that time. I created Diesel, an ORM for Rust. In April of last year, I began managing th
352: Self Driving Disaster
Mike’s away so Chris joins Wes to discuss running your workstation from RAM, the disappointing realities of self driving cars, and handling the ups and downs of critical feedback.Links:America’s Cities Are Running on Software From the ’80s — Even San Francisco’s tech chops can’t save it from relying on computers that belong in a museum.Intel Optane Persistent Memory starts at $850 for 128GB — The pitch is simple, in case a mission-critical system fails, whatever data was in
351: Riding the Rails
Mike explores the state of Xamarin.Android development on Linux, and we talk frameworks versus libraries and what Rails got right.
Plus adventures with rust on MacOS, your feedback, and more!Links:Feedback from Eric — I like Python as well but since I spend most of my day in .Net Framework/Core I tend to prefer dotnet-script.dotnet-script — Run C# scripts from the .NET CLI.Feedback from Tom — I haven't tried Rust yet, but it seems to have a lof of momentum. Maybe ther
350: Rusty Stadia
We debate Rust’s role as a replacement for C, and share our take on the future of gaming with Google's Stadia.
Plus Objective-C's return to grace, Mike’s big bet on .NET, and more!Links:The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2019 — The idea is not to offer a statistically valid representation of current usage, but rather to correlate language discussion and usage in an effort to extract insights into potential future adoption trends.
Hello .Net Foundation - do
349: Their Rules, Your Choice
We join the fight between Apple and Spotify, and debate the meaning of 'fair play' in the App Store and the browser wars.
Plus some thoughts on the lessons learned from the 737 MAX, an Elastic Beanstalk PSA, and more!Links:Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward a Chrome-only Web | Ars Technica — Last week, Microsoft made a major update to the Web version of its Skype client, bringing HD video calling, call recording, and other features already found on
348: Dependency Dangers
Mike has salvaged a success story from the dumpster fire of the Google+ shutdown, and Wes shares his grief about brittle and repetitive unit tests.
Plus Mike reviews the System76 Darter Pro, our tool of the week, and some fantastic audience feedback.Support Coder RadioLinks:TechSNAP Episode 388: The One About eBPF — eBPF is a technology that you’re going to be hearing more and more about. It powers low-overhead custom analysis tools, handles network security in a containerized wo
347: Rusty Rubies
Mike breaks down what it takes to build a proper iOS build server, and leaves the familiar shallows of Debian for the open waters of openSUSE.
Plus Wes’ reluctant ruby adventures and our pick to ease your javascript packaging woes.Links:rbenv: Groom your app’s Ruby environment — Use rbenv to pick a Ruby version for your application and guarantee that your development environment matches production. Put rbenv to work with Bundler for painless Ruby upgrades and bulletproof deployme
346: Serverless Squabbles
The three of us debate when to go full serverless, and if ditching servers is worth the cost.
Plus the battle against the Cult of Swift gains new allies.Support Coder RadioLinks:Marco Arment on Twitter — Add up all of the time you’ve spent learning Swift from scratch, accommodating its strictness, fighting its buggy tools, migrating your code through language changes, and re-learning APIs and conventions as they’ve changed over the last 5 years.
I’ve spent zero time doing that.
345: F# Envy
The guys discuss the real last bastion of scratch your own itch, and debate the merits of recent C# functional programing fads that are transforming the language.
Plus Mike’s swimming in hardware, and a new movement sweeping the web that starts right here.Support Coder RadioLinks:Yo, Thelio! - dominickm.com — Overall, I am very happy with Thelio and if you’re interesting in running Linux on a desktop full-time, I recommend you consider it.Michael Dominick on Twitter — 10 m
344: Cupertino's King Makers
The gangs all together and cover your poignant feedback right out of the gate. Then we jump into the psychological trap of freelancing, and imagine a world where app stores are a true level playing field.
Plus some really fun picks, a bit of hoopla, and more.Support Coder RadioLinks:Feedback from Steve: Employment vs self-employment — Just a comment regarding an episode a few weeks back regarding being an employee or working for oneself. Emma on Twitter — Keep @dominucco a
343: Say My Functional Name
Mike breaks down the drama around nullable reference types in C# 8.0, and we debate what it means for the future of the language.
Plus a fresh reminder of Apple's absolute App Store authority, and the state of Mike's relationship with the rust compiler.Links:RustPython: A Python Interpreter written in RustApple bans Facebook’s Research app that paid users for dataApple restores Google’s own internal iPhone apps after privacy brouhaha — For less than a day, Apple had brief
342: Webs Assemble!
Apple wades into controversy after filing some Swift-related patents and we explore WebAssembly and its implications for the open web.
Plus the latest on Mike's road to Rust, some great feedback, and more!Links:Choose Linux — The show that captures the excitement of discovering Linux.Reddit Feedback for Episode 341Vapor (Server-side Swift)Apple: Trust us, we've patented parts of Swift, and thus chunks of other programming languages, for your own good — In the past d
341: Too Late for Jenkins?
Mike and Wes are back to debate the state of developer tools and ask where Jenkins fits in 2019.
Plus some some anger at Apple, and Mike reveals the latest language that's caught his eye.Links:Dokku — A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications.Jenkins — The leading open source automation server, Jenkins provides hundreds of plugins to support building, deploying and automating any project.Jenkins Evergreen — Evergreen is an
340: The Optional Option
Wes joins Mike for a special Coder. They share thoughts on the costs and benefits of Optionals in Swift, uncover Mike's secret love affair with F#, and debate the true value of serverless. Links:Mark's IoT FeedbackIOKit — The I/O Kit framework implements non-kernel access to I/O Kit objects (drivers and nubs) through the device-interface mechanism.Does iPad Pro (2018) support IOKit? — IOKit has included iOS support since 2.0Elixir — Elixir is a dynamic, functio
339: One Week at a Time
Mike’s just had the talk, and now it's time to make some changes. Including admitting he was wrong about Swift.
Plus we read some feedback, answer some questions, and destroy another computer.Links:Year of Structure FeedbackSleep FeedbackCan PWAs Do This?Ionic Native - BLESwift - Apple DeveloperMichael Dominick on Twitter — "Well I am starting the new year with a bang it seemed I nuked another laptop @ChrisLAS #CoderRadio"Michael Dominick on Twitter — "With Apple Care p
338: sleep(jesus);
Don’t call them resolutions, lets just call them reasonable goals. Mike and Chris share their plans for 2019’s ground work, and why every single thing is fair game.Support Coder RadioLinks:The VHS of Software... OmniGraffle — Create beautiful diagrams and designs with this powerful and easy to use app.iA Writer — iA Writer removes distractions, giving you a calm, focused writing space.Working Copy, Git on iOS — The powerful Git client for iOS that clones, edits, commit
337: 2018's Deal Channels
The guys drink some Liquid Christmas Tree and reflect on the major trends of 2018, and the stuff they are preemptively freaking out about for 2019.Support Coder Radio
336: It's The Culture Stupid
Chris is back from his trip to Denver to tour System76’s factory, and what he discovered while he was there was the last thing he was expecting.Support Coder RadioLinks:Thelio - System76
335: Everyone’s Going Chrome
Estimates can be a very tricky thing to get right, but they are vitally important. Peter Kretzman joins us to make it all a bit easier and clearer.
Plus Chris thinks he knows why Microsoft is willing to kill off their Edge browser engine and switch it out for Chromium. But can he convince Mike?Special Guest: Peter Kretzman.Support Coder RadioLinks:Electron — The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on N
334: Time Crisis
Mike and Chris don’t claim to have a time machine, but they still have a major problem to solve.Support Coder RadioLinks:To old to start?How to Evaluate open source libs/frames/software?Top programming languages of 2018
333: Space Gray Handcuffs
iPad Pro is a great machine for people that don’t want to get too much work done.
But ultimately this week’s episode is about the guys catching up after a long couple weeks apart.Support Coder RadioLinks:Ferrite Recording Studio — Ferrite is the tool many podcasters and journalists reach for when they’re away from the studio.LumaFusion video editor — Pro video editing and effectsMichael Dominick on Twitter — "Was running out of drive storage on my desktop, so I did t
332: Before Coder
We answer how Chris and Mike started in independent contracting, and the lessons changes they’d make with some perspective of time.
Plus System76’s new Thelio hardware looks great, but would the Mac Mini be the wiser purchase? The guys debate. And a tool of the week, some news, and more!Support Coder RadioLinks:Mac miniThelioASP.NET Core Ditching .NET Framework — Microsoft yesterday (Oct. 29) said that going forward, ASP.NET Core 3.0 -- the Web framework part of the "Core" platfo
331: Blue Is The New Red
We react to the news that IBM is buying Red Hat, cover some feedback that sets us straight, and are pleasantly surprised by Qt Design Studio.Support Coder RadioLinks:Qt Design Studio 1.0 Released — Qt Photoshop Bridge – import your graphics design from PhotoshoNew LSP language service supporting Swift and C-family languages for any editor and platform — I'm excited to announce that we are going to start a new open-source project for a Swift and C-family language service base
330: Vinny's Unit Tests
What’s the future of .NET? With .NET Core growing and the future of the orginal .NET seems uncertain. Chris and Mike suspect there is clear possibility.
Plus a few more thoughts on Unit Testing, embedded productivity companion devices, and the hoopla of the week.Links:Matthew's Thoughts on Students and Linuxu/HCharlesB on Unit TestingMichael Dominick on Twitter — "Well, lookie here -> through the power of #dotnetcore, I have #Microsoft #Bot Framework working on #Linux in #cs
329: OpenJDK or Death
Azure Sphere dev kits are shipping, and we take a look at the practicalities of getting setup to start developing.
Then we clear some recent Java FUD, read some feedback, and share a few stories.Support Coder RadioLinks:Regarding Michael's MacBook Pro mishapText Contrast for Dark ThemesDeveloping an Azure Sphere experience with Visual Studio — You will write your application logic in C, using APIs that are provided by the Azure Sphere SDK, this is compiled into your applicati
328: In Testing We Trust
Mike makes his case for realism when it comes to automated testing, and a readjustment of expectations in the wider community.
Plus the guys define what makes a “Dark Matter Developer”, and gauk at the possibility of this young hip upstart’s automated build pipeline, and share memories of large scale QA testing teams.Links:Mike: I'm Seeing Something Strange...MacinCloud — This is the cloud-based Mac solution you are looking for! Access on-demand Mac servers for app developme
Episode 327: Smoked Laptops
Mike is the extreme laptop killer, with a tale you’ll have to hear to believe. With only a few short hours left on a deadline, it was 24 hours of chaos.
Plus we take a quick look at Mac in the Cloud, Microsoft’s new Azure service, a travel hack, and more.Support Coder RadioLinks:Michael Dominick on Twitter — "Is there anyway to sign and publish #iOS apps to the AppStore sans a #mac ?"MacinCloud - Rent a Mac in the Cloud!Microsoft’s new Windows Virtual Desktop lets you run Window
Episode 326: I'm a Stakeholder Now
After catching up the guys dig into the “why” Jupiter Broadcasting sold to Linux Academy, the big shift Chris is seeing, and why the timing was critical.
Plus we respond to some emails, chat about GitHub’s future plans to sell talent, and Mike’s big announcement: Gryphon.Support Coder RadioLinks:Wyatt of VulkanMolten | Vulkan, and faster OpenGL ES, on iOS and macOS — MoltenVK is a runtime library that maps Vulkan to Apple's Metal graphics framework on iOS and macOS.Vulkan has ju
Clojure Calisthenics
Wes joins Mike to discuss why .NET still makes sense, the latest antics from Fortnite, a brave new hope for JVM concurrency, and the mind-expanding benefits of trying a Lisp.Support Coder RadioLinks:Fortnite 15 Mil downloads sans Google PlayProject LoomWhat Color is Your FunctionGenerics in GoElixirClojure - Deps and CLI GuideClojure - Getting StartedReitit, Data-Driven Routing with Clojure(Script)core.async WalkthroughUnderstanding Homoiconicity, the Power Behind Clojure Macros
Episode 324: Rage Against The Beer
Mike and Chris have a strong reaction to beer from Utah, and then get into the weeds around Mike’s new gear, the situation with Qt, and a few new tools they’ve recently found.Support Coder RadioLinks:Gitpod — In a blink of an eye from any GitHub project, pull request, or issue to a ready-configured, fully-featured online IDE and terminal.Nativefier — Make any web page a desktop application
Episode 323: Reacting to React Native
After digging into some feedback, we react to the big upset in the world of React Native.
Plus some recent hoopla, a new way to get started contributing to open source, and more!Support Coder RadioLinks:Win95 in a box Scoop — A command-line installer for WindowsSteve's Travel HackSunsetting React Native — Due to a variety of technical and organizational issues, we will be sunsetting React Native and putting all of our efforts into making native amazing.React Native: A r
Episode 322: Not so Qt
Mike's adventures with Qt land him on Windows 10 this week battling DLL hell. He shares the latest developments in his attempt to build his next app with Qt.
Plus some feedback, thoughts on AMP, and why dynamic linking keeps Mike up at night.Support Coder RadioLinks:Qt is not for Johnnygary likes the QtEric fround a QML Library for .NETQml.Net - Qt/Qml integration/support for .NETZMQ Setup for Qt Dev on Windowsvcpkg: C++ Library Manager — C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linu
Episode 321: Qt & Me
Mike shares more first impressions of Qt, the surprising places we’ve found QML in the wild, and why or why not to use Qt.
Plus we answer some questions, share some travel hacks, and discuss the top programing languages of 2018, as declared so by the IEEE.Support Coder RadioLinks:Jacob's lookin for a changeMark's Travel Bag HackBAGSMART Travel Electronic Accessories Thicken Cable Organizer Bag Portable CaseDevil’s Dictionary for TechThe 2018 Top Programming LanguagesTesla annou
Episode 320: The Big Bezos
Mike’s ordered a surprise new rig, Chris is getting particular, and do a first impressions of Qt Creator.
Plus why we all need to pull back on the AI hype a bit, and more!Support Coder RadioLinks:Michael Dominick on Twitter: I seem to be melting machines at an alarming rate Michael Dominick on Twitter: So with a little help from my kid, my #GalagoPro was broken today. GUI Automated testing framework : CoderRadio
Episode 319: Nadella Stamp
After we happily avoid the recent MacBook scandals, we deep dive into hardware for a bit.. And then pull it out with a overview of Microsoft Async/await pattern.Links:The Core i9 MacBook Pro Has a Serious Throttling ProblemApple confirms MacBook Pro thermal throttling, software fix coming today - The VergeLinux Academy - Microsoft Azure Training Architect (Remote)Pallet Town: Async / Await - dominickm.comAsynchronous Programming with async and await (C#) | Microsoft Docs
Episode 318: Losing the Anaconda
We ruminate on Python’s founder stepping down, and ponder if it was inevitable.
Plus the topic of hardware and software workflows is back in the news, and Instapaper goes independent. So why does that feel like a bad thing?Support Coder RadioLinks:PyCharm CEPython language founder steps downGoogle’s new ‘Seedbank’Living with the new 15-inch MacBook ProInstapaper is going independentInstapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
Episode 317: A Chat with Uno
The Uno platform recently got our attention, and Jérôme from the project joins us to explain a few things, and have a frank discussion about what they've gotten right, that others have missed.
Plus your emails, a bit of hoopla, and more!Special Guest: Jérôme Laban.Support Coder RadioLinks:I just went on a coder bingePython for Kids: A Playful Introduction To ProgrammingNo Escaping an Echo ChamberMailspring - The best free email appSpark EmailUnoUno PlaygroundCurrents
Episode 316: When Clouds Go Dark
Mike discovers a new open source project that promises a free UWP Bridge for iOS, Android and WebAssembly. We kick the tires and share our first thoughts.
Plus a nasty software failure is striking down new iMac Pro's, and the 7 most cited reasons engineers quit.Links:Les has a MS Electron PredictionRobert has the best question ever sent into the show...iMac Pro - is anyone *not* experiencing "…UnoUno PlaygroundWhy engineers leave your company: The 7 most-cited reasons
Episode 315: Chicken Farmers
Tech companies are taking over cities and becoming more powerful than some nations. Is there a moral stand developers inside these huge corporations should be taking? Or is the shift to a chicken farmer economy truly best for all?
It's a very introspective edition of the Coder Radio show.Links:Making rent in Silicon Valley How Tech Companies Conquered America’s Cities - The New York Times
Episode 314: Microsoft's Electron Future
Mike's got a dream, and it's a dream where Microsoft saves us from Electron. Now historically speaking, he's been wrong every single time. But this week we'll make the case why we all need to collective pull for his vision.Links:Java in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference: Ben Evans, David Flanagan: 9781492037255: Amazon.com: BooksJava: The Complete Reference, Eleventh Edition: Herbert Schildt: 9781260440232: Amazon.com: BooksModular Programming in Java 9 - O'Reill
Episode 313: GitLab’s CEO
We chat with GitLab’s CEO and co-founder Sid Sijbrandij, about the GitLab model, the changes they’ve made since Microsoft purchased GitHub, his thoughts on that acquisition, and his compelling case for 100% remote work.Special Guest: Sid Sijbrandij.Support Coder RadioLinks:Michael Dominick on Twitter — "The more I did into the #WWDC sessions and docs, the happier I am with it. They keynote was just bad or perhaps more directed at consumers. @ChrisLAS #CoderRadio #Apple"Michael Dom
Episode 312: Git with Microsoft
Microsoft is buying GitHub, Apple just kicked off WWDC 2018, and we've got a packed show!Support Coder RadioLinks:MSHub == FOSS Love? - dominickm.comGitLab on Twitter — "We're seeing 10x the normal daily amount of repositories #movingtogitlab https://t.co/7AWH7BmMvM We're scaling our fleet to try to stay up. Follow the progress on https://t.co/hN0ce379SC and @movingtogitlab"Microsoft on GitHub👋 Hello, GitHub | @natfriedman — Who am I? My name is Nat and I’ve been a dev
Episode 311: Google AI For The Win
After a bit of CoffeeScript reminiscing we get down to data and design.And discuss why the bot market has collapsed, and how Google is running the table in AI.
Plus a few classic Coder moments, feedback, and more.Links:CoffeeScriptThoughts on Dart?Google Facebook Face GDPR Privacy Complaints on 1st Day — Europe’s sweeping new data privacy regime came into effect this morning, and privacy activists are not wasting time in flexing their muscles. One organization has already made of
ECMATakeover
The future is JavaScript and Mike’s seen the way. Plus we answer a listener's questions about career changes, discuss the week’s hoopla, and share a cautionary tale.Support Coder RadioLinks:veritanuda says we missed the ROM ProbPeter is ready for a change of jobMicrosoft acquires AI company to make Cortana and bots sound more humanThe End of Third-Party Twitter Clients?1Password 7 Going Subs
Episode 309: Best of Both Worlds
We get fired up about cloud lock-in, and attempt to find some common ground.
But the overall framework for today's conversation is the important bits for developers from this years Microsoft Build and Google I/O events.Support Coder RadioLinks:Microsoft partners with DJI on a new Windows 10 drone SDK - The VergeMicrosoft's Visual Studio Live Share collaboration service available to testers | ZDNetVisual Studio Live ShareAndroid Jetpack | Android Developers — Jetpack is
Episode 308: The Nicheing Down Fallacy
Focusing on a niche can catastrophically backfire when the market shifts, and Mike goes into full reviewer mode this week.
Plus fresh out of Build the guys share the initial impressions of Microsoft’s big event, discuss their growing fear of Amazon, and resources for learning .Net Core.Support Coder RadioLinks:Amazon Is Finally Helping Developers Turn Alexa Skills Into Money — Amazon is announcing general availability in the U.S. for in-skill purchasing, which allows the creator
Episode 307: System.Evolution
Mike and Chris have a workflow hangover, hit rock bottom, and bounce back with a new understanding.
Plus the creeping revelation that our future is embed. Support Coder RadioLinks:Azure Sphere PDFKubuntu 18.04 has been released, featuring the beautiful KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS | KubuntuPop!_OS by System76
Episode 306: Progressive Webbie Things
The death of desktop apps has reached the next stage, but the long transition to WebAssembly is going to hurt, and why the crushing demand for good enough will force us all to live a life of "Progressive Webbie Things".Links:Design Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps - UWP app developer — Fluent Design guidelines and UI code examples for creating app experiences on Windows 10
Episode 305: Perpetual Beta Tester
We revisit IBM’s total dominance over the PC industry in the early 80s, how they got there, and how we can apply the IBM model to current events.
Plus a batch of your feedback, and a defeated discussion about the state of all desktop operating systems and hardware kicked off by Apple’s taking our beer away.Support Coder RadioLinks:Big A Says Keep an Eye on Playgrounds Esteban with words from the gut History of IBM — In 1911 the company that leased Unit record equipment, especial
Episode 304: No Bad Guys Only Survivors
What we can learn from Mike’s first business failing in 2014? Mike shares some necessary balance to today’s celebrity CEO “stories”. And we discuss how having naive expectations, avoiding conflict, and a lack of focus can sneak up on you and hurt your business.
Also some tips on how to change your expectations, embrace conflict, and maybe even be a bit ruthless. Support Coder RadioLinks:Launching 70+ New CoursesThe myth of the celebrity CEO — They might make great newspaper copy,
Weapons of Mass Data
What is focus for the software industry? And is focus always a good thing, or can it lead to tunnel vision? Plus we spend a bit more time saluting Sun Microsystems for their contribution to our industry.
Plus some feedback, a bit of weekly Hoopla, and more!Support Coder RadioLinks:Patrick says don't over value those Google emailsPhil Says we don't talk about Sun Enough...Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel — Apple working on software platf
Episode 302: Staring into Sun
Sun Microsystems was fertile ground for what might be the largest developer upset in ten years. We look back at some of the real innovations Sun brought us, discuss the latest developments in Oracle's suit against Google, and the massive shift Microsoft announced today.
This is one of those episodes we’ll be referencing back to for quite a while.Support Coder RadioLinks:Airmail — Designed for the latest generation iOS, it supports 3D Touch, fast document previewing, high qual
Episode 301: Being David
Mike and Chris find themselves at similar forks in the road with their business. And they both share raw observations from the front lines of some hard choices.
Plus some weekly Hoopla, listener questions, and more! Links:Question: What are your opinions about manufacturers ... — Breaking the X86 Instruction SetFollow Up: Just wanted to say I love the updates to the show — Just wanted to say I love the updates to the show, specifically the chapter markers (easy to use in Po
Developers Rule the World | CR 300
It’s a special Coder Super show with big announcements and we look back at five years of Coder Radio.
We have witnessed a massive shift of power. And it’s been happening right under developers noses. From the slowly won battle for control of the server, to Amazon’s to control over the Internet. Support Coder RadioLinks:Noah aks about side projectcoder.show/rssCoder Radio - New Fancy Contact PageCoder Radio 300 Shirt and Hoodie — Get your celebratory shirt or hoodie now!Coder Ra
Mike’s Wishlist | CR 299
Chris is on the road & Mike’s been reflecting. Plus we answer some of your questions, which snowball into some much larger discussions.
Then Mike’s made a list & he’s checking it twice.Support Coder Radio
Niche Busters | CR 298
Mike’s back from a conference in New York & to say he’s got a few things on his mind is putting it mildly. Strap in as we rip through myths, lies & salesmen.Support Coder Radio
Lunch Break Coder | CR 297
Mike may have cracked the testing pitch, the harsh reason the Junior Developer is dying & a nice batch of audience questions and follow up.
This week’s Coder Radio is just like mom’s cookin', but with a taste of Kotlin.
Chris Goes to Microsoft | CR 296
Why the hell did Microsoft open source PowerShell Core, .Net Core, Visual Studio Code? What could possibly be in it for them? Chris goes onsite to ask what’s been on everyone’s mind & figure out what their angle is.
Plus the massive leaps Kotlin seems to be making, your questions, our answers & more!
Green Fairies In Green Fields | CR 295
Mike's got a Greenfield project he’s fired up & a tale of woes to go along with it. Chris inspires a mini-revolt over the weekend & both the guys have some remarks for the week’s Hoopla.Support Coder Radio
Escape Pod Machine | CR 294
A special live on location edition of the show, we talk new gear, workflows & how developers can turn a bad situation around.Support Coder Radio
The PowerShell Play | CR 293
Mike and Chris review predictions from years past & check on how well they’ve aged.
Plus we take a look at Microsoft’s big picture strategy with .Net & now PowerShell for every system.Support Coder Radio
Lint or Lament | CR 292
Code linting is a way to increase code quality & Mike’s standardized his team on one tool. He shares what they’re doing, why they're doing it & the impact it has made.
Plus the brutal life cycle of JavaScript, the exaggerated death of microservices & more!
Hey Google | CR 291
After a great batch of feedback we make some bold predictions for 2018, and it’s not your dad’s crystal ball this year.Support Coder Radio
The Last Coder | CR 290
Mike lays it all out for 2017 and makes the case that the small independent development model is fundamentally doomed. We spend the last Coder of the year being very honest about what hasn't worked in our businesses, about the limitations that life and circumstances put on us all & how we try to make the very best of the hand we’re dealt.
It’s not a typical end of year episode, but it might be the most important.
Apple Payday | CR 289
Mike’s spent a week with JavaScript, Apple has a big gift & that launching a new product glow.
Plus Linux’s new fight, Amazon’s big wins & the things that have really gone to hell.
Mike’s New Ride | CR 288
Microsoft makes one of their boldest moves into open source yet, Mike’s got new wheels and turns it into a chance to reflect on building for voice interfaces, Amazon’s got a new way for devs to make money & we continue to ponder the best ways to achieve CI bliss.Support Coder Radio
You Need a Barb | CR 287
Mike shares some recent lessons he’s learned trying to scale his team, some tools they tried & the processes that have stuck.
But first we kick it off with some of your feedback, a bit of Hoopla & wrap it up with a quick touch on hardware.
Collateral User Damage | CR 286
A new breed of platform wars is brewing, and developers and users are on the losing side more than ever. Plus Mike updates us on his recent NYC trip, a batch of your feedback, an app pick & more!Support Coder Radio
Windows 10, The Best Linux Yet? | CR 285
After Mike’s big Black Friday hardware score the guys try out a little Windows 10 challenge for their workflow & walk away a bit humbled and surprised by the experience.
But first Mike shares his late night session with JavaScript & the big change he’s making.
Plus our pick of the week, some hoopla & more!
Note: We keep making the audio better by the week. We make a switch mid-way in this episode to a new system we think sounds much better!Support Coder Radio
Popping WebAssembly Hype | CR 284
Mike gets real about the future of WebAssembly, discuss the team up of Amazon and Microsoft, the real cost of Javascript & the iOS revolt underway.
Plus we share the open source projects we’re most thankful for this year.Support Coder Radio
Back From the DevFest | CR 283
Mike’s back from DevFest Florida & shares something new he’s discovered, Kotlin takes a shot at Objective-C & now we can all code together, with Atom’s new trick.
Note: There is some rough “skype audio” at times, we had to use a backup recording. Totally listenable still & should be better next week.Support Coder Radio
Ice Age | CR 282
Mike makes the case that he and Chris are dying breeds from a bygone era that need to hunker down & prepare for the cold winter. Plus we respond to a batch of great feedback, chat some contested hoopla & wrap it all up with a bit of small business wisdom.Support Coder Radio
Selling the FLOSS | CR 281
Mike and Chris begrudgingly accept the fundamental problem in sticking with boring and safe platforms, debate building a brand around FLOSS, get burned by Angular & reflect on some regrets in our business.
Plus SQL’s new hype, some feedback & a project pick of the week!Support Coder Radio
Mike Was Right | CR 280
Mike walks us through Optionals & gives us a specific code example. Plus we launch a new segment long in the making, “Mike Was Right” & it’s a doozy!Support Coder Radio
Evolving Software Development | CR 279
Kotlin seems to have a very strong future on Android & Mike and Chris debate the hype vs reality. Plus Mike review’s his new Galago Pro.
Then the guys get rather excited by an astute breakdown of developer workflow breakdowns & what the next 20 years of software development methodologies might look like.Support Coder Radio
A New Kit for Home | CR 278
After a ninja dance though some “Coder Hoopla” Chris has a go at convincing Mike he might be missing the next big app goldmine.Support Coder Radio
Elixir of My Soul | CR 277
Wes is back to talk politics and Node.js. Plus, is it finally time to kill the Web? We discuss the purity of native development & the merits of the Web. Then Mike's got some top IT automation tips for managers, we explore concurrency, distributed systems & Elixir's secret sauce.Support Coder Radio
Bite of the AR Apple | CR 276
Wes joins Mike to chat all things Apple. We discuss the surprising implications of the iPhone X, including the challenges of its new special shape & the exciting possibilities of ARKit. Plus, we debate FaceID and APFS, check in on HomeKit & search for the right level of abstraction for UI development.Support Coder Radio
Reacting To React | CR 275
While Chris is away Wes joins Mike to chat FOSS Burnout & the dark side of open source communities. Plus, we continue to react to React's recent license change, debate about the Virtual DOM & explain why React Native's license might be more important.Support Coder Radio
No Love for Open Source | CR 274
What’s really the root cause of open source developer burnout? Plus an honest chat about Electron’s bad parts & Mike finally reveals his master plan.
It’s a Coder quickie this week, with Mike back in Florida there is much to be done, including a little criticism of the iPhone X.Support Coder Radio
A Hurricane of Feedback | CR 273
Mike takes refuge from Irma to respond to audience feedback & share some thoughts on future plans.
Chris has some thoughts on hardware that will help you get more work done & neither of us are worrying about Bash on Windows.Support Coder Radio
The State of Stateless | CR 272
Mike and Chris discuss the types of workloads that better suit Serverless Architecture systems like Lambda & when you should roll a server.
Plus Mike has major hardware woes, makes a surprising move on air & Chris is left pontificating on the future of AR.Support Coder Radio
The Future is Serverless | CR 271
The serverless revolution is nigh, we discuss AWS Lambda and Azure Functions, rebuilding jbot, basing the business computers around Pop!_OS & more!
Daily Stand Up Myth | CR 270
Mike busts the myth of the daily standup meeting & tracks it back to its origins. Then we play a little defense for Electron, share the mind of a PMO & wax on about TypeScript.
Plus a little taste of Mike’s busy week, an update on Alice & Chris’ upcoming trip.Support Coder Radio
Clustered Pi | CR 269
A special guest and creator of PiCluster joins us to discuss the open source Docker cluster management project. PiCluster is a bit of a community hit & seems to strike a great balance compared to other solutions.
We’ll dig into the technologies they use and what it's all built on, what they love working with & thoughts about growing a community.
Plus some of our personal projects that are brewing & more!Support Coder Radio
Ask Alice | CR 268
Mike has a huge announcement towards the end of the show. Leading up to it we discuss the case against Kotlin, the next tech after Flash to die & the obvious reason Bots are going to be big.Support Coder Radio
Skills to Pay the Bills | CR 267
We solve some problems, and then go down the rat hole of self hacking to increase work, productivity & our health.
Then we gleefully watch as Coding Bootcamps begin to collapse & discuss the misleading metric that led them to their doom.
Plus Mike shares some straightforward code that solved a very annoying problem.
Mike the Botter | CR 266
Wes sits down with Mike to talk about Starbucks not-so-secret API, the state of the developer ecosystem & difficult challenges faced by FOSS vendors in the medical field.
Plus some fantastic feedback, Mike's true feelings about Swift & a whole lot more!Support Coder Radio
Rented Windows Theory | CR 265
Microsoft slips a little Windows 10 into your Office365 & we discuss the huge shift they just pulled off, plus a little real talk about growing pains and doldrums & the pains of over building a system.
Plus your feedback & much more!Support Coder Radio
Toxic Licensing | CR 264
Mike updates on spinning up his business in Florida, we debate limiting the use of the GPL & try to better understand the recent System76 Pop!_OS news.
Plus the industry is going all in on AI & spending less and less on other types of research. Mike discusses the huge potential issue that could be facing developers down the road.Support Coder Radio
The Guilty Bug | CR 263
We ponder the ethical dilemma of a developer who has replaced himself with a bot, debate the possibility of ever making money from bots & have some tough love for Apple on the iPhone’s 10th anniversary.
Plus discuss System76’s new Pop!_OS & Mike’s adventures in Florida.
Summer of GitHub | CR 262
We discuss the week’s developer hoopla & the beard joins us to share his insights. It's a fun episode with a range of topics, including the recent rush to GitHub by a number of open source projects.Support Coder Radio
Basic Bot | CR 261
Mike shares some insights into building bots & a little sample code to get you started. Plus we discuss the week’s developer news & spend a bit of time on feedback.Support Coder Radio
The WWDC17 Episode | CR 260
After Mike gets a few things off his chest, we dive into the most developer relevant announcements & news from Apple’s WWDC 2017.Support Coder Radio
Hi-Tech Lady Tubes | CR 259
The open source model has won, we discuss the impact that’s having on the development industry. Plus Swift gets a little more interesting, & Chris is ready for his lady in a tube!Support Coder Radio
Bad Process SIGKILLs | CR 258
The “process manager from hell” is driving our listener crazy! We have advice that’s a little unconventional. Then we discuss the slow demolition of the culture of youth taking place in tech, that could be shifting everything.
Plus Microsoft’s huge Git commit, Quick Designer in Qt Creator 4.3 & some follow up on Kotlin.
Kotlin, Swiftly | CR 257
Mike argues you should go hybrid today & end up progressive tomorrow. The Docker reality & why Swift is a bit like Kotlin.
Speaking of Kotlin we chat a bit about the Google I/O news, Project Treble, Xamarin’s Live Player & Mike’s new rig.Support Coder Radio
Legalize Math | CR 256
Getting fined for doing math without a license, Windows 10 S goes app store only, a Coder community project goes into production & Chris learns a hard lesson about his tools!Support Coder Radio
Moby’s Logs | CR 255
After digging into some rather tempting Hoopla, Mike shares his clever solution to one of Docker’s bigger problems & manages to motivate Chris into trying it out during the show.
Plus thoughts on continuing your coding education, stories of past exams gone wrong & more!Support Coder Radio
Riding the Whale | CR 254
Mike is betting big on Docker, Angular has a new release, JavaScript is taking the lead & Uber is playing with fire.
It’s a packed episode & wraps up with the bombshell that Mike is selling his new MacBook.
4k of Sin | CR 253
Habitat promises full automation that travels with app. Basically it's a great way to have an extremely lightweight "environment + your app" (hence the name) that has everything you need except the OS or OS related bits. But is this a layer of abstraction too far for Mike?
Plus the chronicles of one developer's journey of getting started with Open Source, some cool dark matter development Chris spotted at Dell & more!Support Coder Radio
DysFunctional | CR 252
Wes from Linux Unplugged joins Mike to host a special edition of the show. They chat about the merits (or not!) of Electron, Mike’s week from hell & their true feelings about Javascript. Then they discuss Clojurescript, React Native, & the benefits of a more functional programming style.
Plus Docker, Devops & of course the Beer of the Week!Support Coder Radio
Roadshow Special | CR 251
Tune in for a special road edition of the show today! After Mike & Chris cover some feedback, they share their worst hire stories, eat some Apple crow & debate the end of the exodus.
Plus Chris shares some surprisingly topical experiences from his Dell trip, Mike’s got a tool of the week & Jonny’s feeling the hero rage.Support Coder Radio
Captivated by Containers | CR 250
Mike’s got a new testing pipeline & he’s fired up and ready to go. He shares what might be a game changer for his business.
Plus we discuss the damage done by “Coding Heroes”, the value of a namespace, a handy tool & more!
Just Some Tools | CR 249
Mike’s new client has some strict requirements so we get very practical about the tools we use, compromises made & the line we won’t cross.Support Coder Radio
Some WebAssembly Required | CR 248
We follow up on WebAssembly, it’s not just the future, it’s already here & it might be great! Plus C# 7’s release gets us thinking & Canonical’s got us ranting.Support Coder Radio
Always Be Coding | CR 247
Why coding everyday makes a big difference for Mike & Chris reflects on keeping momentum to prevent project rot.
Plus our first look at Java 9, hopes & fears of Web Assembly & more!Support Coder Radio
Mozilla's Pocket Pick | CR 246
Our C++ alternatives quest for embedded continues, taking another look at Visual Studio Code, Mozilla’s big pockets & saving the web with Qt Quick.
Plus Mike’s war story, great feedback & more!
Java Rusts Over | CR 245
Rust has a busy 2017 ahead of it, Mike ponders Java’s failure on small Internet of Things & searches for a C++ alternative, then dazzles us with the new gear he’s recently picked up.Support Coder Radio
Still Playing Mono | CR 244
Mike reports back from his recent travels, we debate the renaissance .Net & solve all of future Mike’s problems.Support Coder Radio
iPad Shrinkage | CR 243
The fear of productivity loss & the crazy things we do to avoid it, a sober look at the tablet market for developers, GitLab’s recent disaster & we bring it all home with a little time travel.
Cowboy Code | Coder Radio 242
The tools we use to do the job, Microservices Gone Wrong, the real problem with TypeScript & more!Support Coder Radio
Tricks of the Trade | CR 241
Your emails this week get us discussing & sharing some really hard learned lessons & insights.
Plus Mike spends the weekend preparing to shame Chris & shares a favorite book pickSupport Coder Radio
Disillusioned NixBeards | CR 240
Mike and Chris start things off with some traditional feedback, get into some Dart discussion & then get into the hardware throw down.Support Coder Radio
Living in a Clamshell | CR 239
After we answer some audience feedback and chat about the week’s Hoopla & a fresh batch of Coder Radio 2017 predictions!Support Coder Radio
Undockered | CR 238
Mike’s got three wishes for the new year, Chris has a new Echo Dot & Google has partnerships to put Assistant in your TV.
Plus why Mike got rid of his office, GitHub’s near term future & how terrible code gets written by sane people.Support Coder Radio
Shuffling Code | CR 237
We've given the guys the week off after a year of hard work, so in this episode we'll take a look back at a series of events where the guys ended up realigning their opinions. From hybrid vs native apps & developing on linux to Pokémon & Bots, a lot changed in 2016.
So sit back, grab a nice warm beverage & enjoy the show!Support Coder Radio
Refactoring 2016 | CR 236
We reflect on the trainwreck that was 2016 & what might be emerging in 2017 as a real market opportunity. It's our last live show of the year, so we throw out the rules!
Okay Google, Take Over the World | CR 235
Mike reviews his Google Home and we discuss Google Actions, Fitbit buying Pebble & the usefulness of some of these products.
Plus Mike adopts a new philosophy about remote workers!Support Coder Radio
Legend Of The Snow Leopard | CR 234
Mike shares his swift migration pain from over the weekend & opens up a bar in the office in honor of his new Google Home.
Stalker Box | CR 233
Mike reviews the state of hybrid development in the last days of 2016 & chat about his new Google Home and what he’s looking forward to testing.
Plus a quick chat about ethics in coding.Support Coder Radio
Minimal Functional Product | CR 232
Mike is back from vacation has somethings on his mind he shares this week. Hardware follow up, customer management for devs, book recommendations & more!Support Coder Radio
Scrum Burger | CR 231
We ponder why Docker is a dumpster fire, doubt Samsung’s new Ai Bot platform, discover Botkit & discuss killing the Scrum.Support Coder Radio
Microsoft’s Public Shame | CR 230
Ballmer is trying to pin it all on Bill, MacBook follow up & Lemur struggles.Support Coder Radio
Old Men Yell at Macbooks | CR 229
Let's get real about the tools we use this week.
A Lemur Eats an Apple | CR 228
Mike betting on server side bots & AI, making the big jump from the MacBook to a System76 Lemur running Linux. We talk about the platform development opportunities for a small shop.
Plus how to design APIs that don’t suck & more!Support Coder Radio
Everybody's Keyboard Fighting | CR 227
The Dash debacle gets the full Coder this week & Mike’s got a new sweet keyboard he tells us all about.
Plus how it feels to learn Javascript in a React world & more!
Coder Profiling | CR 226
We flunk and debunk the Joel test, and ponder the long tail of coder interviews gone wrong, Apple's removal of Dash, KDevelop on windows & more!Support Coder Radio
The ROI of Things | CR 225
Mike & Chris share hard earned lessons for the first time about the expected value in the effort we put into our various next great ideas, marketing, attending conferences & whatever “networking” is suppose to be.Support Coder Radio
Vaporware on the Server | CR 224
The growing case for Swift on the server & Java 8’s underplayed success are the two main topics this week. We also discuss Dart on Android & some platform fundamentals with renewed vigor!
Get Swifty | CR 223
Mike & Chris travel interdimensionally to discuss the pressure to get Swifty, marvel at Vapor.codes, witness the fall of Eclipse & the rise of Microsoft.
Plus our super quick take on the iPhone 7 & more!Support Coder Radio
Rusty Support | CR 222
The world's most egregious gadget sin is committed, why Mike still wants Star Trek gadgets, a Rust divorce, learning the fragile state of state & more!Support Coder Radio
Bag of jQuery | CR 221
The guys daydream about making the perfect developer platform, follow up a bit on Android N & grouse about Mike’s new Note getting recalled.
Plus some of our speculation about the September 7th Apple event, what old unmaintained code says about you & clearing the air on Angular v2.Support Coder Radio
Docker Dumpster Fire | CR 220
Docker quality appears to be getting worse, Mike & Chris analyze the mystery of Docker’s decline & likely causes.
Plus we discuss the possibility of an AI monopoly, moving fasting & looking for a web-framework matchmaker.Support Coder Radio
Dollar Store Quality | CR 219
Mike and Chris share their experiences with selling yourself just enough to get your foot in the door. Is productizing yourself and your work is worth feeling a little slimy?
Plus Microsoft’s move in open sourcing PowerShell, the fixed bid scam & more!
Agile Scapegoat | CR 218
Fresh off new Agile courses Mike shares what he feels might be his core problems with Agile software development. Our thoughts on software quality in general, the big slack problem & more!Support Coder Radio
Botpocalypse Now | CR 217
Special guest Ryan Sipes from Mycroft joins us to discuss his ambitious projects & fulfilling the mission of an open source project.
Plus our thoughts on the impending Bot revolution, the “Internet of APIs” it all depends on & the massive shift that bots could cause in the industry.
We start it all off with a new Coding Challenge!Support Coder Radio
Mismatch Patterns in Productivity | CR 216
Mike & Chris rip up the thinking behind iPad-only is the new desktop Linux mantra, discuss the date of LaunchKit, announce a new coding challenge & much more!Support Coder Radio
Real Life on the Ratel | CR 215
Mike shares his recent Linux switch experience & why he thinks it might stick this time. We chew on Verizon buying Yahoo & the grief Marissa Mayer is getting.
Plus we congratulate the winner of last week’s challenge & announce the next one!
Make Coding Great Again | CR 214
Mike reflects on some critical feedback, shares impressions of his new Linux PC, we announce the new Coding Challenge & more!Support Coder Radio
PokéCode | CR 213
Nintendo has a hit on their hands, is this a game changer for the company? Mike & Chris discuss the big picture ramifications of Pokémon GO.
Plus beer brewed by bots, our thoughts on Java EE, Spring Boot & getting PHP to really do what you want.
Derailing Java | CR 212
This week Noah steps in to host while Chris is out and cover Rails 5, Oracle’s suspicious silence around Java EE, talk about mike’s latest linux adventure, give some freelancing advice & more!Support Coder Radio
Ai Theater | CR 211
What is Machine Learning? How are companies & developers using it? We discuss that, the major approaches in the market & Apple’s use of Differential Privacy.
Plus Mike’s new Linux desktop, some feedback & a lot more!Support Coder Radio
Productivity Theater | CR 210
It’s death by a thousand scrums this week & then admit there may be some value in frequent project communication.
Then we start the machine learning discussion, talk a little Android N & more!Support Coder Radio
WWDC Hypercap | CR 209
We start with some developer news of the week, then dig into the best bits from WWDC.
Plus Mike shares his thoughts on some new hardware & the guys discuss the mystery of differential privacy.Support Coder Radio
Fair-use Frustrations | CR 208
Mike & Chris have very different opinions on how interview tests should be conducted & this week they try to come to some common ground. Plus the real reasons to develop software on Linux are not the ones often cited, bit more on Google’s fair use & the master plan to get Mike to move to the west coast.Support Coder Radio
AGILE: Too Big to Fail | CR 207
Mike shares a humbling war story, then we dig into the great “Android Instant App Conspiracy”, the announcement that destroyed the .Net ecosystem & the poverty trap of software development.
Plus some closing thoughts on Google vs Oracle, a neat tool of the week & a special holiday bonus extended laid back chat!Support Coder Radio
Fat Bottom APIs | CR 206
We dig through the relevant bits of Google I/O, the possible anti-web move Instant Apps represent, no Kotlin & big improvements we’re excited about.
Plus Mike’s take on Android Studio 2.2 & Chris’ take on what we’re all calling “services”.Support Coder Radio
Git off the Rails | CR 205
Github’s new pricing has a bit of a catch, Rob Robinson says Rails is yesterday’s software in light of Swift & GO. Which we simply have to talk about.
Then we jump in our time machine and dazzle you with our new term predictions & more!Support Coder Radio
Revenge of the Swift | CR 204
In a podcast far far away, you asked for it & this week we delivered. It’s code review time, with a twist!
Plus the FUD seems strong with the second Oracle v Google trial, we attempting to do some busting, Dropbox falling back to reality & 30 years later why we still love QBasic.
Go Go Golang | CR 203
A little reflective & contemplative after a successful human forking, our hosts reflect on a well stated OO vs Functional rant, the bot frameworks that impress & the surprisingly great use case for Go.
Plus the 800 pound snake in the room, a quick Linux switch update for Mike & more!
GO Swift Yourself | CR 202
Could Google be about to make a major shake up in future development for Android? We discuss the scuttlebut about Swift on Android.
Plus Mike’s new mobile rig & Noah from the Linux Action Show joins for Mike’s update on his Linux Adventure & Mike gets the hard sell.Support Coder Radio
Tough Market | CR 201
In this episode, Noah joins Chris to talk about the whole hiring process & experiences they've had while also taking a look back into the past of the show to some of the more interesting topics on the matter.
Bot Your Life | CR 200
Has the whole world gotten hot for bots? Slack’s recent $3.8B & Microsoft’s new Bot SDK suggests there is serious interest there. Mike and Chris share their thoughts & ask what makes a bot…. A bot?
Plus the surprising math that makes us shed a tear, feedback & more!Support Coder Radio
The Good Xamaritan | CR 199
Fresh off Build 2016, we talk about everything from free Xamarian, Bash on Windows & the changing case for .NET.
Plus Mike shares some assumption smashing news & much more!Support Coder Radio
Brave New Code | CR 198
Is Google dumping to compete with Nuance as they prepare to unleash their voice API to developers for free? Mike updates us on his Linux switch adventure, his new toy & a couple of important PSAs.
Plus feedback & more!Support Coder Radio
Rails Crazies React | CR 197
We discuss Mike’s general thoughts on ReactJS, the NY bill that would provide a tax credit for open source contributions & the interesting details in developer data.
Plus some real talk about your real value, what no indie developer wants to hear about the App Store & more!Support Coder Radio
Hybrid Hijinks | CR 196
Whenever we discuss Hybrid development, a big elephant is sitting in the room. This week, we give this elephant the mic.
Then, reflecting on a recent Android development project, the guys discuss the sticky side of Frames.
Plus an update on Mike's Ubuntu experiment & more!Support Coder Radio
The Xamarin Hand | CR 195
We break down what we see as the top motivations, the big competitive move & what Microsoft is really saying about Android with their Xamarin acquisition.
Plus during the show Microsoft releases SQL server for Linux & we discuss how it all fits together in a larger plan.
Xamarin through the Ages | CR 194
Mike couldn't make it this week, so we decided that with Microsoft purchasing Xamarin that this would be the perfect time to take a glance back on our coverage of Xamarin & look at how they have come to their current situation
Big Blue's Swift Move | CR 193
Mike shares his adventures in Ubuntu land this week, after a MacBook disaster. Then we discuss the implications of IBM backing Swift on their cloud.
Plus some feedback, code as speech, and more!Support Coder Radio
Post Apocalyptic Linux Desktop | CR 192
Mike and Chris talk about bombing job interviews, picking the right Android device for development, writing code that’s easy to delete & Mike shares an Ubuntu update!
Plus… Has the show forgotten about VR? A new device from Mattel might change our tune, some feedback & much more!Support Coder Radio
Parsing Your Options | CR 191
Something is rotten at GitHub. We discuss the big problem they're facing & why for most of us, we already have a backup plan.
Plus why Project Rider might get you excited & how the Parse shutdown is hitting Mike.Support Coder Radio
Death of the Freelancer | CR 190
A brutally honest episode. Mike and Chris air some hard learned lessons, toss out the episode playbook & tell it like it is!
I'm OOPting Out | CR 189
We discuss a compelling case against Object-Oriented programming, is it truly all bad? Plus the cold chills the new Rails Doctrine gives us, the worrying long-term ramifications of progress over stability & convention vs configuration strategy.
Plus a chat about the market position of Jetbrains’ AppCode, blaming Java & unplanning your work and travels.Support Coder Radio
Linux: Bug or Feature? | CR 188
Ang and Mike discuss business operational tools, practices & common issues, how Ang got her kids started on computers, good languages to get started with & she makes a pretty poignant comment about Linux. Mike discusses TarDisk & whether or not he recommends it & more!
Slacking while Coding | CR 187
Is the age of Apps finally coming to an end? Data points to yes & we discuss how platforms like Slack might offer more potential.
Then, more web developers are switching to Linux, is this the start of a trend?
Plus what caught our attention in the new iOS release, and interesting projects Google has in store for 2016.
Decision 2016: Native vs Hybrid | CR 186
Can Web standards make mobile apps obsolete? The new generation of hybrid apps aren't your grandparents solution to code once, run everywhere.
Plus why Swift is going to be big on Linux in 2016, Google has a thing with openJDK & much more!
Predictive Coder | CR 185
When you look back at the year, a few really big things jump out for developers. Mike & Chris discuss the trends that seem to have really mattered, then debate about how things might change in 2016.
Mike’s Big Year | CR 184
As we gear up for our end of year episode, we look back at a few moments in 2015 that we loved. From big news, new directions & industry trends that reflected into our personal lives.
It’s a very special edition of Coder Radio!Support Coder Radio
Android Instability | CR 183
The Pixel C is the perfect example of a compromised device, caused in large part, by Google’s Strategy Tax. This week we debate if this is the underlying reason tablet apps are so far behind on Android, what Mike’s plans are as an Android developer & why the long-term picture might look rosy.
Plus the Jar Jar true Sith Master mega theory comes to light, some iPad Pro follow up, the missed Mameo opportunity, the hard reality of the “pro tablet” market & more!
Open Season on Swift | CR 182
Ballmer calls out Microsoft’s bogus revenue numbers over Azure, & we expand on his point to discuss an overall trend towards “hero CEOs”.
But the majority of our discussion this week is around the open sourcing of Swift, what Apple got really right & what areas still really need improvement.
Plus the real possibility of replacing your laptop with a large tablet, starting your first app the “easy way” vs the “hard way" & more!
Code a Little Deeper | CR 181
Mike shares his open source picks for 2015 & why they are a real game changer for him. Then we read through a few submissions by the audience & then discuss Microsoft’s huge new PowerApps initiative.
Plus some feedback that cuts deep & more!Support Coder Radio
Barkeep, Ionic, Please | CR 180
Mike has a big announcement & shares his insights for discovering an underserved niche and creating software for people most of us never considered.
Plus why Chris is a bit offended by the idea of Swift on the server, Microsoft delivers on the open source goods & a few quick gift ideas for anyone who wants to focus.Support Coder Radio
I Came, I Saw, Ionic | CR 179
Microsoft kills a major Windows development initiative & becomes one of the top contributors to Go.
Mike has a new love & gets a bit ironic about Ionic. He explains why this framework just might be his new home.
Plus some great feedback & we bask in the dawn of the age of utility.Support Coder Radio
Windows XP of the Net | CR 178
Is open source software immoral in some market conditions? The guys debate. Plus Google’s impressive new open source project, standing while you work is going out of style & how to adapt to the changing need of your users gracefully.
Plus is open source on the verge of being outlawed by the TPP? And a few of your great thoughts on Offshoring vs Onshoring.Support Coder Radio
Coder Puppy Mills | CR 177
Mike & Chris discuss the hard problem of identifying opportunity costs vs staying flexible and cheap, why making communication a priority is almost never a priority & the numbers suggest coding bootcamps are growing like crazy… But is that a good thing?
Plus when to ship, and why testing can really make Mike testy, your feedback & more!Support Coder Radio
Material Matters | CR 176
The guys admit there is a growing amount of evidence pointing to going your own way, regardless of the design vision of the platform. What the Linux desktop has finally gotten right, why Mike is ready to can his wearable project.
Plus a Android BuildConfig pro tip, feedback & more!Support Coder Radio
What The Zuck! | CR 175
Well known developers are trying out risky and bold methods to fund future development, but are they really all that practical? We debate.
A massively popular app is using a dirty trick to stay in the background and consume battery. We ponder why it hasn’t been shut down already & more!Support Coder Radio
Below the Surface | CR 174
The cultural challenges of living too far out of a “tech hotzone” hit home today. We discuss the recent revelations both of us have had.
And our reactions and lessons learned from LastPass selling, if Microsoft has nailed convergence & the practicality of the Surface Book.
Plus a quick chat about Chef & other automation platforms great for developers & more!
Sun Setting on Java | CR 173
A really simple mistake that many of us have made in the past, led to the Patreon hack. We discuss the situation & the bigger picture.
Plus our take on the rumors that Oracle is planning the “obsolescence” of Java.Support Coder Radio
Advertising Cold War | CR 172
Mike and Chris discuss malware getting injected into unsuspecting developers apps. Then the advertising cold war that’s brewing, how it impacts users, content creators & developers.
Also our top three must haves before you sign any development work contract.Support Coder Radio
Coder Craftsmen | CR 171
Mike shares his excitement for Ionic, an advanced HTML5 hybrid mobile app Framework. Then Chris asks if the tools used to make the product, as long as the end result is good, really matter?Support Coder Radio
Apple Strokes The Tip | CR 170
Is the new iPad a capable developer machine? We discuss 3D Touch, the impact on developers, the release of the iPad Pro & some quick tips for finding a local development job.Support Coder Radio
Subscription Lock-in | CR 169
With Mike’s move to Florida in progress he joins us via phone for a run through of the major JetBrains subscription hoopla, transitioning from a tester to a developer & that big poaching scandal comes to an expensive close!
Template Driven Design | CR 168
Is Amazon another paradise of brogrammer culture? We have reason to suspect the recent reports may be overblown. Then meet Gigster, the VC backed service that wants to commoditize development.Support Coder Radio
The Price Isn't Right | CR 167
Developers are excited by Google’s announcement that Android will support Vulkan. We explain what Vulkan is, the issues developers face around openGL, & why Mike is a bit skeptical.
Plus market data suggest we’ve reached peak iPad & tablets are not selling. Is it worth creating anything but consumption based apps for tablets? We’ll debate.
Plus some audience submitted topics, Apple’s 30% cut, feedback & more!Support Coder Radio
Hamburger Non-Helper | CR 166
The big debate over today’s biggest UI compromise comes to life, Microsoft open sources its iOS-apps-on-Windows compatibility layer, the process of evaluating a new language, plus a book recommendation & more!Support Coder Radio
.Net or .Not? | CR 165
Still smarting from his burn, Mike shares his hard learned lessons after flying too close to the sun. What really pushes us to move to the next big thing & becoming and staying employable by focusing on the right market.Support Coder Radio
Conditional Swift Justice | CR 164
Mike argues why the web is the default platform of the future, we debate if third party mobile platforms should be written off, first impressions of the Ionic Framework & Chris has a few surprises to announce.
Plus our advice on leaving .Net, our response to ignoring the Pebble & why a slightly functional world isn't a bad thing.Support Coder Radio
Proprietary Stress Management | CR 163
A special edition of Coder Radio that dives into the darker side of start ups, the practicality of building super portable apps, the wear advantage & NASA’s top 10 coding commandments.
Plus Noah from the Linux Action Show joins us, we cover some great feedback & more!Support Coder Radio
Wandering in the Woods | CR 162
We look at the tough spot developers are finding themselves in, the huge changes in backend infrastructure over the years, some Swift surprises & the big topics Mike’s been chewing on during his “down time”.Support Coder Radio
Good Guy Mike | CR 161
Mike is recovering from a weekend you wouldn't believe. Plus we revisit the web vs native topic with a vengeance & discuss the sun-setting of ActiveX.Support Coder Radio
Developer Commodity | CR 160
How willing is Apple to leverage it’s developers to make a public statement? We look at the response to the confederate flag pullings & we debate if any gatekeeper puts developers best interests first.
Plus was the perfect laptop built a decade ago, your feedback & more!
Hipster Tendencies | CR 159
Mike makes the case for Chris’ slide into hipsterhood & Chris responds in kind. Between those hijinks the guys discuss the massive LLVM advantage Apple is leveraging that nobody is talking about.
Plus we reflect on the most important skill in software development, read some emails & more!Support Coder Radio
Privileged Programmers | CR 158
Mike and Chris share their totally different perspective on the recent Yelp developer’s public exodus & discuss the big new industry trend developers need to take advantage of.
Then after 158 episodes, Mike’s mission in life is realized during our feedback segment.Support Coder Radio
Ahoy, El Capitan! | CR 157
We recap and also compare & contrast WWDC 2015 with Google I/O 2015. Which new platform features stand out, which miss the target & what will really move the needle this year.
Plus a quick update on Mike’s new company, Chris’ wear inspired surprise & more!Support Coder Radio
You're Gitting it Wrong | CR 156
Mike takes a victory lap as we discuss the big announcements from Google I/O. Then we get into a heated discussion around how GitHub should be used vs how most people use it.
Plus some great feedback, Mike & Chris share some bold predictions & more!Support Coder Radio
Google's Brillo Pad | CR 155
Google may be planning to scrub the grime away from the Internet of Things devices with a new operating system designed for low resources in mind.
We debate what Google’s rumored Brillo OS would look like & the impact it could have on Canonicals big plans for Ubuntu Snappy.
Plus Mike ponders switching to BSD, Google Play services in a library & GBA games in your browser.Support Coder Radio
Chrome Took My Memory! | CR 154
Mike shares his recent experience developing Chrome apps & we debate if Chrome platform tax is costing users a decent browser. Is Chrome becoming the next Windows?
Plus what we’d like to see announced next for Android and iOS & the big problems those features would solve for developers.Support Coder Radio
Bearded Buzzwords | CR 153
Electron could be the Adobe Air we all hoped for. At least Microsoft, Github, Docker, and others think so. But is it all hype? We debate Electron’s potential, and review Visual Studio Code which is built on-top of Electron.
Has Agile become a failure? We discuss what can lead to a failed Agile development implementation, and some secrets to success.
The Open Pivot | CR 152
Mike and Chris reflect on Microsoft’s Build 2015 conference & discuss the undeniable shift to open industry wide. Mike also announces his new business with a focus on open source.
Plus we discuss Visual Studio Code a bit, bad app ports, new ways for developers to make money & more!Support Coder Radio
Compromising Virtual Clouds | CR 151
Is Microsoft confusing the container market & blowing the implementation?
Plus Apple gets caught rejecting Pebble compatible apps, we may have finally found the perfect Linux dev laptop & much more!
Interview Gauntlets of Pain | CR 150
Mike's thinking about making the big switch, a J.O.B., but the interview process has been a nightmare. He shares his perspective after sitting out of the race for a while.
Plus how Google convinced their engineers to become managers, your feedback & more!Support Coder Radio
The Sociopath Code | CR 149
We discuss the top stories submitted by the audience this week. From the ultimate bridge burn to Stack Overflow’s developer survey & being ok with a little sociopathy.Support Coder Radio
Magical Contract Bids | CR 148
Mike had a dream & that dream didn’t work out. Today we discuss how fixed contracts lead to fixed death & with perfect hindsight we debate what we might have done differently.
Plus some great feedback, a little nostalgia & more!Support Coder Radio
The Sonic Philosophy | CR 147
Transitions in life comes in many forms, work, relationships, gadgets. How we deal with the process of transition is key & why we shouldn't be anxious about a transition, even if it’s a difficult one.
Plus a bit about GitHub’s ongoing DDoS, switching from PHP to Ruby & a new contender for the perfect Linux dev rig.
Open Source as a Trap | CR 146
It’s a special open mic edition of Coder Radio. We discuss the complex reasons behind Microsoft’s choice to open source MSBuild, the quest for the perfect Linux laptop continues & why, oh why, oh why HTML5 has a place.
Plus emails & more!Support Coder Radio
Why Mike's Disgusted by Android | CR 145
Chris shares what he’s loving about Android from a users perspective & Mike goes into what is driving him crazy from a developer's standpoint.
Plus redefining DevOps, starting a multi-user database & more!Support Coder Radio
Apple Future vs Pebble Past | CR 144
We revisit some of the audience's favorite editors, then discuss the reality of terrible engineers.
Then Chris spends the weekend with a smartwatch & believes he’s discovered their purpose. We examine the audience for smartwatch apps in light of the Apple Watch announcement today.Support Coder Radio
Not My Problem | CR 143
The guys picture working a 9-5 job. If the security of a 9-5 paycheck is a myth, is it really just not having to worry about all the little things that's so appealing?
Plus how merit based hiring could get out of control & making documentation a bit less evil.Support Coder Radio
Accounts Percievable | CR 142
Mike and Chris start the show by sharing some hard learned advice, and discussing the events of the last two weeks.
Then we touch on SuperFish, Ubuntu Touch, and more!Support Coder Radio
Retro Extravaganza | CR 141
Join us as we hop in our time machine and revisit some past topics on the coder radio program.
NOde | CR 140
Can’t we all just settle down & focus? Mike’s just about had it with javascript framework madness. Plus could Microsoft be uniquely positioned to take advantage of the eventual die off of some frameworks?Support Coder Radio
Windows in the Pi | CR 139
Mike is stuck in a train, stuck in the snow. So it’s an open call edition, with some great discussion around Microsoft’s investment in Cyanogen & the pitch for Python.
Plus a robust chat about the new Raspberry Pi 2 & it’s ability to run Windows 10.Support Coder Radio
Deploy Like an Animal | CR 138
It’s a tip show edition of Coder Radio. Mike shares a great way to get some Heroku features without the bill.
Plus the annoying honeymoon period, your feedback & more!Support Coder Radio
Monumental Android Failure | CR 137
Well known developers have recently gone public with how much they make & where they make it from. Mike & Chris chew on the numbers & discuss the raw reality.
Plus great feedback on Chris’ first development language & more!Support Coder Radio
Ruby is not Perl | CR 136
Chris shares what’s prevented him from getting started with development & shares the three languages that are at the top of his list to try.
Plus we get passionate after some feedback to the Mac Exodus topic & more!Support Coder Radio
Macs Exodus | CR 135
Is the quality of Apple’s desktop and mobile software causing a slow bleeding of developers? Chris & Mike debate what developers will do over 2015.
Plus we read some great follow up, feature a community project & more!Support Coder Radio
Fair And Balanced | CR 134
Mike is fired up by a topic that has been on fire over all of 2014.
Is it finally time to let the other 95% of great programmers in?Support Coder Radio
Best Of Coder Radio 2014 | CR 133
We peer into the past of the show to pull out the amazing clips you guys suggested to us and fondly remember how funny it is to listen to Chris get trolled. Sit back, relax & enjoy the fun in this look back at best of Coder Radio!Support Coder Radio
Git your Pizza | CR 132
It’s the birth of another open source project live on this week’s Coder Radio. Plus it’s an open mic edition & we discuss a wide range of topics from Microsoft’s big mobile strategy that nobody is noticing, the best Linux development environment, setting expectations, your feedback & more!Support Coder Radio
Dock Your Rocket | CR 131
Has Docker’s wild success caused it grow too big & too corporate? In light of the CoreOS project’s announcement of Rocket we’ll reflect on the big problem both projects needs to solve.
Plus our plans to involve community around building an API for Jupiter Broadcasting, your feedback & more!Support Coder Radio
Get Back to the '50s | CR 130
That tech worker “shortage” Facebook and Microsoft keep telling you about is bogus. We’ll go over the study and reports that back that claim up. Then we dig into the rather understandable reasons why developers wages are being pushed down & more!Support Coder Radio
Google's Objective C | CR 129
It’s a special roundtable edition of Coder Radio. Our panel discussed the advantages of Go development over PHP, creating a flat-file website with no database, and the real secret to finishing that last 10%.
Then we discuss the black magic Google is using to share 70% of their new Inbox’s apps code across the Web, Android, and iOS. And if Google’s new approach is a quiet condemnation of HTML5 applications.Support Coder Radio
.NET’s Open Future | CR 128
Microsoft made headlines and has generated a lot of buzz around the open sourcing of .NET. So what does the future hold & what changes now? And why this could be more about what it says about Microsoft, than anything else.
Plus some great feedback, how to find a developer, what to expect to pay & much more!Support Coder Radio
The Gorilla in the Stack | CR 127
Mike and Chris respond to feedback on lackluster HTML5 apps, then how developers can leverage social media to stay up to date & avoid drama.
Then we blow apart the “Full Stack Developer” myth and the evolution of the term.Support Coder Radio
HTML5: Back To The Future | CR 126
Is the need to save money & time by developers forcing end users into less than acceptable application experiences? Have we all been oversold on HTML5?
Plus getting into QA, a cloud based IDE, some great feedback & much more!
Behind the Schemes | CR 125
Mike and Chris go meta & discuss their thoughts about the state of Coder Radio, some ideas to mix it up & request your input.
Then we dig into a revealing support chat between an Android developer & the manager for Google Play Developer Support that finally gives us some real insight into the public address debacle.
Underwhelming Apple | CR 124
We have a bunch of great feedback that keeps getting interrupted by Chris and Mike jumping into deep discussion about vendor lock in, Apple’s new hardware, balancing work and life & much more!Support Coder Radio
Coder Inquisition | CR 123
Mike and Chris battle wits to expose the ridiculous nature of arguing about technology on the Internet, and this discuss why developers and enthusiasts get caught up in this mess.
Plus our take on working on open source in your spare time, an update on teaching students to code & a software pick that will make you hungry!
A Cult of Personality Tests | CR 122
Mike and Chris discuss what to do when a client or employer requests you take a personality test. The reasons Microsoft is calling the next version of Windows 10, the recent cases of community going sour & the lessons learned for developersSupport Coder Radio
Doxing Developers | CR 121
Google is requiring developers to submit their physical address, and the Apple community has outed the manager behind the botched iOS 8.0.1 update. Are we seeing a dangerous threat or just a frantic response?
Plus some great questions, when to lawyer up & much more!Support Coder Radio
Xamarin Sham | CR 120
Developers all over the web are chiming in on the short comings (or lack there of) of Xamarin’s tools. Have developers been sold a hope and a lie?
Plus why Android continues to come in second for developers, your feedback & more!Support Coder Radio
Notch Escapes | Coder Radio 119
Did Microsoft buying Mojang come around because Notch was burned out? Is the problem systemic to independent developers who just love to code?
Plus we respond to your strong feedback regarding privacy & much more!Support Coder Radio
Privacy is a Myth | CR 118
The debate over whose responsibility it is to protect your cloud data heats up, we discuss how to get your confidence back & some Vala feedback.
Plus the recent Markdown drama, the systemd hater club & much more!
Fools Aren't Protected | CR 117
We take live calls, and discuss why .Net rules a Linux Admins life, learning OOP. Then, in light of the recent celebrity photo hacks, do developers have a moral obligation to protect the uninformed public?Support Coder Radio
DOM Be Gone | CR 116
Mike and Chris follow up on the TypeScript and JavaScript discussion from last week after a lot of you jumped to the defense of JavaScript. Plus the guys discuss why the phrase “work-life-balance” feels cheap & how each of us have to figure it all out for ourselves.Support Coder Radio
The Scripting Chronicles | CR 115
Where does TypeScript fit in, and are the many criticisms lobbied at it legitimate? We discuss the state of scripting, and the new dark pragmatism that seems to be setting in.
Plus picking your ideal client, package managers for Windows and Mac, your feedback & more!
Contrarian Contracting | CR 114
Mike and Chris share their perspective on successfully cultivating a contact development business, and from their experience, the biggest gotchas that hurt the most.
Plus hosting on your own vs shared services, a little Dart love, and the Linux user who bought a Mac.Support Coder Radio
Corner of Shame | CR 113
Mike and Chris record a bonus episode of Coder Radio for you this week. We discuss the possibility of Steam selling productivity apps for Desktop Linux, how Overcast.fm could set the trend for future mobile apps, and Chris shares his thoughts about his new Oculus Rift DK2.
Plus you great feedback, some follow up and more!Support Coder Radio
The Xamarin Solution | CR 112
Mike discusses what his business has noted after using Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms. Plus we bust some myths, discuss use cases and advantages, the disadvantages.
Plus you great feedback, some follow up and more!Support Coder Radio
Microsoft's Culture Anchor | Coder Radio 111
Chris makes the case for splitting Microsoft up into a consumer and services split, and why that would be the best possible outcome for developers.
Plus some great feedback, more on selling free software and more!Support Coder Radio
Manual Design | CR 110
Have Interface designers led us down a false path? Why is it when heavy lifting is needed our tools still fall short in 2014? Mike discusses the shortcomings of some of our favorite tools, who is on the right track, and what the real solution seems to be.
Plus some great feedback and Chris begins a new kind of challenge.Support Coder Radio
Go Big or Go Lean! | CR 109
Mike reflects on his transition from dedicated developer to business management, what makes a business “big” vs “lean” and what the guys feel is a good fit for their goals.
Plus when to cut yourself off from a pet coding project, a book that promises to help you pick a Javascript Framework and more!
Materially Excited | CR 108
Mike and Chris cover some great follow up on new hotness burnout. Then we discuss what impressed us and what tempers our excitement from Google I/O 2014.
Plus why AndroidOne could be the Android of the future and a quick chat about Rust.Support Coder Radio
New Hotness Exhaustion | CR 107
Mike ponders if we can trust ourselves to walk the line between comfort, laziness and experience?
Plus you great feedback, a few more I/O thoughts and a framework you can take home to mom.
Bathroom Marketing | CR 106
Our top 10 hopes and expectations from Google I/O 2014. Is this the year Google pushes developers on design, will Google+ take a backseat and more.
Plus our followup includes the challenges facing openGL, why the Nexus program will die, coping with information overload and getting your confidence back.Support Coder Radio
The Problem with GitHub | CR 105
Mike shares his experience moving from GitHub to a self hosted GitLab installation and the benefits his team realized after making the move.
Plus we’ll take a look at the new Docker announcements, your feedback and some surprise followup!Support Coder Radio
Swift exit for Obj-C | CR 104
Mike and Chris share their raw reactions from Apple’s WWDC Keynote, including Mike’s big concerns about Swift.Support Coder Radio
WWDC Predictions 2014 | CR 103
Mike and Chris run down their predictions and hopes areas Apple might improve iOS, Mac hardware, and general ecosystem development during next week’s big keynote.
Plus our thoughts on the state of Qt, re-thinking Linux’s market share, and more!Support Coder Radio
Has Microsoft Lost It's Mojo? | CR 102
Mike and Chris discuss how, even when a laptop seems like the obvious choice, sometimes a desktop may be a better fit. Then, will the fate of Microsoft be slowly and embarrassingly slipping into irrelevance?
And of course your fantastic feedback and much, much more!Support Coder Radio
Shields Up | CR 101
It’s a day filled with war stories, we start off by sharing how things have blown up in our laps this morning, and cover your excellent feedback.
Then - Chris shares his new gadget purchase, and how it’s making him re-think some of his firm opinions.Support Coder Radio
0×64 | CR 100
Mike and Chris celebrate 100 weeks of Coder Radio by reading some great feedback, discussing new hardware choices, and why the future of desktop Linux is a little worrying.Support Coder Radio
Is That a Weave? | CR 99
We double down on your follow up. Working remotely, scratching your itch while at your current job, why we missed Heartbleed, and the video that will make you never again complain about how hard something is.Support Coder Radio
Always Be Coding | CR 98
Chris and Mike face the limitations of remote workers, and the challenges they’ve experienced. We take your live calls, and discuss the awesome projects you're working on.
Why you should write code every day, the hard numbers about mobile games, and more!
Open Source, Closed Wallets | CR 97
The Heartbleed bug has ignited a new round of open source doubters, but are the renewed concerns about the open source development model unfounded? And what can be done to avoid catastrophes like this in the future? We discuss.
Plus an honest discussion about that moment of no return, your feedback, and more!
Note: Apologies for the transitional audio setup while we move between studios. Improvements next week!Support Coder Radio
MS Gadget 2.0 | CR 96
Microsoft shocks the developer community by open sourcing some of their crown .Net jewels. Mike and Chris discuss the ramifications for Java, and the overall strategy Microsoft could be shifting too. Plus why the return of the Start Menu is a massive middle finger to devs, and other interesting bits from Build 2014.
Plus your follow up on Oculus VR, the Blame Game, and more!Support Coder Radio
The Blame Game | CR 95
Are your projects cursed with knowledge of the present? Mike and Chris discuss the tendency to blame the last guy, and in some cases even scapegoat the absent. And why its only human to see all the mistakes of those who came before you.
Plus our thoughts on Facebook buying Oculus VR, your feedback, and more!
Paranoid Android Developers | CR 94
Android growth is exploding, and showing no signs of slowing down… So why are big players still avoiding the platform? We’ll challenge some common misconceptions on why developers avoid Android.
Plus big Silicon Valley tech companies get busted colluding to keep wages low, the contractor fudge factor, your feedback..
And more!Support Coder Radio
Ruby off the Rails | CR 93
The Rails community was blasted by a distinguished, and disgruntled member. But does his criticism hold up? And is there a larger problem at play here? Plus our thoughts on Amazon’s rumored new console, and a great batch of your feedback!Support Coder Radio
Persona Non Grata | CR 92
We embrace Daylight saving time with a special call-in edition of Coder Radio. Topics include a chat with one of the developers behind the online JavaScript assembly emulator, the encroachment of DRM in everyday life, and why Mozilla’s Persona has been put out to pasture and the difficult problem that creates for developers.
Plus your feedback, and much more!Support Coder Radio
Your Database is Slow | CR 91
Oren Eini from Hibernating Rhinos joins us to discuss their “second generation” document database written in .NET. We have an insightful conversation about RavenDB, a flexible data model designed to address requirements coming from real-world systems.
Plus our surprising answer to the big certification question, your emails, and more.
Get Yourself Tested | CR 90
Florian Motlik from Codeship joins us to discuss automated unit testing, a practical approach to rethinking how to get started with your own testing, and how Codeship’s hosted continuous integration and continuous deployment platform is bringing much needed relief to some of developments most tedious tasks.
Plus getting started with simple approach, when to take the money, your emails, and more!Support Coder Radio
The Cost of Comments | CR 89
Responding to criticism for an open source project, or a closed commercial project can be a very tricky things. Mike and Chris share their thoughts on how you can properly set expectations and respond to negative feedback.
Plus what roles users play in their interaction with developers, your feedback, and more!Support Coder Radio
Paper Cuts Deep | CR 88
Mike and Chris use the recent drama around Paper and Flappy Bird to have a wider discussion about the forces against Indie developers. And our reactions to the CEO change at Microsoft.
Plus some great feedback, and more!Support Coder Radio
Waning Windows | CR 87
Mike and Chris address a number of topics this week, from open source project’s properly communicating with the media, Google selling Motorola to Lenovo, and a debate about Microsoft’s rumored CEO choice.
Plus your feedback, and more!Support Coder Radio
Myth of Magic Methodology | CR 86
Is the concept of a one sized fits all methodology getting tired? We revisit Agile in the dynamic client/developer relationship. Then how opening up your development plans to the community, even for commercial software, can be full of benefits and drawbacks.
Plus a great batch of your feedback, and much more.Support Coder Radio
Backend Lockin | CR 85
Back-end services are really helping developers focus on their core competency, but how quickly will you need to go outside the box? What about vendor lock-in?
Plus: A ton of great feedback, resisting the urge to hate change, and much more.Support Coder Radio
Ops vs Dev | CR 84
The classic battle flairs up this week, and the guys discuss how an over controlling sysadmin can slow down an important project, and why that problem seems to be so much worse in business.
Plus the market is still hot for Java, but down discount Python or C#, making a big career change, and the standard for replacing your own inhouse tools.
It’s Java’s Year | CR 83
We’ll bust some java myths with Mark Heckler, a software engineer at Oracle. Plus the status of Duke, java on embedded systems, and what the future holds.
Plus your feedback and some of Mike’s 2014 bets.
Coding Transitions | CR 82
With a little reflection on the years big moments, the guys look ahead to 2014. We’ll debate what’s going to be the big stories of 2014 for developers, and the tech industry at large.
Plus we’ll answer a few of your questions, and toss in a couple surprises in our last episode of 2013!Support Coder Radio
The Freelancer Dilemma | CR 81
The guys take some calls and discuss a wide range of great topics. From workspace setups, developer hardware, C vs C++, and the real problems facing contract programmers.
Plus a batch of your feedback, the best editor ever (for Windows), and more!Support Coder Radio
The SteamOS Conspiracy | CR 80
Early builds of SteamOS have landed, and we wonder what the larger implications are. Plus our thoughts on Microsoft's clear challenges, the problem with Qt Creator, and betting on the future.
Plus your feedback, our thoughts on cloud build services, and much more!Support Coder Radio
Two French Presses | CR 79
After discussing our caffeine regimes, we take a crack at getting Q&A right. We’ll share some personal experiences with Q&A gone wrong, and our tips for fixing it.
Plus a look back at one of the giant’s shoulders developers stand on today, and your emails.
Code Your Enthusiasm | CR 78
It’s a mailbag special with a hidden message. Mike and Chris discuss burnout a bit more, the pitfalls of bad Q&A, automated UI testing, and the open source projects we’re thankful for this year.Support Coder Radio
The Big Xbone | CR 77
Is the Xbox One the next big App platform? We’ll share theories. Plus where to books fit in for self education? Are they too slow, or is there a place for the printed medium in a rapidly developing industry?
Plus a batch of your emails, our follow up, and more!
Burned by Agile | CR 76
Burnout kills your productivity, creativity, and ability to get things done. The worst part? It can sneak up in different ways. Mike and Chris share how to recognize burnout, a quick fix to get you through, and their personal long term fixes.
Plus a great batch of emails, setting your weekend rate, and much more.
Deploying the Haterade | CR 75
A recent snafu has left Mike in a bit of a bind with a client, and technical glitches nearly threatened to toss Chris out on the side of the road.
After digging through a batch of really great emails, the guys air some dirty laundry. This week we crack open a cold one, and chug some haterade.Support Coder Radio
Justifying Java | CR 74
After discussing recent hardware gadget purchases, and why, the guys jump into the case of Java. Mike’s ready to justify his love, for Java.
Plus a little dev world hoopla, your feedback, and more!Support Coder Radio
Baby Got Backend | CR 73
From backups to deployment, we go back to the backend! The new solutions giving us the opportunity to reconsider the infrastructure around our projects.
Plus gearing up for 64bit development, and much more.Support Coder Radio
Relatively Laid Out | CR 72
With big Google and Apple events on the horizon we look at how Google’s early investment in relative UI layouts will be paying dividends in Android 4.4 KitKat.
Plus: Your emails, our php follow up, a few near-term predictions, and even an RMS rap.Support Coder Radio
Betting on Linux | CR 71
When targeting Linux, developers have to face some tough choices. Mike’s spent a year planning his move and discusses the opportunity and the risk of supporting Linux, how much effort should be put into targeting Ubuntu, and keeping the big picture in mind.
Plus our follow up and your feedback!Support Coder Radio
Toolchain Transitions | CR 70
Mike’s making some big changes to his workflow, and sharing the tools in his box. We’ll look at the transition to Ubuntu Linux for Mike and his dev team, and the productivity advantages they see.
Plus planning for scale, a fresh look at Vala, your emails, and more!Support Coder Radio
With Apologies to Texas | CR 69
Mike and Chris chew on the major problems patent trolls are creating for small and large development shops.
Then it’s a race to the bottom for software prices, and the guys have a few theories on what, if anything, developers can do to carve out a living.Support Coder Radio
ASP.Magic | CR 68
Mike discusses the culture clash between the ASP.Net framework diehards, and the recent converts. ASP.Net and Azure services have been at the core of project Mike and his team have had underway for a couple months and they’ve gotten a good feeling of it’s strengths and weakness.
Plus our live reaction to SteamOS, ending the platform/tool wars that even your benevolent hosts find themselves falling into, your feedback, and much more!
Blazing 7 | CR 67
iOS 7 is landing and Mike and Chris discuss what’s in store for developers, and the real reason to put a 64bit CPU in a cell phone.
Plus the core of what’s wrong with Microsoft, practicing security from the start, your emails and more!Support Coder Radio
Docker All The Things | CR 66
We’re joined by two gentlemen from dotCloud, the folks behind Docker. We chat about what Docker is best at, how far out the 1.0 release is, the projects use of Go, the future of Docker, and much more.
Plus is the commoditization of software development a bad thing? Your emails, and more.Support Coder Radio
Love’s Labor Lost | CR 65
It’s a Monday holiday episode of the Coder Radio show, so we opened up the Skype lines and officially declare this episode a grab bag of topics!
From the death of JavaScript to Android vs iOS we touch on a list of favorite topics.Support Coder Radio
Bye Bye Ballmer | CR 64
Steve Ballmer’s legacy at Microsoft is controversial. We look over the long list of big and quiet successes and failures under his watch as CEO. Plus what we think the big problem facing Microsoft is going to be long term, and if they can really transform into a “devices and services” company.
Plus we’ll discuss the big problem with SourceForge, self taught programing vs structured schooling, your emails, and more!
Mozilla Persona | CR 63
We chat with Dan at the Mozilla about his work on the Persona project, and how Mozilla offers developers a neutral platform for effective authentication.
Plus our thoughts on what’s troubling the Ubuntu Edge project, a batch of your questions, and much more!Support Coder Radio
FizzBuzzed! | CR 62
Hiring can be a real pain in the butt. The guys share the horror stories from interviews they’ve conducted that went horribly wrong. Plus a few tips for getting a gig.
Then the guys chew on the dev hoopla of the week, and read some great emails.Support Coder Radio
Office Hours | CR 61
Mike and Chris bare it all on their classic work/life balance struggles. Dealing with the unique circumstances of working at home, why it’s not the dream 9-to-5 types picture.
Plus your feedback, a few follow ups and much more!Support Coder Radio
Call In 2.0 | CR 60
Celebrating 60 episodes we take live calls from our audience and chat about the topics are their minds. Then we follow up on the indie developer Xbox One situation, read your feedback, and more!
Sour Apple | CR 59
A compromise at Apple turns Mike’s week upside down. Reeling from the setback we dig into Mike’s concerns with Canonical’s crowd sourced Ubuntu Edge phone.
Why we're a bit dismayed at Firefox OS’ attempts to kill the app store...
And we answer your hard questions.Support Coder Radio
The 56k Solution | CR 58
Data protection in the cloud can mean a lot of different things. But what about in the context of software development? The guys tackle that question, and cover a great batch of your feedback.Support Coder Radio
The Dev Jungle | CR 57
The guys bust some myths around outsourcing, and insourcing development work. Striking a balance when trying to codify better practices in the workplace, sticking with good old tech for bad reasons…
Plus a big batch of your feedback!Support Coder Radio
Microsoft’s in a Funk | CR 56
Stinging from a Build conference hangover, the guys focus on their current disappoints with Microsoft.
Then Mike gets a new OYUA box and has a few surprises, plus your emails, and more!Support Coder Radio
Software Exorcism | CR 55
Even when you know better, you sometimes find yourself contributing to the problem, just to get the job done. This week the guys bare it all and discuss how they’ve ended up making things worse when they were hired to make it all better.
Plus keeping up on new trends without wasting time, how open environments provide better predictability, and a batch of your feedback!Support Coder Radio