Coder Radio

Okay Google, Take Over the World | CR 235

December 12th, 2016  |  52 mins 24 secs

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!

Legend Of The Snow Leopard | CR 234

December 5th, 2016  |  52 mins 19 secs

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

November 28th, 2016  |  1 hr 6 mins

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.

Minimal Functional Product | CR 232

November 21st, 2016  |  1 hr 2 mins

Mike is back from vacation has somethings on his mind he shares this week. Hardware follow up, customer management for devs, book recommendations & more!

Scrum Burger | CR 231

November 14th, 2016  |  48 mins 55 secs

We ponder why Docker is a dumpster fire, doubt Samsung’s new Ai Bot platform, discover Botkit & discuss killing the Scrum.

Microsoft’s Public Shame | CR 230

November 7th, 2016  |  58 mins 57 secs

Ballmer is trying to pin it all on Bill, MacBook follow up & Lemur struggles.

Old Men Yell at Macbooks | CR 229

October 31st, 2016  |  1 hr 2 mins

Let's get real about the tools we use this week.

A Lemur Eats an Apple | CR 228

October 24th, 2016  |  56 mins 17 secs

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!

Everybody's Keyboard Fighting | CR 227

October 17th, 2016  |  1 hr 2 mins

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

October 10th, 2016  |  45 mins 8 secs

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!

The ROI of Things | CR 225

October 3rd, 2016  |  59 mins 52 secs

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.

Vaporware on the Server | CR 224

September 26th, 2016  |  48 mins 38 secs

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

September 19th, 2016  |  52 mins 11 secs

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!

Rusty Support | CR 222

September 12th, 2016  |  54 mins 11 secs

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!

Bag of jQuery | CR 221

September 5th, 2016  |  1 hr 8 mins

The guys daydream about making the perfect developer platform & grouse about Mike’s new Note getting recalled.

Plus our speculation about the September 7th Apple event, what old unmaintained code says about you, clearing the air on Angular v2 & more!

Docker Dumpster Fire | CR 220

August 29th, 2016  |  57 mins 6 secs

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.