Coder Radio

A weekly talk show

About the show

A weekly talk show taking a pragmatic look at the art and business of Software Development and the world of technology.

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Episodes

  • 594: Smart Contracts for Dumb People

    November 6th, 2024  |  41 mins 10 secs
    94x performance boost, ai datacenter power, amazon power deal rejection, avx-512 assembly, code rewrite best practices, code rewrite management, coder radio, dependency management, developers, development podcast, ethereum blockchain exploitation, fake productivity app, ffmpeg optimization, illegal streaming approval, infrastructure spending, javascript library threats, legacy system updates, malicious package detection, meta datacenter challenges, npm malware campaign, nuclear power initiatives, package security verification, rare bee species impact, regional content restrictions, technical debt strategy, typosquatting attacks

    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.

  • 593: Bake Your Own Linux Cake

    October 30th, 2024  |  48 mins 16 secs
    apple smart home display, coder radio, cosmic desktop environment, developers, development podcast, linux wifi issues, mac m4 pro, mac mini, manufacturing system rewrite, microsoft-google cloud competition, openai agi czar resignation, thunderbolt 5

    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.

  • 592: C++ Safety Dance

    October 23rd, 2024  |  45 mins 24 secs
    ai, anthropic, c++, chrome, coder radio, developers, development podcast, llm, memory safety, microsoft, openai, programming languages, rails 8.1, ruby on rails, rust, security, software development, solid queue

    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.

  • 591: FOSS does what Nintendont

    October 16th, 2024  |  37 mins 7 secs
    api, backdoors, calea, coder radio, copyright, developer relations, developers, development podcast, devrel, diagramming, documentation, emulators, encryption, lawsuits, mermaid.js, metrics, modding, nintendo, open source, piracy, product marketing, ryujinx, salt typhoon, startups, switch, telecom security, user engagement, wiretapping

    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.

  • 590: Google’s Loss is Our Win

    October 9th, 2024  |  34 mins 45 secs

    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.

  • 589: Blame the Tools using the Tools

    October 2nd, 2024  |  1 hr 15 mins
    ai safety bill, apple, ar glasses, big tech power demands, california ai regulations, coder radio, cosmic, data centers, developers, development podcast, education technology, energy needs, hololens, iphone foldable, meta quest 3s, microsoft, nuclear power, open source ai, openai restructuring, orion, sam altman, superintelligence

    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.

  • A Coder PSA

    September 24th, 2024  |  1 min 46 secs

    A quick update from Chris on where the show is at this week, and what to watch out for next week!

  • 588: Hulk Smash “PUNY DEVS”

    September 18th, 2024  |  59 mins 32 secs
    ai cameras, anthropic, california ai bill, coder radio, crowdstrike incident, demand decline, developers, development podcast, drones, google, iphone 16 pre-orders, kernel access, larry ellison, liability, microsoft, open-source ai, openai, oracle, police oversight, regulation, safety committee, safety protocols, sam altman, surveillance, windows security

    The insidious undercurrents threatening to crush open-source AI projects, plus our thoughts on Microsoft's "big changes" to Windows post-CrowdStrike.

  • 587: Surfing the WSL Wave

    September 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 sec
    a18 chip, active-listening software, antitrust, apple, apple ai, apple intelligence, apple watch series 10, coder radio, cox media group, developers, development podcast, digital ads market, doj, google, ios 18, iphone 16 pro, iphone 16 pro max, key management, nostr, privacy concerns, r programming language, satellite messaging, sleep apnea detection, steve jobs, targeted advertising, tim cook, wsl

    Our thoughts on the iPhone 16, and then Mike surfs the WSL wave.

  • 586: Mike's Clone Army

    September 4th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins
    ai, amazon s3, app cloning, apple, aws, burnout, coder radio, coding, conditional writes, developers, development podcast, devops, digital id, dmca, docker-osx, dokku, freelancers, github, ios, kubernetes, language models, productivity, pwas, release management, steve jobs, workload

    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.

  • 585: From Ops to Dev and Back Again

    August 28th, 2024  |  53 mins 30 secs
    apple tabletop robot, cloud skills training, cloud talent shortage, coder qa, coder radio, compliance issues, data collection operators, developers, development and operations collaboration, development podcast, devops history, docker, foxconn, generative ai criticism, github influence, hongzhun, humanoid robot, ipad illustration, john allspaw, motion capture, patrick debois, paul hammond, procreate, rails, security vulnerabilities, tdd, tesla optimus training

    We reflect on the rise of DevOps and the frustrating dynamics that led to it. Plus, tech's latest bright idea: Roombas with attitude.

  • 584: Google’s Poisoned Apple

    August 21st, 2024  |  47 mins 35 secs
    c++ programming, coder radio, developers, development podcast, diablo for web browsers, digital driver's licenses, epic vs google app store lawsuit, github copilot autofix, github outage, google antitrust breakup, network-attached storage, open source contributions, raspberry pi 5

    The walled garden wrecking ball is fueling up - where we think it strikes first. Plus, what was really behind the recent GitHub outage.

  • 583: A Shekel for Every Click

    August 14th, 2024  |  53 mins 45 secs
    app security rules, apple's app store policies, arcee.ai, automatic speeding violation reporting, coder radio, developers, development podcast, ford patent, google pixel 9 announcement, in-app purchase requirements, instructlab, law enforcement vehicles, linux advantages, macos sequoia permission changes, patreon fee increase, pixel 9 pro and pro xl announcement, potential standardization, purpose-focused llms, screen recording apps, small ai models

    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.

  • 582: Intel: It Hurts Inside

    August 7th, 2024  |  55 mins 36 secs
    advertising, antitrust, appeal, apple, apple intelligence, coder radio, cpu failures, data management, default search engine, department of justice, developers, development podcast, distributed file system, features, google, intel, ios 18, layoffs, monopoly, phishing, podcast, search market, seaweedfs, siri

    We take a look at SeaweedFS, roast Apple Intelligence, and reveal the vendor that caught Intel's mess before it shipped.

  • 581: Lunacy Lake

    July 31st, 2024  |  48 mins 51 secs
    ai search, airlines, antitrust, banking, blockchain, c# type unions, california dmv, car titles, coder radio, cpu issue, crowdstrike outage, crypto regulation, developers, development podcast, fraud, google, healthcare, intel, kamala harris, losses, microcode patch, openai, raptor lake, searchgpt, transportation, waitlist

    Why is Google feeling lucky, and the Intel situation slips into pure lunacy. Plus, thoughts on the C# Type Union proposal.

  • 580: Error Lake

    July 24th, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins
    ai safety, amd, bsod, chip manufacturing, coder radio, cpu crashes, crowdstrike, developers, development podcast, driver error, employee agreements, european commission, government regulation, instability, intel, kernel panic, llama, meta, microcode error, microsoft, nondisclosure agreements, open-source ai, openai, security software, water scarcity, whistleblowers

    Our thoughts on the CrowdStrike outage and why Intel is in the hot seat with developers.