Coder Radio

600: Mikestrodamus

December 18th, 2024  |  55 mins 56 secs

ai features, apple intelligence, co-pilot hot takes, coder radio, developer insights, developers, development podcast, episode 600, listener feedback, open web, tech layoffs

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.

599: GPU Game Theory

December 11th, 2024  |  42 mins 11 secs

ai policy, ai startups, api pricing, coder radio, david sacks, developers, development podcast, office culture, openai pro, remote work, tesla api

Sam's Checkmate: How Open Source AI and Silicon Valley Kingmakers dethroned the OpenAI emperor! Plus, Tesla's API Apocalypse has arrived.

598: No Code is just Other People's Code

December 4th, 2024  |  36 mins 20 secs

advent code, ai security, coder radio, developers, development podcast, github developer experience report, intel retirement, low-code debate, rails efficiency, ruby, rust query

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.

597: Make Google Great Again

November 27th, 2024  |  46 mins 57 secs

adhd, amazon invests in anthropic, chrome sale proposal, coder radio, developers, development podcast, employee monitoring software, google antitrust cases, mit tuition-free policy, niantic ai maps, openai evidence loss, ut tuition-free program

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.

596: Chrome For Sale

November 20th, 2024  |  52 mins 16 secs

coder radio, crowdstrike, developers, development podcast, doj preparing to force google to sell chrome, elon musk, microsoft partnership, microsoft's windows resiliency initiative, openai, python dependency management, windows 11 meta quest vr, windows 365 link $349 cloud pc

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!

595: Year of the Snake

November 13th, 2024  |  39 mins 13 secs

.net 9, ai development, ai integration, amd, apple, arrow lake, coder radio, critical thinking, cross-platform development, data science, desktop cpu, developer communities, developer tools, developers, development podcast, eu regulation, geo-blocking, github octoverse, global developers, healthcare ai, intel, javascript, machine learning, market share, nursing automation, patient care, performance optimization, privacy concerns, python, pytorch, security vulnerabilities, tensorflow, typescript

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.

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.