Episode Archive
544 episodes of Coder Radio since the first episode, which aired on June 24th, 2013.
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454: No Quest for the Wicked
February 23rd, 2022 | 45 mins 42 secs
apple, bionic eyes, chris lattner, coder radio, coinbase, development podcast, google, immersed, meta, microsoft account, nissan radio bug, oculus quest, pro, swift toxic environment, warm desk pads, windows 11
Mike has some huge news and busted wifi, Chris spent a weekend in the Metaverse, and why Microsoft has us both upset.
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453: International Boomer Marooners
February 16th, 2022 | 48 mins 38 secs
.net framework, accenture, activision blizzard, app store principles, client maintenance, coder radio, development podcast, dinobabies, epic lawsuit, f#, ibm younger work force, java embeded, mazda, microsoft, mono, npr, open app markets act, radio, sun microsystems, windows app store
After reminiscing about .Net's 20th birthday, Mike and Chris air IBM's hypocritically dirty laundry and marvel at Microsoft's 3D chess moves.
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452: Shockingly Pragmatic
February 9th, 2022 | 54 mins 19 secs
27% commission, android, apple, c++ interoperability, coder radio, development podcast, faceboot, imessage reactions, metaverse, netherlands, python, stadia, steam deck, swift, user hostile, workgroup, xbox, xbox cloud gaming
Mike makes a shocking admission, and Chris wishes he had a time machine.
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451: The Trouble with Tablets
February 2nd, 2022 | 47 mins 54 secs
#freefortnite, android 12l, android tablets, apple, coder radio, court of appeals, development podcast, epic’s appeal, free software funding, hero apps, ink first, microsoft, microsoft cold war, monolpy, ruby vs. c++, samsung 2021
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.
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450: MetaWave
January 26th, 2022 | 46 mins 53 secs
activision blizzard, bobby kotick, candy crush, coder radio, development podcast, duane o’brien, faker.js, game pass, game streaming, github, king, marak, microsoft, open collective, phil spencer, satya nadella, the netherlands fines apple, why activision blizzard did the deal with microsoft, xbox
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."
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449: Monetized Misery
January 19th, 2022 | 48 mins 48 secs
apple, apple headset, ar, coder radio, development podcast, fleet, green bubble shame, iap, ide, imessage for android, jetbrains, linux, m1, meta, metaverse, netherlands, pop, python, self-hosting for small business, south korea, tabby, vscode, web3
Emboldened by his success, Mike takes a victory lap. Little does he know it's all virtual.
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448: Fakers and Takers
January 12th, 2022 | 52 mins 24 secs
android on twitter, bleeping computer, coder radio, color.js, development podcast, faker.js, favorite mac apps, green text bubble, imessage, marak squires, new american flag module, npm, rcs, tasks for neural cores
Was he justified? Our thoughts on the dev who corrupted libraries in NPM for millions of users with his political statement about free software.
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447: All Roads Lead to Clippy
January 5th, 2022 | 38 mins 29 secs
2022 predictions, apple m1 transition, coder radio, development podcast, fip-fs, int32, ipados, microsoft exchange fix, quickemu, ultimate hacking keyboard, wwdc
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.
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446: Blizzard Battery Battle
December 29th, 2021 | 38 mins 19 secs
alice, battle born batteries, coder radio, developer funding, development podcast, freezing lithium-ion, funding free software, github sponsors, open source maintainers, pangolin review, patreon, system 76, the mad botter
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.
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445: Say No to Node
December 22nd, 2021 | 56 mins 52 secs
apple, async activerecord, coder radio, development podcast, mac apps on ipad, node, rails 7, return to offices, ruby on rails, swift playgrounds, the one person framework, webpack, xcode for ios
We're both impressed by Rails 7 and how an old foe got us down again.
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444: Mining the Logs
December 15th, 2021 | 40 mins 50 secs
app store, apple, apple silicon porting guide, coder fire, coder radio, crypto miners, csam, development podcast, elastic, ios 15.2, ios family account, jndi, log4j, log4shell, malware, microsoft, mike's xbox, nude-image detection, open source funding, robe fire, show note search, vulnerability, xbox-exclusive games
The broader software problem the Log4Shell vulnerability reveals, and the story of how Chris lit his Coder robe on fire... While wearing it.
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443: Reptilian Power Play
December 8th, 2021 | 48 mins 23 secs
900 fired, a freelancer’s dilemma, apple's plan to crack small business, better.com, blockchain uses, business essentials, centos, coder radio, development podcast, ec2 m1, fedora, hdmi, kinesis keyboard, opensuse, paper notes, system for productivity, task management, tumbleweed, ubuntu
We peak in on one of the nastiest corporate moves in a while, and Chris has a big confession.
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442: Touched by the Bar
December 1st, 2021 | 47 mins 52 secs
bumpr, clipboard manager, coder radio, development podcast, ditto, elgato stream deck, intel build time, junction for linux, linux virtual machine, m1 election performance, m1 max review, metal, parallels desktop 17, performance, python productivity tricks, sqlalchemy, vifo, virtio gpu, visual studio code for python
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.
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441: Dependency Derby
November 24th, 2021 | 45 mins 1 sec
coder radio, development podcast, drew decault, fastapi on windows, pip, python, python packaging, ruby, rust core team, rust drama, rust moderator resignations, solid, unaccountability, web3, windows 11 development environment, wsl
Are Linux devs getting upset with the Python community? We weigh in on a nuanced issue. Plus the mass-moderator resignation over at Rust, and Mike's thoughts on setting up a dev environment on Windows 11.
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440: Just Say No to M1
November 17th, 2021 | 38 mins 26 secs
app tracking transparency, apple buys google ads, apple search ads, apple services, att, blockchain, coder radio, development podcast, linux, pangolin, paradigm, pop os, ryzen, side-loading, system76, web3
We get some spicy emails, dig into why Mike just picked up another Linux laptop, and then share our real thoughts on Web3.
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439: Github NoPilot
November 10th, 2021 | 59 mins 13 secs
.net 6, .net native aot, ahead of time compilation, arm64, azure, coder radio, craig federighi, development podcast, github ceo, github copilot, iphone malware, julia liuson, nat friedman, python, sideloading, single binary, thomas dohmke, vscode
Microsoft has a bunch of new goodies for developers, but Mike is becoming more and more concerned about an insidious new feature.