Coder Radio

Collateral User Damage | CR 286

December 8th, 2017  |  54 mins

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!

Windows 10, The Best Linux Yet? | CR 285

November 28th, 2017  |  1 hr 1 min

Mike’s big Black Friday hardware score, the guys try out a little Windows 10 challenge for their workflow & walk away a bit humbled. But first Mike shares his late night session with JavaScript & the big change he’s making & more!

Popping WebAssembly Hype | CR 284

November 20th, 2017  |  1 hr 16 mins

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.

Back From the DevFest | CR 283

November 16th, 2017  |  42 mins 11 secs

Mike’s back from DevFest & shares something new he’s discovered, Kotlin takes a shot at Objective-C & we can all code together, with Atom’s new trick.

Note: There is some rough “skype audio” at times. Totally listenable still & should be better next week

Ice Age | CR 282

November 6th, 2017  |  52 mins 19 secs

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.

Selling the FLOSS | CR 281

October 30th, 2017  |  1 hr 1 min

Mike and Chris accept the fundamental problem in sticking with boring & 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!

Mike Was Right | CR 280

October 23rd, 2017  |  51 mins 53 secs

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!

Evolving Software Development | CR 279

October 17th, 2017  |  55 mins 20 secs

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 & more!

A New Kit for Home | CR 278

October 9th, 2017  |  50 mins 19 secs

After a ninja dance though some “Coder Hoopla” Chris has a go at convincing Mike he might be missing the next big app goldmine.

Elixir of My Soul | CR 277

October 7th, 2017  |  1 hr 17 mins

Wes is back to talk politics and Node.js. Plus, 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.

Bite of the AR Apple | CR 276

October 5th, 2017  |  1 hr 6 mins

Wes joins Mike to chat all things Apple. We discuss the surprising implications of the iPhone X & 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.

Reacting To React | CR 275

September 29th, 2017  |  55 mins 24 secs

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.

No Love for Open Source | CR 274

September 18th, 2017  |  36 mins 46 secs

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.

A Hurricane of Feedback | CR 273

September 11th, 2017  |  35 mins 38 secs

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.

The State of Stateless | CR 272

August 31st, 2017  |  1 hr 4 mins

Mike & 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.

The Future is Serverless | CR 271

August 28th, 2017  |  57 mins 11 secs

The serverless revolution is nigh, we discuss AWS Lambda and Azure Functions, rebuilding jbot, basing the business computers around Pop!_OS & more!